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Numbers 2:31

in Numbers 2

The 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.

This verse in Numbers 2

Commentary

5 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

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

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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 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.

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H36055413 times

  • הַפְּקֻדִים֙those enrolled

    hapekudimH6485303 times

  • לְמַ֣חֲנֵהof [the] camp of

    lemachanehH4264215 times

  • דָ֔ןDan

    danH183570 times

  • מְאַ֣ת[were] one hundred

    meatH3967581 times

  • אֶ֗לֶףthousand

    ʾelefH505505 times

  • וְשִׁבְעָ֧הand seven

    veshivahH7651394 times

  • וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛יםand fifty

    vachamishimH2572163 times

  • אֶ֖לֶףthousand

    ʾelefH505505 times

  • וְשֵׁ֣שׁand six

    vesheshH8337216 times

  • מֵא֑וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967581 times

  • לָאַחֲרֹנָ֥הto the last

    laacharonahH314

  • יִסְע֖וּthey will set out

    yisuH5265146 times

  • לְדִגְלֵיהֶֽם׃ פto standards their

    ledigleihemH171414 times

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

The walk

8 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 2:9

    The 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.

  • Through

    Numbers 2:16

    The 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.

  • Through

    Numbers 2:24

    The 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.

  • Through

    Numbers 10:25

    Finally, 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,

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); 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.