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Numbers 2:8

The number of his army was fifty-seven thousand, four hundred.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jews, Judaism;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Camp;   Judah, Tribe of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Judah;   Shiloh (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Captain;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Army;   Camp and encamp;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
King James Version
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Lexham English Bible
and his division and the ones counted are fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
New Century Version
There are 57,400 men in his division.
New English Translation
Those numbered in his division are 57,400.
Amplified Bible
and his army as numbered totaled 57,400.
New American Standard Bible
and his army, his numbered men: 57,400.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And his hoste, and the nomber thereof seuen and fiftie thousand and foure hundreth:
Legacy Standard Bible
and his army, even his numbered men, 57,400.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
and his host, even those that were numbered thereof, fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
Easy-to-Read Version
There are 57,400 men in his division.
English Standard Version
his company as listed being 57,400.
George Lamsa Translation
And the number of his host was fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
His military division numbers 57,400.
Literal Translation
And his army, and those numbered of them were fifty seven thousand and four hundred.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
his armye in the summe, seuen and fiftie thousande and foure hundreth.
American Standard Version
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And his hoast & the number of them, fiftie and seuen thousand and foure hundred.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and his host, and those that were numbered thereof, fifty and seven thousand and four hundred;
King James Version (1611)
And his hoste and those that were numbred thereof, were fiftie and seuen thousand, and foure hundred.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
His forces that were numbered, were fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.
English Revised Version
and his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Berean Standard Bible
and his division numbers 57,400.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
al the oost of fiyteris of his kynrede, seuene and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid.
Young's Literal Translation
and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] seven and fifty thousand and four hundred;
Update Bible Version
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Webster's Bible Translation
And his host, and those that were numbered of it, [were] fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
World English Bible
His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
New King James Version
And his army was numbered at fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
New Life Bible
The number of his army is 57,400.
New Revised Standard
with a company as enrolled of fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and his host, even they who are numbered of him, fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the army of fighting men of his stock, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
Revised Standard Version
his host as numbered being fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and his army, even his numbered men, 57,400.

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 1:31, Numbers 26:26, Numbers 26:27

Reciprocal: Numbers 1:30 - General

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 3:24
So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
Genesis 13:10
And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.
2 Kings 19:12
Did the gods of the nations keep safe those on whom my fathers sent destruction, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
Isaiah 51:3
For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.
Ezekiel 27:23
Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Asshur and all the Medes:
Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.
Ezekiel 31:16
I will send shaking on the nations at the sound of his fall, when I send him down to the underworld with those who go down into the deep: and on earth they will be comforting themselves, all the trees of Eden, the best of Lebanon, even all the watered ones.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his host,.... That is, the host of Zebulun;

and those that were numbered thereof, [were] fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 57,400 men; see Numbers 1:31.

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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