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New King James Version

Numbers 2:8

And his army was numbered at 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.
Bible in Basic English
The number of his army was fifty-seven thousand, 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 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 On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, those of the standard of the forces with Judah shall camp according to their armies; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be the leader of the children of Judah." 4 And his army was numbered at seventy-four thousand six hundred. 5 "Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, and Nethanel the son of Zuar shall be the leader of the children of Issachar." 6 And his army was numbered at fifty-four thousand four hundred. 7 "Then comes the tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab the son of Helon shall be the leader of the children of Zebulun." 8 And his army was numbered at fifty-seven thousand four hundred. 9 "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. 10 "On the south side shall be the standard of the forces with Reuben according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur." 11 And his army was numbered at forty-six thousand five hundred. 12 "Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai."

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
The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 3:24
So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
Genesis 4:16
Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.
2 Kings 19:12
Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?
Isaiah 51:3
For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
Ezekiel 27:23
Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants.
Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to hell together with those who descend into the Pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the depths of the earth.

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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