Numbers 1:37

Numbers 1:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.
• English Standard Version (ESV)those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.
• New King James Version (NKJV)those who were numbered of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

Context of Numbers 1:37

35their numbered men of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200. 36Of the sons of Benjamin, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war, their numbered men of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400. 38Of the sons of Dan, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war, 39their numbered men of the tribe of Dan were 62,700.

Numbers 1:37 word by word

פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה בִנְיָמִ֑ן חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear

• their numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• men of the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyâmîyn · BenjaminH1144
• 35,400חָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• 35,400שְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• 35,400אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• 35,400אַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• 35,400מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 1:37

• Numbers 2:23and his army, even their numbered men, 35,400.
• Numbers 26:41These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were 45,600.
• Judges 20:44Thus 18,000 men of Benjamin fell; all these were valiant warriors.
• 2 Chronicles 17:17and of Benjamin, Eliada a valiant warrior, and with him 200,000 armed with bow and shield;

Commentaries on Numbers 1:37

• 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 1:37

• Benjamin
• 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