Numbers 1:37

Numbers 1:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.
• English Standard Version (ESV)those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.
• New King James Version (NKJV)those who were numbered of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

Context of Numbers 1:37

35those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200. 36From the sons of Benjamin, 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 Benjamin numbered 35,400. 38From the sons of Dan, 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, 39those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

Numbers 1:37 word by word

פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה בִנְיָמִ֑ן חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear

• those registeredפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• to the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• numbered 35,400חָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• numbered 35,400שְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• numbered 35,400אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• numbered 35,400אַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• numbered 35,400מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 1:37

• Numbers 2:23and his division numbers 35,400.
• Numbers 26:41These were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered 45,600.
• Judges 20:44And 18,000 Benjamites fell, all men of valor.
• 2 Chronicles 17:17From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;

Commentaries on Numbers 1:37

• 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 1:37

• Benjamin
• Israel

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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