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Friday, July 25th, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Numbers 2:16

All that were numbred in the Campe of Reuben were an hundred thousand, and fiftie and one thousand, and foure hundred and fiftie throughout their armies: and they shall set foorth in the second ranke.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Camp;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Reuben;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Captain;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Army;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"All who were numbered of the camp of Re'uven were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their hosts. They shall set out second.
King James Version
All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
Lexham English Bible
All those counted from the camp of Reuben are one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty. They will set out second according to their divisions.
New Century Version
There are a total of 151,450 men in the camps of Reuben and its neighbors, in all their divisions. They will be the second group to march out of camp.
New English Translation
All those numbered of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, are 151,450. They will travel second.
Amplified Bible
"The total of the numbered men [in the three tribes on the south side] in the camp of Reuben was 151,450, by their armies. They shall move out second [on the march].
New American Standard Bible
"The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And they shall set out second.
Geneva Bible (1587)
All the nomber of the campe of Reuben were an hundreth and one and fiftie thousande, and foure hundreth and fiftie according to their armies, and they shall set foorth in the seconde place.
Legacy Standard Bible
The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And they shall set out second.
Contemporary English Version
These 151,450 troops will march into battle second.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.
Easy-to-Read Version
"The total number of men in all the divisions of Reuben's camp is 151,450. His camp will be the second group to move when the people travel from place to place.
English Standard Version
All those listed of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, were 151,450. They shall set out second.
George Lamsa Translation
The total number of the camp of Reuben was one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. They shall march in the second place.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
The total number in their military divisions who belong to Reuben’s encampment is 151,450; they will move out second.
Literal Translation
All numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred and fifty one thousand four hundred and fifty according to their armies. And they shall pull out second.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So that all they which belonge to the hoost of Ruben, be in the summe, an hundreth, one & fiftie thousande, foure hudreth and fiftye, belonginge to their armye. And they shall be the seconde in the iourney.
American Standard Version
All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.
Bible in Basic English
The number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Al that were numbred with the campe of Ruben, an hundred thousande, fiftie and one thousande, foure hundred and fiftie, throughout their armies: and thei shall set foorth in the seconde place.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
all that were numbered of the camp of Reuben being a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts; and they shall set forth second.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
All who were numbered of the camp of Ruben, were a hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty: they with their forces shall proceed in the second place.
English Revised Version
All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.
Berean Standard Bible
The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Ruben, an hundrid thousynde fifty thousinde and a thousinde foure hundrid and fifty; thei schulen go forth in the secounde place bi her cumpenyes.
Young's Literal Translation
All those numbered of the camp of Reuben [are] a hundred thousand, and one and fifty thousand, and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts; and they journey second.
Update Bible Version
All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.
Webster's Bible Translation
All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben [were] a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies: and they shall move forward in the second rank.
World English Bible
"All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their hosts. They shall set out second.
New King James Version
"All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Reuben, one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty--they shall be the second to break camp.
New Living Translation
So the total of all the troops on Reuben's side of the camp is 151,450. These three tribes will be second in line whenever the Israelites travel.
New Life Bible
The whole number among the tents of Reuben is 151,450 by their armies. They will be second to move on.
New Revised Standard
The total enrollment of the camp of Reuben, by companies, is one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty. They shall set out second.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All they who are num-bered to the camp of Reuben, - a hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts, and they in the second rank, shall set forward.
Douay-Rheims Bible
All that were reckoned up in the camp of Ruben, were a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, by their troops: they shall march in the second place.
Revised Standard Version
The whole number of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, is a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty. They shall set out second.
THE MESSAGE
The total number of men assigned to Reuben, troop by troop, is 151,450. They are second in the order of the march.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And they shall set out second.

Contextual Overview

3 And on the East side toward the rising of the Sunne, shall they of the standerd of the campe of Iudah pitch, throughout their armies: and Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab, shall bee captaine of the children of Iudah. 4 And his hoste, and those that were numbred of them, were threescore and fourteene thousand, and sixe hundred. 5 And those that doe pitch next vnto him, shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the sonne of Zuar, shall bee captaine of the children of Issachar. 6 And his hoste, and those that were numbred thereof, were fiftie and foure thousand, and foure hundred. 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the sonne of Helon, shalbe captaine of the children of Zebulun. 8 And his hoste and those that were numbred thereof, were fiftie and seuen thousand, and foure hundred. 9 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. 10 On the Southside shall be the standerd of the Campe of Reuben, according to their armies: and the captaine of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the sonne of Shedeur. 11 And his hoste, and those that were numbred thereof, were fourtie and sixe thousand, and fiue hundred. 12 And those which pitch by him, shall bee the tribe of Simeon, and the captaine of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

an hundred: Numbers 2:9, Numbers 2:24, Numbers 2:31

they shall: Numbers 10:18

Reciprocal: Numbers 4:5 - And when Numbers 23:10 - the fourth 2 Kings 3:16 - Make this valley

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
Thus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the hoste of them.
Genesis 2:2
And on the seuenth day God ended his worke, which hee had made: And he rested on the seuenth day from all his worke, which he had made.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow euery tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food: the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and euill.
1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel saide, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey, is better then sacrifice: and to hearken, then the fat of rammes.
1 Timothy 4:4
For euery creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be receiued with thankesgiuing:
1 Timothy 6:17
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they bee not high minded, nor trust in vncertaine riches, but in the liuing God, who giueth vs richly all things to enioy,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all that were numbered in the camp of Reuben [were] an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty,

throughout their armies,.... 151,450 men. Putting Reuben's host, and the hosts of Simeon and Gad together, Numbers 2:13, which was much lesser than the preceding camp, being 34,500 fewer in number:

and they shall set forth in the second rank: they in journeying moving next to the camp of Judah, and before the tabernacle; for though, while encamped, the camp of Reuben lay on the south, or right side of it, yet, when marching, went before it.

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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