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Numbers 2:23

The number of his army was thirty-five thousand, four hundred.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Camp;   Ephraim, the Tribe of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Manasseh (1);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Benjamin ;   Captain;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Army;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   On to Canaan;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Benjamin;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
His host, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
King James Version
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Lexham English Bible
And his division and the ones counted are thirty-five thousand four hundred.
New Century Version
There are 35,400 men in his division.
New English Translation
Those numbered in his division are 35,400.
Amplified Bible
and his army as numbered totaled 35,400.
New American Standard Bible
and his army, their numbered men, 35,400.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And his host, and the nomber of the were fiue and thirtie thousand and foure hundreth.
Legacy Standard Bible
and his army, even their numbered men, 35,400.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
and his host, even those that were numbered of them, thirty-five thousand four hundred.
Easy-to-Read Version
There are 35,400 men in this division.
English Standard Version
his company as listed being 35,400.
George Lamsa Translation
And the number of his host was thirty-five thousand and four hundred.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
His military division numbers 35,400.
Literal Translation
And his army, and those numbered of them were thirty five thousand and four hundred,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
his armye in the summe, fyue and thirtie thousande & foure hundreth.
American Standard Version
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
His hoast & the number of them, thirtie and fiue thousande & foure hundred.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and his host, and those that were numbered of them, thirty and five thousand and four hundred;
King James Version (1611)
And his hoste, and those that were numbred of them, were thirtie and fiue thousand, and foure hundred.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
His forces that were numbered, were thirty-five thousand and four hundred.
English Revised Version
and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Berean Standard Bible
and his division numbers 35,400.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, fyue and thretti thousynde and foure hundrid.
Young's Literal Translation
and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] five and thirty thousand and four hundred.
Update Bible Version
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Webster's Bible Translation
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
World English Bible
His host, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
New King James Version
And his army was numbered at thirty-five thousand four hundred.
New Life Bible
The number of his army is 35,400.
New Revised Standard
with a company as enrolled of thirty-five thousand four hundred.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - thirty-five thousand and four hundred.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the whole army of fighting men, that were reckoned up, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
Revised Standard Version
his host as numbered being thirty-five thousand four hundred.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and his army, even their numbered men, 35,400.

Contextual Overview

3 Those whose tents are on the east side, looking to the dawn, will be round the flag of the children of Judah, with Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, as their chief. 4 The number of his army was seventy-four thousand, six hundred. 5 And nearest to him will be the tribe of Issachar, with Nethanel, the son of Zuar, as their chief. 6 The number of his army was fifty-four thousand, four hundred. 7 After him, the tribe of Zebulun, with Eliab, the son of Helon, as their chief. 8 The number of his army was fifty-seven thousand, four hundred. 9 The number of all the armies of Judah was a hundred and eighty-six thousand, four hundred. They go forward first. 10 On the south side is the flag of the children of Reuben, in the order of their armies, with Elizur, the son of Shedeur, as their chief. 11 The number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred. 12 And nearest to him, the tribe of Simeon, with Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, as their chief.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 1:37, Numbers 26:41

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 29:14
And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.
Judges 9:2
Say now in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem, Is it better for you to be ruled by all the seventy sons of Jerubbaal or by one man only? And keep in mind that I am your bone and your flesh.
2 Samuel 5:1
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.
2 Samuel 19:13
And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God's punishment be on me, if I do not make you chief of the army before me at all times in place of Joab!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his host, c. That is, the host of Benjamin

and those that were numbered of them, [were] thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 35,400 men. The least number of all the tribes, excepting the tribe of Manasseh, Numbers 2:21; see Numbers 1:37.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.


 
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