Numbers 2:32
in Numbers 2These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses: all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
KJV
These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
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This verse in Numbers 2
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The total number of men 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.
This site's exposition
The total of those counted in the camps
The four camps add to 603,550: 186,400, 151,450, 108,100 and 157,600. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown compute that these soldiers alone, close in rank, would cover more than twelve square miles. Families, tents and baggage stretched the camp further.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
In the Christian church we read of a throne (as in the tabernacle there was a mercy-seat) which is called a glorious high throne from the beginning ( Jer. xvii.
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These are those that were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers,....
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֛לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| פְּקוּדֵ֥י | pekudei | [were] [the] [men] enrolled of | H6485 → | 303 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לְבֵ֣ית | leveit | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֑ם | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| פְּקוּדֵ֤י | pekudei | [those] enrolled of | H6485 → | 303 times |
| הַֽמַּחֲנֹת֙ | hamachanot | the camps | H4264 → | 215 times |
| לְצִבְאֹתָ֔ם | letzivotam | to military groups their | H6635 → | 485 times |
| שֵׁשׁ־ | shesh- | [were] six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| מֵא֥וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| אֶ֙לֶף֙ | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת | usheloshet | and three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| אֲלָפִ֔ים | ʾalafim | thousand<s> | H505 → | 505 times |
| וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ | vachamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃ | vachamishim | and fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
אֵ֛לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
פְּקוּדֵ֥י[were] [the] [men] enrolled of
pekudeiH6485 →303 times
בְנֵֽי־[the] people of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לְבֵ֣יתto [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
אֲבֹתָ֑םancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
פְּקוּדֵ֤י[those] enrolled of
pekudeiH6485 →303 times
הַֽמַּחֲנֹת֙the camps
hamachanotH4264 →215 times
לְצִבְאֹתָ֔םto military groups their
letzivotamH6635 →485 times
שֵׁשׁ־[were] six
shesh-H8337 →216 times
מֵא֥וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
אֶ֙לֶף֙thousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתand three
usheloshetH7969 →432 times
אֲלָפִ֔יםthousand<s>
ʾalafimH505 →505 times
וַחֲמֵ֥שׁand five
vachameshH2568 →343 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃and fifty
vachamishimH2572 →163 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
Exodus 38:26a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
it leads to
- Numbers 1:46
And all those counted totaled 603,550.
Reached by 4 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 30:13
Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
- Numbers 1:46
Through
Numbers 11:21But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
it leads to
- Exodus 12:37
The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
Reached by 4 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 12:37
Through
Exodus 12:37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
it leads to
- Exodus 38:26
a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 11:21
But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 33:3
On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,
- Numbers 33:5
The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.
- Exodus 38:26
Through
Numbers 1:46And all those counted totaled 603,550.
it leads to
- Numbers 26:51
These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.
- Numbers 26:51
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); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
