Numbers 1:23

Numbers 1:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.
• English Standard Version (ESV)those listed of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.
• New King James Version (NKJV)those who were numbered of the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

Context of Numbers 1:23

21those 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, those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300. 24From the sons of Gad, 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, 25those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

Numbers 1:23 word by word

פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה שִׁמְע֑וֹן תִּשְׁעָ֧ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וּשְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear

• those registeredפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• to the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• of Simeonשִׁמְעוֹןshim‛ôn · SimeonH8095
• numbered 59,300תֵּ֫שַׁעtêsha‛ tish‛âh · nineH8672
• numbered 59,300חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• numbered 59,300אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• numbered 59,300שָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• numbered 59,300מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 1:23

• Numbers 2:13and his division numbers 59,300.
• Numbers 25:8followed the Israelite into the tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,
• Numbers 26:14These were the clans of Simeon, and there were 22,200 men.

Commentaries on Numbers 1:23

• 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 1:23

• Israel
• Simeon

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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