Numbers 2:32

Numbers 2:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
• New International Version (NIV)These are the Israelites, counted according to their families. All the men in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These are the people of Israel as listed by their fathers' houses. All those listed in the camps by their companies were 603,550.
• New King James Version (NKJV)These are the ones who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses. All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

Context of Numbers 2:32

30and his division numbers 53,400. 31The total number of men in the camp of Dan is 157,600; they shall set out last, under their standards.” These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550. 33But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 34So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.

Numbers 2:32 word by word

אֵ֛לֶּה פְּקוּדֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם כָּל־פְּקוּדֵ֤י הַֽמַּחֲנֹת֙ לְצִבְאֹתָ֔ם שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֙לֶף֙ וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

• Theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• are the Israelitesבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• are the Israelitesיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• according to their familiesאָב'âb · fatherH1
• according to their familiesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• The totalכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• in the campsמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• by their divisionsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• was 603,550שֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• was 603,550מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• was 603,550אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• was 603,550שָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• was 603,550חָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• was 603,550חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572

Cross-references for Numbers 2:32

• Numbers 2:9The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.
• Numbers 1:46And all those counted totaled 603,550.
• Numbers 11:21But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
• Numbers 26:51These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.
• Exodus 12:37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
• Exodus 38:26a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.

Commentaries on Numbers 2:32

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-32Verses 3-32 The following plan shows the general arrangement of the camp, which would vary in different places according to local exigencies. The area of the camp might be about three square miles: Numbers 2:14 Reuel - Doubtless an error of transcription for Deuel Numbers 1:14.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-34Israel organized its camps by tribal groups. This probably addressed social status, water access, and security for the Tent of Meeting. This tent represented the Lord's presence. The Egyptian army from around the same time period used a similar defensive formation to protect holy objects during their battle campaigns.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-342. Every man ... shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house--Standards were visible signs of a certain recognized form for directing the movements of large bodies of people. As the Israelites were commanded to encamp "each by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house," the direction has been considered as implying that they possessed three varieties: (1) the great tribal standards, which served as rallying…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
• Bethshemesh
• Dispute
• Encamp
• Sinai
• Agrapha
• Apocrypha

Commentaries on Numbers 2

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings