Numbers 1:27

Numbers 1:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.
• English Standard Version (ESV)those listed of the tribe of Judah were 74,600.
• New King James Version (NKJV)those who were numbered of the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

Context of Numbers 1:27

25those counted from the tribe of Gad were 45,650. 26From the sons of Judah (their generations, by their families, their ancestral households, the count of their names, all who would go out with the army), those counted from the tribe of Judah were 74,600. 28From the sons of Issachar (their generations, according to their families, their ancestral households, by number of the names of every male 20 years old and upward, going out with the army), 29those counted from the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.

Numbers 1:27 word by word

פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה יְהוּדָ֑ה אַרְבָּעָ֧ה וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Those that were numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• of the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• threescore and fourteenאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• threescore and fourteenשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 1:27

• Numbers 2:3Those camping on the east—toward the sunrise—will be of the standard of Judah, according to their divisions. Nachshon son of Amminadab, is the prince of the sons of Judah.
• Numbers 26:22These were the sons of Judah. They numbered 76,500.
• 2 Samuel 24:9Joab reported the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: there were in Israel 800,000 valiant men who drew the sword and the men of Judah were 500,000 men.
• 2 Chronicles 17:14These were their appointees according to their clans. From Judah, captains of thousands: Adnah the commander with 300,000 valiant warriors;

Commentaries on Numbers 1:27

• 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 1:27

• Israel
• Judah

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• Judah
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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