Numbers 2:16

Numbers 2:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
• New International Version (NIV)All the men assigned to the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, number 151,450. They will set out second.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All those listed of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, were 151,450. They shall set out second.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Reuben, one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty—they shall be the second to break camp.

Context of Numbers 2:16

14Then follows the tribe of Gad; and the leader of the sons of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel, 15and his army, their numbered men: 45,650. The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And they shall set out second. 17“Then the tent of meeting shall set out with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; just as they camp, so they shall set out, every man in his place by their flags. 18“On the west side shall be the flag of the camp of Ephraim by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud,

Numbers 2:16 word by word

כָּֽל־הַפְּקֻדִ֞ים לְמַחֲנֵ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֗ן מְאַ֨ת אֶ֜לֶף וְאֶחָ֨ד וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף וְאַרְבַּע־מֵא֥וֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם וּשְׁנִיִּ֖ם יִסָּֽעוּ׃ סRead the interlinear

• The totalכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• of the numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• men of the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• of Reubenרְאוּבֵןre'ûbên · ReubenH7205
• 151,450מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• 151,450אֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• 151,450אֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• 151,450חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• 151,450אַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• by their armiesצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• they shall setנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145

Cross-references for Numbers 2:16

• Numbers 2:9The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. They shall set out first.
• Numbers 10:18Next the flag of the camp of Reuben, by their armies, set out with Elizur the son of Shedeur, over its army,

Commentaries on Numbers 2:16

• 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. 10-16The tribes of Reuben, Simeon, and Gad camped on the south. They had 151,450 soldiers and marched second in line.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-3110-31. On the south side the standard of the camp of Reuben--The description given of the position of Reuben and his attendant tribes on the south, of Ephraim and his associates on the west, of Dan and his confederates on the north, with that of Judah on the east, suggests the idea of a square or quadrangle, which, allowing one square cubit to each soldier while remaining close in the ranks, has been computed to extend over an area of somewhat more than…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 2:16

• Gad

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• Reuben
• Four Hundred
• Bethshemesh
• Camp
• Dispute
• Encamp
• Sinai
• Agrapha
• Apocrypha
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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