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Numbers 2:9

in Numbers 2

The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts. They shall set forth first.

KJV

All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

This verse in Numbers 2

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

men in the divisions of the camp of Judah

The verse closes with “they shall set out first”, which makes the plan of the camp the order of the march. Numbers 10:14 records it falling out that way: “First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard”.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies,.... 186,400 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

  • יְהוּדָ֗הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • מְאַ֨ת[were] one hundred

    meatH3967 →581 times

  • אֶ֜לֶףthousand

    ʾelefH505 →505 times

  • וּשְׁמֹנִ֥יםand eighty

    ushemonimH8084 →

  • אֶ֛לֶףthousand

    ʾelefH505 →505 times

  • וְשֵֽׁשֶׁת־and six

    vesheshet-H8337 →216 times

  • אֲלָפִ֥יםthousand<s>

    ʾalafimH505 →505 times

  • וְאַרְבַּע־and four

    vearba'-H702 →318 times

  • מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • לְצִבְאֹתָ֑םto military groups their

    letzivotamH6635 →485 times

  • רִאשֹׁנָ֖הfirst

    rishonahH7223 →182 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

5 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 10:14

    First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 2:3–9

      On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:

    • Numbers 1:7

      from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

    • Numbers 26:19–27

      The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.

    • Genesis 49:8

      Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

    • Numbers 7:12

      On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah drew near with his offering.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

This page draws on 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.