Numbers 2:23

Numbers 2:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)His division numbers 35,400.
• English Standard Version (ESV)his company as listed being 35,400.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And his army was numbered at thirty-five thousand four hundred.

Context of Numbers 2:23

21And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 22Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 24All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank. 25The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

Numbers 2:23 word by word

וּצְבָא֖וֹ וּפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• And his armyצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• and those that were numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• and fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 2:23

• Numbers 1:37Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
• Numbers 26:41These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.

Commentaries on Numbers 2:23

• 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. 18-24The tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin followed the Tent of Meeting and the Levites.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

In the dictionaries

• Four Hundred
• Bethshemesh
• Camp
• Dispute
• Encamp
• Ephraim, The tribe of
• Sinai
• Agrapha
• Apocrypha
• Astronomy

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