God’s Word Translation
Numbers 2:32
32This is the total number of Israelites, counted by households. The grand total of all the troops in the camps was 603,550.
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
30The total number of men in his army is 53,400. 31“The grand total of all the men in Dan’s camp is 157,600. They will be the last group to move out. They will travel under their own flag.” This is the total number of Israelites, counted by households. The grand total of all the troops in the camps was 603,550. 33As the Lord had commanded Moses, the Levites were not registered along with the other Israelites. 34So the Israelites did everything as the Lord had commanded Moses. They set up camp under their flags, and each person traveled with his own family and household.
Read all of Numbers 2Numbers 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- those which were numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
- of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- by the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- of their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- of the campsמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
- throughout their hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
- sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
- hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- and threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
- and fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
- and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
Cross-references for Numbers 2:32
- Numbers 2:9“The grand total of all the troops in Judah’s camp is 186,400. They will be the first group to move out.
- Numbers 1:46was 603,550.
- Numbers 11:21But Moses said, “Here I am with 600,000 foot soldiers around me. Yet, you say, ‘I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!’
- Numbers 26:51The total number of Israelite men was 601,730.
- Exodus 12:37The Israelites left Rameses to go to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, plus all the women and children.
- Exodus 38:26This came to one-fifth of an ounce per person, for everyone counted who was at least 20 years old: 603,550 people.
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
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
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