Numbers 1:29

Numbers 1:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.
• English Standard Version (ESV)those listed of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.
• New King James Version (NKJV)those who were numbered of the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

Context of Numbers 1:29

27their numbered men of the tribe of Judah were 74,600. 28Of the sons of Issachar, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war, their numbered men of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400. 30Of the sons of Zebulun, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war, 31their numbered men of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.

Numbers 1:29 word by word

פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה יִשָּׂשכָ֑ר אַרְבָּעָ֧ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear

• their numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• men of the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• of Issacharיִשָּׂשכָרyiώώâώkâr · IssacharH3485
• 54,400אַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• 54,400חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• 54,400אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• 54,400מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 1:29

• Numbers 1:6of the tribe of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;
• Numbers 26:25These are the families of Issachar by those who were numbered of them, 64,300.

Commentaries on Numbers 1:29

• 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 1:29

• Israel
• Issachar

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• Sinai

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