Numbers 1:31

Numbers 1:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.
• New King James Version (NKJV)those who were numbered of the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

Context of Numbers 1:31

29those listed of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400. 30Of the people of Zebulun, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400. 32Of the people of Joseph, namely, of the people of Ephraim, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 33those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.

Numbers 1:31 word by word

פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה זְבוּלֻ֑ן שִׁבְעָ֧ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Those that were numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• of the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• of Zebulunזְבוּלֻןzebûlûn zebûlûn zebûlûn · ZebulunH2074
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• and sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 1:31

• Numbers 2:8his company as listed being 57,400.
• Numbers 26:27These are the clans of the Zebulunites as they were listed, 60,500.

Commentaries on Numbers 1:31

• 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 1:31

• Israel

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• Zebulun
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• Condition
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• Encamp
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• Palestine
• Refuge, Cities of
• Sinai
• Sum

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