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Bishop's Bible

Numbers 2:11

And his hoast & the number of them, fourtie and sixe thousand and fiue hundred.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Camp;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Reuben;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Reuben;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Captain;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Army;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Reu'ben;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   On to Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Moses;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Breastplate of the High Priest;   Reuben, Tribe of;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
His division, and those who were numbered of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
King James Version
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Lexham English Bible
And his division and the ones counted are forty-six thousand five hundred.
New Century Version
There are 46,500 men in his division.
New English Translation
Those numbered in his division are 46,500.
Amplified Bible
and his army as numbered totaled 46,500.
New American Standard Bible
and his army, their numbered men: 46,500.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And his host, and the nomber thereof sixe and fourty thousand and fiue hundreth.
Legacy Standard Bible
and his army, even his numbered men, 46,500.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
and his host, even those that were numbered thereof, forty-six thousand five hundred.
Easy-to-Read Version
There are 46,500 men in this division.
English Standard Version
his company as listed being 46,500.
George Lamsa Translation
And the number of his host was forty-six thousand and five hundred.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
His military division numbers 46,500.
Literal Translation
And his army, and those numbered of it were forty six thousand and five hundred.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& his armie in the summe, sixe & fourtie thousande, & fyue C.
American Standard Version
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Bible in Basic English
The number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and his host, and those that were numbered thereof, forty and six thousand and five hundred;
King James Version (1611)
And his hoste, and those that were numbred thereof, were fourtie and sixe thousand, and fiue hundred.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
His forces that were numbered, were forty-six thousand and five hundred.
English Revised Version
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Berean Standard Bible
and his division numbers 46,500.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that weren noumbrid, sixe and fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.
Young's Literal Translation
and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] six and forty thousand and five hundred.
Update Bible Version
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Webster's Bible Translation
And his host, and those that were numbered of it [were] forty and six thousand and five hundred.
World English Bible
His division, and those who were numbered of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
New King James Version
And his army was numbered at forty-six thousand five hundred.
New Life Bible
The number of his army is 46,500.
New Revised Standard
with a company as enrolled of forty-six thousand five hundred.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and his host, even they who are numbered of him, - forty-six thousand, and five hundred.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
Revised Standard Version
his host as numbered being forty-six thousand five hundred.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and his army, even their numbered men, 46,500.

Contextual Overview

3 On the east side towarde the rising of the sunne, shall they of the standerd of the hoast of Iuda pitche, throughout their armies: And Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab, shalbe captayne of the sonnes of Iuda. 4 And his hoast & the number of them, threscore and fourteene thousande and sixe hundred. 5 Next vnto hym shall they that be of the tribe of Isachar pitch: and Nathanael the sonne of Zuar, shalbe captayne of the chyldren of Isachar. 6 His hoast and the number thereof, fiftie & foure thousand and foure hundred. 7 And then the tribe of Zabulon, and Eliab the sonne of Helon, shalbe captayne ouer the chyldren of Zabulon. 8 And his hoast & the number of them, fiftie and seuen thousand and foure hundred. 9 So that the whole number of the whole hoast of Iuda, are an hundred thousande, fourscore and sixe thousand, and foure hundred, throughout their armies: and these shall first moue. 10 On the southside shalbe the standerd of the hoast of Ruben, according to their armyes: and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ruben, shalbe Elizur the sonne of Sedeur. 11 And his hoast & the number of them, fourtie and sixe thousand and fiue hundred. 12 And fast by hym shall the tribe of Simeon pitche, and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Simeon, shalbe Salumiel the sonne of Zuri Saddai.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 1:21, Numbers 26:7

Reciprocal: Numbers 1:20 - General Numbers 3:34 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 10:7
And the children of Chus: Seba, and Hauilah, and Sabthah, and Raamah, and Sabtheca.
Genesis 10:29
And Ophir, and Hauilah, and Iobab, all these were the chyldren of Iactan.
Genesis 25:18
And they dwelled from Hauilah vnto Sur, that is by the border of Egypt as thou goest toward Assur, and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Heuila, as thou commest to Sur, that lyeth before Egypt.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his host,.... That is, the host of Reuben, as distinct from his camp, of which it was only a part, and of which Elizur was captain;

and those that were numbered thereof, [were] forty and six thousand and five hundred. 46,500 men; see Numbers 1:21.

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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