Numbers 1:33

Numbers 1:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.
• English Standard Version (ESV)those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.
• New King James Version (NKJV)those who were numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.

Context of Numbers 1:33

31The total for the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400. 32The roster of families and households for the descendants of Joseph—those from Ephraim—listed the men by name who were at least 20 years old and eligible for military duty. The total for the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500. 34The roster of families and households for the descendants of Manasseh listed the men by name who were at least 20 years old and eligible for military duty. 35The total for the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.

Numbers 1:33 word by word

פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה אֶפְרָ֑יִם אַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Those that were numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• of the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• of Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 1:33

• Genesis 48:5“So your two sons, who were born in Egypt before I came here, are my sons. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are.
• Deuteronomy 33:17They will be as majestic as a firstborn bull. Their horns will be like the horns of a wild ox. They will use them to push away nations including those at the ends of the earth. The tens of thousands from the tribe of Ephraim and the thousands from the tribe of Manasseh will be like this.”
• Numbers 2:19The total number of men in his army is 40,500.
• Numbers 26:37These were the families of Ephraim’s descendants. The total number of men was 32,500. These were the families descended from Joseph.

Commentaries on Numbers 1:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33The tribe of Ephraim - forty thousand and five hundred - Ephraim, as he was blessed beyond his eldest brother Manasseh, Genesis 48:20, so here he is increased by thousands more than Manasseh, and more than the whole tribe of Benjamin, and his blessing continued above his brother, Deuteronomy 33:17. And thus the prophecy, Genesis 48:19, was fulfilled: His younger brother (Ephraim) shall be greater than he, (Manasseh). No word of God can possibly fall to…Read the comment
• 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 1:33

• Ephraim
• 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