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New Living Translation

Numbers 2:23

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Camp;   Ephraim, the Tribe of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Manasseh (1);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Benjamin ;   Captain;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Army;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   On to Canaan;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Benjamin;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
His host, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
King James Version
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Lexham English Bible
And his division and the ones counted are thirty-five thousand four hundred.
New Century Version
There are 35,400 men in his division.
New English Translation
Those numbered in his division are 35,400.
Amplified Bible
and his army as numbered totaled 35,400.
New American Standard Bible
and his army, their numbered men, 35,400.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And his host, and the nomber of the were fiue and thirtie thousand and foure hundreth.
Legacy Standard Bible
and his army, even their numbered men, 35,400.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
and his host, even those that were numbered of them, thirty-five thousand four hundred.
Easy-to-Read Version
There are 35,400 men in this division.
English Standard Version
his company as listed being 35,400.
George Lamsa Translation
And the number of his host was thirty-five thousand and four hundred.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
His military division numbers 35,400.
Literal Translation
And his army, and those numbered of them were thirty five thousand and four hundred,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
his armye in the summe, fyue and thirtie thousande & foure hundreth.
American Standard Version
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Bible in Basic English
The number of his army was thirty-five thousand, four hundred.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
His hoast & the number of them, thirtie and fiue thousande & foure hundred.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and his host, and those that were numbered of them, thirty and five thousand and four hundred;
King James Version (1611)
And his hoste, and those that were numbred of them, were thirtie and fiue thousand, and foure hundred.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
His forces that were numbered, were thirty-five thousand and four hundred.
English Revised Version
and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Berean Standard Bible
and his division numbers 35,400.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, fyue and thretti thousynde and foure hundrid.
Young's Literal Translation
and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] five and thirty thousand and four hundred.
Update Bible Version
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Webster's Bible Translation
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
World English Bible
His host, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
New King James Version
And his army was numbered at thirty-five thousand four hundred.
New Life Bible
The number of his army is 35,400.
New Revised Standard
with a company as enrolled of thirty-five thousand four hundred.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - thirty-five thousand and four hundred.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the whole army of fighting men, that were reckoned up, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
Revised Standard Version
his host as numbered being thirty-five thousand four hundred.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and his army, even their numbered men, 35,400.

Contextual Overview

3"The divisions of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun are to camp toward the sunrise on the east side of the Tabernacle, beneath their family banners. These are the names of the tribes, their leaders, and the numbers of their registered troops:
Tribe Leader Number
Judah Nahshon son of Amminadab 74,600 5Issachar Nethanel son of Zuar 54,400 7Zebulun Eliab son of Helon 57,400 9
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. 10"The divisions of Reuben, Simeon, and Gad are to camp on the south side of the Tabernacle, beneath their family banners. These are the names of the tribes, their leaders, and the numbers of their registered troops:
Tribe Leader Number
Reuben Elizur son of Shedeur 46,500 12Simeon Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai 59,300 14Gad Eliasaph son of Deuel 45,650 16
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. 17 "Then the Tabernacle, carried by the Levites, will set out from the middle of the camp. All the tribes are to travel in the same order that they camp, each in position under the appropriate family banner. 18"The divisions of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin are to camp on the west side of the Tabernacle, beneath their family banners. These are the names of the tribes, their leaders, and the numbers of their registered troops:
Tribe Leader Number
Ephraim Elishama son of Ammihud 40,500

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 1:37, Numbers 26:41

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made.
Genesis 2:9
The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 29:14
Laban exclaimed, "You really are my own flesh and blood!" After Jacob had stayed with Laban for about a month,
Judges 9:2
"Ask the leading citizens of Shechem whether they want to be ruled by all seventy of Gideon's sons or by one man. And remember that I am your own flesh and blood!"
2 Samuel 5:1
Then all the tribes of Israel went to David at Hebron and told him, "We are your own flesh and blood.
2 Samuel 19:13
And David told them to tell Amasa, "Since you are my own flesh and blood, like Joab, may God strike me and even kill me if I do not appoint you as commander of my army in his place."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his host, c. That is, the host of Benjamin

and those that were numbered of them, [were] thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 35,400 men. The least number of all the tribes, excepting the tribe of Manasseh, Numbers 2:21; see Numbers 1:37.

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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