New English Translation
Numbers 2:16
16All those numbered of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, are 151,450. They will travel second.
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
14Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel. 15Those numbered in his division are 45,650. All those numbered of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, are 151,450. They will travel second. 17“Then the tent of meeting with the camp of the Levites will travel in the middle of the camps. They will travel in the same order as they camped, each in his own place under his standard. 18“On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Amihud.
Read all of Numbers 2Numbers 2:16 word by word
כָּֽל־הַפְּקֻדִ֞ים לְמַחֲנֵ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֗ן מְאַ֨ת אֶ֜לֶף וְאֶחָ֨ד וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף וְאַרְבַּע־מֵא֥וֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם וּשְׁנִיִּ֖ם יִסָּֽעוּ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- All that were numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
- in the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
- of Reubenרְאוּבֵןre'ûbên · ReubenH7205
- an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
- and oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- and fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
- throughout their armiesצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
- And they shall set forthנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
- in the second rankשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
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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
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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
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