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Numbers 2:9

"The total number of men in Judah's camp is 186,400. All these men are divided into their different tribes. Judah will be the first group to move when the people travel from one place to another.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Amminadab;   Judah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judah, tribe and kingdom;   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;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Zebulun;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Breastplate of the High Priest;   Michael;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
All who were numbered of the camp of Yehudah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.
King James Version
All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
Lexham English Bible
All those counted from the camp of Judah are one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred. They will set out first according to their divisions.
New Century Version
There are a total of 186,400 men in the camps of Judah and its neighbors, in all their divisions. They will be the first to march out of camp.
New English Translation
All those numbered of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, are 186,400. They will travel at the front.
Amplified Bible
"The total of the numbered men [in the three tribes on the east side] in the camp of Judah was 186,400, by their armies. They shall move out first [on the march].
New American Standard Bible
"The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. They shall set out first.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The whole nomber of the hoste of Iudah are an hundreth fourescore and sixe thousande, and foure hundreth according to their armies: they shall first set foorth.
Legacy Standard Bible
The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. They shall set out first.
Contemporary English Version
These 186,400 troops will march into battle first.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their hosts. They shall set forth first.
English Standard Version
All those listed of the camp of Judah, by their companies, were 186,400. They shall set out first on the march.
George Lamsa Translation
The total number of the camp of Judah was one hundred and eighty-six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. They shall march first.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
The total number in their military divisions who belong to Judah’s encampment is 186,400; they will move out first.
Literal Translation
All numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred and eighty six thousand and four hundred, by their armies. They shall set forth first.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So yt all they which beloge to ye hoost of Iuda, be in the summe an C. sixe and foure score thousande, & foure hundreth be longinge to their armye, & they shall go before.
American Standard Version
All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts. They shall set forth first.
Bible in Basic English
The number of all the armies of Judah was a hundred and eighty-six thousand, four hundred. They go forward first.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
all that were numbered of the camp of Judah being a hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts; they shall set forth first.
King James Version (1611)
All that were numbred in the Campe of Iudah, were an hundred thousand, and fourescore thousand, and sixe thousand, and foure hundred, throughout their armies: these shall first set foorth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
All that were numbered of the camp of Juda were a hundred and eighty thousand and six thousand and four hundred: they shall move first with their forces.
English Revised Version
All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts. They shall set forth first.
Berean Standard Bible
The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Judas, weren an hundrid thousynde `foure scoore thousynde and sixe and foure hundrid; and thei schulen go out the firste bi her cumpanyes.
Young's Literal Translation
all those numbered of the camp of Judah [are] a hundred thousand, and eighty thousand, and six thousand, and four hundred, by their hosts; they journey first.
Update Bible Version
All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were 186,400 according to their hosts. They shall set forth first.
Webster's Bible Translation
All that were numbered in the camp of Judah [were] a hundred thousand and eighty thousand and six thousand and four hundred throughout their armies: these shall first move forward.
World English Bible
All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.
New King James Version
"All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Judah, one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred--these shall break camp first.
New Living Translation
So the total of all the troops on Judah's side of the camp is 186,400. These three tribes are to lead the way whenever the Israelites travel to a new campsite.
New Life Bible
The whole number among the tents of Judah is 186,400, by their armies. They will be first to move on.
New Revised Standard
The total enrollment of the camp of Judah, by companies, is one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred. They shall set out first on the march.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All they who are num-bered to the camp of Judah. a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred, by their hosts, shall first set forward.
Douay-Rheims Bible
All that were numbered in the camp of Juda, were a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred: and they by their troops shall march first.
Revised Standard Version
The whole number of the camp of Judah, by their companies, is a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred. They shall set out first on the march.
THE MESSAGE
The total number of men assigned to Judah, troop by troop, is 186,400. They will lead the march.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. They shall set out first.

Contextual Overview

3 "The flag of the camp of Judah will be on the east side, where the sun rises. The people of Judah will camp near its flag. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab. 4 There are 74,600 men in his division. 5 "The tribe of Issachar will camp next to the tribe of Judah. The leader of the tribe of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar. 6 There are 54,400 men in his division. 7 "The tribe of Zebulun will also camp next to the tribe of Judah. The leader of the tribe of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon. 8 There are 57,400 men in his division. 9 "The total number of men in Judah's camp is 186,400. All these men are divided into their different tribes. Judah will be the first group to move when the people travel from one place to another. 10 "The flag of Reuben's camp will be south of the Holy Tent. Each group will camp near its flag. The leader of the tribe of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur. 11 There are 46,500 men in this division. 12 "The tribe of Simeon will camp next to the tribe of Reuben. The leader of the tribe of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

These shall: Numbers 10:14

Reciprocal: Numbers 2:16 - an hundred Numbers 2:24 - an hundred Numbers 2:31 - an hundred Numbers 2:32 - General Numbers 3:34 - General Numbers 23:10 - the fourth

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the East, in a place named Eden. He put the man he made in that garden.
Genesis 2:9
Then the Lord God caused all the beautiful trees that were good for food to grow in the garden. In the middle of the garden, he put the tree of life and the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil.
Genesis 2:17
But you must not eat from the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil. If you eat fruit from that tree, on that day you will certainly die!"
Genesis 3:3
But there is one tree we must not eat from. God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch that tree, or you will die.'"
Deuteronomy 6:25
If we carefully obey the whole law, exactly as the Lord our God told us to, he will say that we have done a very good thing.'
Proverbs 3:18
Wisdom is like a life-giving tree to those who hold on to her; she is a blessing to those who keep her close.
Proverbs 11:30
What good people produce is like a life-giving tree. Those who are wise give new life to others.
Isaiah 44:25
False prophets tell lies, but the Lord shows that their lies are false. He makes fools of those who do magic. He confuses even the wise. They think they know a lot, but he makes them look foolish.
Isaiah 47:10
You do bad things but still feel safe. You say to yourself, ‘No one sees the wrong I do.' You thought that your wisdom and knowledge would save you. You tell yourself, ‘I alone am important, and no one else matters.'
Ezekiel 31:16
I made the tree fall—and the nations shook with fear at the sound of the falling tree. I sent the tree down to the place of death to join the other people who had gone down into that deep hole. In the past, all the trees of Eden, the best of Lebanon, drank that water. The trees were comforted in the world below.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All that were numbered in the camp of Judah [were] an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred,

throughout their armies,.... 186,400 men. The sum total of the three tribes, which formed that camp: this was the largest camp of them all, being near 30,000 more than Dan's, Numbers 2:31, which was the next in number unto it, and therefore placed foremost, and as the vanguard to the tabernacle:

these shall first set forth; in a march, when about to journey; when they saw the cloud remove, the priests blew with the trumpets, and then the camp of Judah moved first, as Jarchi observes, and when they went out to fight, Judah went up first, Judges 1:1.

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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