Numbers 2:19
in Numbers 2The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud, and his division numbers 40,500.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
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This verse in Numbers 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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 west side shall be the standard
on Numbers 2:18-19
The west belongs to Ephraim, and Ephraim is the younger of Joseph's two sons. Genesis 48:14 has Jacob crossing his hands to lay the right on the younger head, and the camp is arranged on that blessing, with Ephraim named first and Manasseh placed under him. Psalm 80:2 calls on God before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, which is this standard and its three tribes, the camp that moved directly behind the tabernacle.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And his host,.... That is, the host of Ephraim: and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. 40,500 men. Not his camp, but his host, or the army, which consisted only of his own tribe see Num 1:33.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
ועליו — Understand this as the Targum does: and those who were close to him were the tribe of Manasseh.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּצְבָא֖וֹ | utzevao | and military group his | H6635 → | 485 times |
| וּפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם | ufekudeihem | and enrolled [men] their | H6485 → | 303 times |
| אַרְבָּעִ֥ים | ʾarbaim | [were] forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| אֶ֖לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ | vachamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| מֵאֽוֹת׃ | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
וּצְבָא֖וֹand military group his
utzevaoH6635 →485 times
וּפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑םand enrolled [men] their
ufekudeihemH6485 →303 times
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים[were] forty
ʾarbaimH705 →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.
The walk
5 stopsEach 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 1:33From the sons of Ephraim, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, those registered…
it leads to
- Numbers 26:37
These were the clans of Ephraim, and their registration numbered 32,500. These clans were the descendants of Joseph.
- Deuteronomy 33:17
His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the…
- Genesis 48:5
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
- Numbers 26:37
Through
Numbers 26:37These were the clans of Ephraim, and their registration numbered 32,500. These clans were the descendants of Joseph.
it leads to
- Numbers 1:32–33
From the sons of Joseph:
- Numbers 2:18–19
On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:
- Numbers 1:32–33
About Numbers
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 Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.