Numbers 26:18
in Numbers 26These were the clans of Gad, and their registration numbered 40,500.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
KJV
These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
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This verse in Numbers 26
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
These were the descendants of Simeon by their clans
on Numbers 26:12-18
Simeon comes out of the wilderness at 22,200, down from 59,300 at Sinai, the largest fall of any tribe. Chapter 25:14 had just named Zimri, the man slain at Peor, as "the leader of a Simeonite family".
This site's exposition
their registration numbered 40,500
Gad counts 40,500, down 5,150 from 45,650 at Sinai, a fall John Wesley puts at above five thousand. Matthew Henry notes that all three tribes under the standard of Judah grew. The camp of Reuben shows the reverse: Reuben, Simeon and Gad, who camped together, all come back smaller.
The words behind it
9 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 |
| מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת | mishpechot | [were] [the] clans of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גָ֖ד | gad | Gad | H1410 → | 72 times |
| לִפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם | lifkudeihem | to enrolled [men] their | H6485 → | 303 times |
| אַרְבָּעִ֥ים | ʾarbaim | forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| אֶ֖לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ | vachamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| מֵאֽוֹת׃ ס | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
אֵ֛לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת[were] [the] clans of
mishpechotH4940 →303 times
בְּנֵֽי־[the] descendants of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
גָ֖דGad
gadH1410 →72 times
לִפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑םto enrolled [men] their
lifkudeihemH6485 →303 times
אַרְבָּעִ֥יםforty
ʾarbaimH705 →136 times
אֶ֖לֶףthousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
וַחֲמֵ֥שׁand five
vachameshH2568 →343 times
מֵאֽוֹת׃ סhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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 Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary.