Numbers 2:32

Numbers 2:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
• New International Version (NIV)These are the Israelites, counted according to their families. All the men in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These are the people of Israel as listed by their fathers' houses. All those listed in the camps by their companies were 603,550.
• New King James Version (NKJV)These are the ones who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses. All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

Context of Numbers 2:32

30Those numbered in his division are 53,400. 31All those numbered of the camp of Dan are 157,600. They will travel last, under their standards.” These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. All those numbered in the camps, by their divisions, are 603,550. 33But the Levites were not numbered among the other Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses. 34So the Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way they camped under their standards, and that is the way they traveled, each with his clan and family.

Numbers 2:32 word by word

אֵ֛לֶּה פְּקוּדֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם כָּל־פְּקוּדֵ֤י הַֽמַּחֲנֹת֙ לְצִבְאֹתָ֔ם שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֙לֶף֙ וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• those which were numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• by the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• of the campsמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• throughout their hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• and fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572

Cross-references for Numbers 2:32

• Numbers 2:9All those numbered of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, are 186,400. They will travel at the front.
• Numbers 1:46And all those numbered totaled 603,550.
• Numbers 11:21Moses said, “The people around me are 600,000 on foot; but you say, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.’
• Numbers 26:51These were those numbered of the Israelites, 601,730.
• Exodus 12:37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men on foot, plus their dependants.
• Exodus 38:26one beka per person, that is, a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who crossed over to those numbered, from twenty years old or older, 603,550 in all.

Commentaries on Numbers 2:32

• 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. 1-34Israel organized its camps by tribal groups. This probably addressed social status, water access, and security for the Tent of Meeting. This tent represented the Lord's presence. The Egyptian army from around the same time period used a similar defensive formation to protect holy objects during their battle campaigns.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-342. Every man ... shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house--Standards were visible signs of a certain recognized form for directing the movements of large bodies of people. As the Israelites were commanded to encamp "each by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house," the direction has been considered as implying that they possessed three varieties: (1) the great tribal standards, which served as rallying…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
• Bethshemesh
• Dispute
• Encamp
• Sinai
• Agrapha
• Apocrypha

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