Numbers 1:39

Numbers 1:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.
• English Standard Version (ESV)those listed of the tribe of Dan were 62,700.
• New King James Version (NKJV)those who were numbered of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

Context of Numbers 1:39

37their 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, their numbered men of the tribe of Dan were 62,700. 40Of the sons of Asher, 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, 41their numbered men of the tribe of Asher were 41,500.

Numbers 1:39 word by word

פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה דָ֑ן שְׁנַ֧יִם וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear

• their numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• men of the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• of Danדָּןdân · DanH1835
• 62,700שְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• 62,700שִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym · sixtyH8346
• 62,700אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• 62,700שֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• 62,700מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 1:39

• Numbers 2:26and his army, even their numbered men, 62,700.
• Numbers 26:43All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were 64,400.

Commentaries on Numbers 1:39

• 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 1:39

• Dan
• 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