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Numbers 2:16

in Numbers 2

The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.

KJV

All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.

This verse in Numbers 2

Commentary

4 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

Next will be the tribe of Gad

on Numbers 2:14-16

Gad's 45,650 is the only tribal figure in the census that does not end in a round hundred. It is why the grand total at verse 32 ends in fifty. The south camp comes to 151,450, and “they shall set out second”.

This site's exposition

they shall set out second

Reuben's camp of 151,450 marches second. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that the two smaller camps, Reuben's and Ephraim's, march in the middle, with the strongest at the front and rear. Numbers 10:17-18 sets the Gershonites and Merarites with the tabernacle frame between Judah and Reuben.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And all that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies,.... 151,450 men.

The words behind it

15 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.

  • כָּֽל־all

    kal-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַפְּקֻדִ֞יםthose enrolled

    hapekudimH6485 →303 times

  • לְמַחֲנֵ֣הof [the] camp of

    lemachanehH4264 →215 times

  • רְאוּבֵ֗ןReuben

    reuvenH7205 →72 times

  • מְאַ֨ת[were] one hundred

    meatH3967 →581 times

  • אֶ֜לֶףthousand

    ʾelefH505 →505 times

  • וְאֶחָ֨דand one

    veechadH259 →971 times

  • וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥יםand fifty

    vachamishimH2572 →163 times

  • אֶ֛לֶףthousand

    ʾelefH505 →505 times

  • וְאַרְבַּע־and four

    vearba'-H702 →318 times

  • מֵא֥וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖יםand fifty

    vachamishimH2572 →163 times

  • לְצִבְאֹתָ֑םto military groups their

    letzivotamH6635 →485 times

  • וּשְׁנִיִּ֖םand second

    usheniyimH8145 →156 times

  • יִסָּֽעוּ׃ סthey will set out

    yisauH5265 →146 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 10:18

    Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 2:10–16

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

    • Numbers 1:5

      These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

    • Numbers 26:5–18

      Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu,

    • Numbers 7:35

      and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.

  • 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 2:31

    The total number of men in the camp of Dan is 157,600; they shall set out last, under their standards.”

    it leads to

    • 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.

  • 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.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).