Numbers 2:30

Numbers 2:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)His division numbers 53,400.
• English Standard Version (ESV)his company as listed being 53,400.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And his army was numbered at fifty-three thousand four hundred.

Context of Numbers 2:30

28There will be 41,500 soldiers in his army. 29The tribe of Naphtali will be on the other side of Dan's camp. The leader of the tribe of Naphtali is Ahira, the son of Enan. There will be 53,400 soldiers in his army. 31So there will be 157,600 soldiers in the three groups on Dan's side of the camp. They will march last with their flag.’ 32In that way, Moses and his helpers counted all the Israelite men who were able to fight. They counted them in groups, clan by clan. There were 603,550 soldiers.

Numbers 2:30 word by word

וּצְבָא֖וֹ וּפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֧ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And his hostצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• and those that were numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• and threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 2:30

• Numbers 26:50There were 45,400 men in the clans of the tribe of Naphtali.

Commentaries on Numbers 2:30

• 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. 25-31The tribes of Dan, Asher, and Naphtali were in the back.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

Topics related to Numbers 2:30

• Naphtali

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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