Numbers 2:26
in Numbers 2The leader of the Danites is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, and his division numbers 62,700.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
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This verse in Numbers 2
Commentary
4 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
the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard
on Numbers 2:25-26
Dan takes the north with 62,700 men, second in size to Judah alone. Matthew Henry and John Wesley read its last place as the post of danger, covering the tabernacle where it is most exposed.
This site's exposition
The leader of the Danites is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai
Dan leads the north camp though born to Rachel's servant Bilhah. John Calvin reads the grouping of the handmaids' sons as keeping a handmaid's son from being set over a son of Leah or Rachel. Matthew Henry notes that Mahaneh-dan at Judges 13:25 keeps the camp of Dan in memory.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And his host,.... That is, the host of Dan: and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 62,700 men, which agrees with the account of this tribe in Num 1:39.
The words behind it
7 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 |
| שְׁנַ֧יִם | shenayim | [were] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים | veshishim | and sixty | H8346 → | 59 times |
| אֶ֖לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וּשְׁבַ֥ע | usheva' | and seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| מֵאֽוֹת׃ | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
וּצְבָא֖וֹand military group his
utzevaoH6635 →485 times
וּפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑םand enrolled [men] their
ufekudeihemH6485 →303 times
שְׁנַ֧יִם[were] two
shenayimH8147 →768 times
וְשִׁשִּׁ֛יםand sixty
veshishimH8346 →59 times
אֶ֖לֶףthousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
וּשְׁבַ֥עand seven
usheva'H7651 →394 times
מֵאֽוֹת׃hundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 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 1:39those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.
it leads to
- Numbers 26:43
All of them were Shuhamite clans, and their registration numbered 64,400.
- Numbers 26:43
Through
Numbers 26:43All of them were Shuhamite clans, and their registration numbered 64,400.
it leads to
- Numbers 2:25–26
On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard:
- Numbers 1:38–39
From the sons of Dan, 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,
- Numbers 2:25–26
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Numbers
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.