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Numbers 1:33

The number of them that were of the tribe of Ephraim, was fourtie thousand and fiue hundred.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ephraim;   Israel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ephraim;   Tribe;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Ephraim, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Agag;   Jazer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ephraim, the Tribe of;   Palestine;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Genealogies;   Number Systems and Number Symbolism;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Dan;   Ephraim;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Census;   Ephraim ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ephraim (1);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ephraim;   Genealogy;   Manasseh;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Efrayim, were forty thousand five hundred.
King James Version
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
Lexham English Bible
those who were counted from the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.
New Century Version
The tribe of Ephraim totaled 40,500 men.
New English Translation
Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.
Amplified Bible
those of the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.
New American Standard Bible
their numbered men of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The nomber of them also of the tribe of Ephraim was fourtie thousande & fiue hundreth.
Legacy Standard Bible
their numbered men of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.
Easy-to-Read Version
The total number of men counted from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.
English Standard Version
those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.
George Lamsa Translation
The number of the tribe of Ephraim was forty thousand and five hundred.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
those registered for the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.
Literal Translation
those numbered of them for the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand and five hundred.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
all yt were able to go forth to ye warre, were nobred to the trybe of Ephraim, fourtye thousande & fyue hundreth.
American Standard Version
those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
Bible in Basic English
Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
King James Version (1611)
Those that were numbred of them, euen of the tribe of Ephraim, were fourty thousand and fiue hundred.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
the numbering of them of the tribe of Manasse, was thirty-two thousand and two hundred.
English Revised Version
those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
Berean Standard Bible
those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.
Young's Literal Translation
their numbered ones, for the tribe of Ephraim, [are] forty thousand and five hundred.
Update Bible Version
those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
Webster's Bible Translation
Those that were numbered of them, [even] of the tribe of Ephraim, [were] forty thousand and five hundred.
World English Bible
those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.
New King James Version
those who were numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.
New Life Bible
The number of the family of Ephraim was 40,500.
New Revised Standard
those enrolled of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Ephraim, forty thousand and five hundred.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Forty thousand five hundred.
Revised Standard Version
the number of the tribe of E'phraim was forty thousand five hundred.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
their numbered men of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.

Contextual Overview

17 And Moyses & Aaron toke these men whiche are expressed by their names. 18 And they called all the congregation together the first day of the second moneth, and they were reckened throughout their kinredes and houses of their fathers, accordyng to the number of their names, from twentie yeres olde and aboue, head by head. 19 As the Lorde commaunded Moyses, euen so he numbred them in the wildernesse of Sinai. 20 So were the chyldren of Ruben, Israels eldest sonne, throughout their generations, and their kinredes, and houses of their fathers, accordyng to the number of their names, head by head, all males from twentie yeres old & aboue, as many as did go foorth to the warre: 21 The number of them that were of the tribe of Ruben, was fourtie & sixe thousande, and fiue hundred. 22 Of the chyldren of Simeon throughout their generations, & their kinredes, and houses of their fathers, the summe of the in the number of names head by head, all the males from twentie yeres and aboue, whosoeuer myght go foorth to the warre: 23 The summe of them that were of the tribe of Simeon, fiftie & nine thousande and three hundred. 24 Of the chyldren of Gad throughout their generations, and their kinredes, & housholdes of their fathers, the number of the names from twentie yeres & aboue, all that went foorth to ye warre: 25 The number of them that were of the tribe of Gad, was fourtie and fiue thousand, sixe hundred and fiftie. 26 Of the chyldren of Iuda throughout their generations, and their kinredes, and houses of their fathers, the number of names fro twentie yeres & aboue, all that were able to go foorth to ye warre:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the tribe: Genesis 48:5, Deuteronomy 33:17

were forty: Numbers 2:19, Numbers 26:37

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:19 - I know it

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Those that were numbered of them, [even] of the tribe of Ephraim, [were] forty thousand and five hundred. 40,500 men.

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The enrollment, being taken principally for military purposes (compare Numbers 1:3, Numbers 1:20), would naturally be arranged by hundreds, fifties, etc. (cf. 2Ki 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 accounted for by the pastoral, and consequently nomadic, habits of these tribes, which rendered it difficult to bring all their members together at once for a census. Judah already takes precedence of his brethren in point of numbers (compare Genesis 49:8 note), and Ephraim of Manasseh (compare Genesis 48:19-20).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 1:33. The tribe of Ephraim - forty thousand and five hundred. — Ephraim, as he was blessed beyond his eldest brother Manasseh, Genesis 48:20, so here he is increased by thousands more than Manasseh, and more than the whole tribe of Benjamin, and his blessing continued above his brother, Deuteronomy 33:17. And thus the prophecy, Genesis 48:19, was fulfilled: His younger brother (Ephraim) shall be greater than he, (Manasseh.) No word of God can possibly fall to the ground: he alone sees the end from the beginning; his infinite wisdom embraces all occurrences, and it is his province alone to determine what is right, and to predict what himself has purposed to accomplish.


 
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