Tree of Life Version
Numbers 2:4
4His division, by their number, is 74,600.
Numbers 2:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
- New International Version (NIV)His division numbers 74,600.
- English Standard Version (ESV)his company as listed being 74,600.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And his army was numbered at seventy-four thousand six hundred.
Context of Numbers 2:4
2Let each man encamp under his own standard among the banners of their ancestral house at an appropriate distance around the Tent of Meeting. 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. His division, by their number, is 74,600. 5Camping next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar. The prince of the sons of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar. 6Their division, by their number, is 54,400.
Read all of Numbers 2Numbers 2:4 word by word
וּצְבָא֖וֹ וּפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם אַרְבָּעָ֧ה וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And his hostצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
- and those that were numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
- 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 2:4
Commentaries on Numbers 2:4
- 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. 3-9The tribes of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun camped in the most important spot on the east side of the Tent of Meeting. They led when Israel traveled. This largest tribal group had 186,400 people. It could protect the holy tent and its assistants very well.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
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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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