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Numbers 2:11

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The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur, and his division numbers 46,500.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

KJV

And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

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This verse in Numbers 2

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The tabernacle or sacred tent of their Divine King, with the camp of the Levites around it (see on Nu 3:38), formed the center, as does the chief's in the encampment of all nomad people. In marching, this order was adhered to, with some necessary variations. Judah led the way, followed, it is most probable, by Issachar and Zebulun [Nu 10:14-16].

This site's exposition

On the south side shall be the standard

on Numbers 2:10-11

Reuben holds the south and the second rank, and Reuben is the firstborn of Israel. Genesis 49:3-4 had given the reason before Numbers arrived at the consequence, thou shalt not excel, and 1 Chronicles 5:1-2 states how what the firstborn lost was divided, the birthright to the sons of Joseph and the chief ruler out of Judah. The camp is laid out along that ruling, with Judah at the head and Joseph's two sons holding a standard of their own on the west.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And his host,.... That is, the host of Reuben, as distinct from his camp, of which it was only a part, and of which Elizur was captain: and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 46,500 men; see Num 1:21.

The words behind it

7 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּצְבָא֖וֹand military group his

    utzevaoH6635 →485 times

  • וּפְקֻדָ֑יוand enrolled [men] his

    ufekudavH6485 →303 times

  • שִׁשָּׁ֧ה[were] six

    shishahH8337 →216 times

  • וְאַרְבָּעִ֛יםand forty

    vearbaimH705 →136 times

  • אֶ֖לֶףthousand

    ʾelefH505 →505 times

  • וַחֲמֵ֥שׁand five

    vachameshH2568 →343 times

  • מֵאֽוֹת׃hundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

6 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Numbers 1:21

    those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 26:7

      These were the clans of Reuben, and their registration numbered 43,730.

    • Numbers 2:10–11

      On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:

  • Through

    Numbers 26:7

    These were the clans of Reuben, and their registration numbered 43,730.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 1:21

      those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

    • Numbers 26:1

      After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,

    • Genesis 46:9

      The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

    • Numbers 26:21

      And these were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the Hamulite clan from Hamul.

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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