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Wycliffe Bible

Numbers 2:23

and al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, fyue and thretti thousynde and foure hundrid.

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.
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 At the est Judas schal sette tentis, bi the cumpenyes of his oost; and Naason, the sone of Amynadab, schal be prince of the sones of Juda; 4 and al the summe of fiyteris of his kynrede, foure and seuenty thousynde and sixe hundrid. 5 Men of the lynage of Ysachar settiden tentis bysydis hym, of whiche the prince was Nathanael, the sone of Suar; 6 and al the noumbre of hise fiyteris, foure and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid. 7 Eliab, the sone of Elon, was prince of the lynage of Zabulon; 8 al the oost of fiyteris of his kynrede, seuene and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid. 9 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. 10 In the castels of the sones of Ruben, at the south coost, Elisur, the sone of Sedeur, schal be prince; and al the oost of hise fiyteris, 11 that weren noumbrid, sixe and fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid. 12 Men of the lynage of Symeon settiden tentis bisidis hym, of whiche the prince was Salamyhel, the sone of Surisaddai; and al the oost of hise fiyteris,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 1:37, Numbers 26:41

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
Forsothe the Lord God plauntide at the bigynnyng paradis of likyng, wherynne he settide man whom he hadde formed.
Genesis 2:9
And the Lord God brouyte forth of the erthe ech tre fair in siyt, and swete to ete; also he brouyte forth the tre of lijf in the middis of paradis, and the tre of kunnyng of good and of yuel.
Genesis 29:14
Laban answeride, Thou art my boon and my fleisch. And aftir that the daies of o moneth weren fillid, Laban seide to him,
Judges 9:2
Speke ye to alle the men of Sichem, What is betere to you, that seuenti men, alle the sones of Gerobaal, be lordis of you, whether that o man be lord to you? and also biholde, for Y am youre boon, and youre fleisch.
2 Samuel 5:1
And alle the lynagis of Israel camen to Dauid, in Ebron, and seiden, Lo! we ben thi boon and thi fleisch.
2 Samuel 19:13
And seie ye to Amasa, Whether thou art not my boon and my fleisch? God do these thingis to me, and adde these thingis, if thou schalt not be maistir of chyualrye bifore me in al tyme aftir Joab.

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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