Numbers 2:31
in Numbers 2The total number of men in the camp of Dan is 157,600; they shall set out last, under their standards.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall set forth hindmost by their standards.
KJV
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.
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This verse in Numbers 2
Commentary
5 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
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan
on Numbers 2:31-32
Dan's camp comes to 157,600 and goes hindmost, which Numbers 10:25 calls the rereward of all the camps. The four camps together are 603,550, the figure Numbers 1:46 gives, and the same figure Exodus 38:26 reached by another road, counting the half shekels paid by every man from twenty years old and upward toward the tabernacle. Two counts taken for two different purposes agree down to the last fifty.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The Camp of Daniel - The strongest camp next after Judah, and therefore he comes in the rear, as Judah marched in the front, that the tabernacle might be best guarded where there was most danger.
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred,.... 157,600 men.
They were the most numerous, next to Judah, and therefore were ordered into a post which, next to the front, required the most strength, for as the strength is so shall the day be.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַפְּקֻדִים֙ | hapekudim | those enrolled | H6485 → | 303 times |
| לְמַ֣חֲנֵה | lemachaneh | of [the] camp of | H4264 → | 215 times |
| דָ֔ן | dan | Dan | H1835 → | 70 times |
| מְאַ֣ת | meat | [were] one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| אֶ֗לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְשִׁבְעָ֧ה | veshivah | and seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים | vachamishim | and fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
| אֶ֖לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְשֵׁ֣שׁ | veshesh | and six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| מֵא֑וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| לָאַחֲרֹנָ֥ה | laacharonah | to the last | H314 → | |
| יִסְע֖וּ | yisu | they will set out | H5265 → | 146 times |
| לְדִגְלֵיהֶֽם׃ פ | ledigleihem | to standards their | H1714 → | 14 times |
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַפְּקֻדִים֙those enrolled
hapekudimH6485 →303 times
לְמַ֣חֲנֵהof [the] camp of
lemachanehH4264 →215 times
דָ֔ןDan
danH1835 →70 times
מְאַ֣ת[were] one hundred
meatH3967 →581 times
אֶ֗לֶףthousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
וְשִׁבְעָ֧הand seven
veshivahH7651 →394 times
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛יםand fifty
vachamishimH2572 →163 times
אֶ֖לֶףthousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
וְשֵׁ֣שׁand six
vesheshH8337 →216 times
מֵא֑וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
לָאַחֲרֹנָ֥הto the last
laacharonahH314 →
יִסְע֖וּthey will set out
yisuH5265 →146 times
לְדִגְלֵיהֶֽם׃ פto standards their
ledigleihemH1714 →14 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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 2:9The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.
it leads to
- Numbers 10:14
First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.
- Numbers 10:14
Through
Numbers 2:16The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.
it leads to
- Numbers 10:18
Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.
- Numbers 10:18
Through
Numbers 2:24The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Ephraim is 108,100; they shall set out third.
it leads to
- Numbers 10:22
Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
- Numbers 2:9
The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 10:22
Through
Numbers 10:25Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.
it leads to
- Joshua 6:9
While the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark.
- Numbers 1:12
from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
- Isaiah 58:8
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
- Deuteronomy 25:17–18
Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
- Joshua 6:9
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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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
