Numbers 2:15

Numbers 2:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
• New International Version (NIV)His division numbers 45,650.
• English Standard Version (ESV)his company as listed being 45,650.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And his army was numbered at forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

Context of Numbers 2:15

13There will be 59,300 soldiers in his army. 14The tribe of Gad will be on the other side of Reuben's camp. The leader of the tribe of Gad is Eliasaph, the son of Deuel. There will be 45,650 soldiers in his army. 16So there will be 151,450 soldiers in the three groups on Reuben's side of the camp. When the people travel, they will march second. 17The Levites must march next. The Levites must carry the Tent of Meeting. They must march between the first two groups of tribes and the last two groups of tribes. Each man must be in his own place. They must march with their flag.

Numbers 2:15 word by word

וּצְבָא֖וֹ וּפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה וְאַרְבָּעִים֙ אֶ֔לֶף וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And his hostצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• and those that were numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
• and fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572

Cross-references for Numbers 2:15

• Numbers 26:18There were 40,500 men in the clans of the tribe of Gad.

Commentaries on Numbers 2:15

• 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. 10-16The tribes of Reuben, Simeon, and Gad camped on the south. They had 151,450 soldiers and marched second in line.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-3110-31. On the south side the standard of the camp of Reuben--The description given of the position of Reuben and his attendant tribes on the south, of Ephraim and his associates on the west, of Dan and his confederates on the north, with that of Judah on the east, suggests the idea of a square or quadrangle, which, allowing one square cubit to each soldier while remaining close in the ranks, has been computed to extend over an area of somewhat more than…Read the comment

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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