Numbers 1:21

Numbers 1:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.
• English Standard Version (ESV)those listed of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.
• New King James Version (NKJV)those who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.

Context of Numbers 1:21

19just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai: 20From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500. 22From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, 23those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

Numbers 1:21 word by word

פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֑ן שִׁשָּׁ֧ה וְאַרְבָּעִ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear

• those registeredפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• to the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• of Reubenרְאוּבֵןre'ûbên · ReubenH7205
• numbered 46,500שֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• numbered 46,500אַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
• numbered 46,500אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• numbered 46,500חָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• numbered 46,500מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 1:21

• Numbers 1:26From the sons of Judah, 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 2:10On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:
• Numbers 26:7These were the clans of Reuben, and their registration numbered 43,730.

Commentaries on Numbers 1:21

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-46Verses 20-46 The enrollment, being taken principally for military purposes (compare Numbers 1:3, Numbers 1:20), would naturally be arranged by hundreds, fifties, etc. (cf. 2 Kings 1:9, 2 Kings 1:11, 2 Kings 1:13). In eleven tribes the number enrolled consists of complete hundreds. The difference, in this respect, observable in the case of the tribe of Gad here Numbers 1:25, and of the tribe of Reuben at the later census Numbers 26:7, is probably to be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-43The second list of tribes lists Gad with Reuben and Simeon. These two tribes camped with Gad while Israel traveled.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-4420-44. These are those that were numbered--In this registration the tribe of Judah appears the most numerous; and accordingly, as the pre-eminence had been assigned to it by Jacob [Ge 49:8-12], it got the precedence in all the encampments of Israel. Of the two half-tribes of Joseph, who is seen to be "a fruitful bough" [Ge 49:22], that of Ephraim was the larger, as had been predicted. The relative increase of all, as in the two just mentioned, was owing…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 1:21

• Israel
• Reubenites

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• Reuben
• Condition
• Double
• Encamp
• Express
• Palestine
• Refuge, Cities of
• Reuben, Tribe of
• Sinai
• Sum

Commentaries on Numbers 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings