Numbers 1:39

Numbers 1:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.
• English Standard Version (ESV)those listed of the tribe of Dan were 62,700.
• New King James Version (NKJV)those who were numbered of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

Context of Numbers 1:39

37those 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, those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700. 40From the sons of Asher, 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, 41those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.

Numbers 1:39 word by word

פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה דָ֑ן שְׁנַ֧יִם וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear

• those registeredפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• to the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• of Danדָּןdân · DanH1835
• numbered 62,700שְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• numbered 62,700שִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym · sixtyH8346
• numbered 62,700אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• numbered 62,700שֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• numbered 62,700מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 1:39

• Numbers 2:26The leader of the Danites is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, and his division numbers 62,700.
• Numbers 26:43All of them were Shuhamite clans, and their registration numbered 64,400.

Commentaries on Numbers 1:39

• 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 1:39

• Dan
• 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