Numbers 1:41

Numbers 1:41 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.
• English Standard Version (ESV)those listed of the tribe of Asher were 41,500.
• New King James Version (NKJV)those who were numbered of the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.

Context of Numbers 1:41

39those 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, those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500. 42From the sons of Naphtali, 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, 43those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

Numbers 1:41 word by word

פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה אָשֵׁ֑ר אֶחָ֧ד וְאַרְבָּעִ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear

• those registeredפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• to the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• of Asherאָשֵׁר'âshêr · AsherH836
• numbered 41,500אֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• numbered 41,500אַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
• numbered 41,500אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• numbered 41,500חָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• numbered 41,500מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 1:41

• Numbers 2:28and his division numbers 41,500.
• Numbers 26:47These were the clans of Asher, and their registration numbered 53,400.

Commentaries on Numbers 1:41

• 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 1:41

• Asher
• 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