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Numbers 1:33
33From the sons of Ephraim, 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, those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.
Numbers 1:33 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
- New International Version (NIV)The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.
- English Standard Version (ESV)those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.
- New King James Version (NKJV)those who were numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.
Context of Numbers 1:33
31those registered to the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400. 32From the sons of Joseph: From the sons of Ephraim, 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, those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500. 34And from the sons of Manasseh, 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, 35those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.
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פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה אֶפְרָ֑יִם אַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear
- From the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- of Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
- according to the recordsתּוֹלֵדוֹתtôledâh tôledâh · generationH8435
- of their clansמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
- and familiesאָב'âb · fatherH1
- and familiesבֵּיתbayith · betweenH1004
- countingמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
- the namesשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- of all thoseכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
- years of ageשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- or olderמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
- who could serveיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- in the armyצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
- those registeredפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
- to the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
- of Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
- numbered 40,500אַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
- numbered 40,500אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- numbered 40,500חָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
- numbered 40,500מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
Cross-references for Numbers 1:33
- Genesis 48:5And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
- Deuteronomy 33:17His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
- Numbers 2:19The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud, and his division numbers 40,500.
- Numbers 26:37These were the clans of Ephraim, and their registration numbered 32,500. These clans were the descendants of Joseph.
Commentaries on Numbers 1:33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33The tribe of Ephraim - forty thousand and five hundred - Ephraim, as he was blessed beyond his eldest brother Manasseh, Genesis 48:20, so here he is increased by thousands more than Manasseh, and more than the whole tribe of Benjamin, and his blessing continued above his brother, Deuteronomy 33:17. And thus the prophecy, Genesis 48:19, was fulfilled: His younger brother (Ephraim) shall be greater than he, (Manasseh). No word of God can possibly fall to…Read the comment
- 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
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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
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