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Русский синодальный перевод

Числа 2:28

и воинства его, вошедших в исчисление его, сорок одна тысяча пятьсот;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Camp;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Naphtali;   Holman Bible Dictionary - High Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Captain;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Army;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Naph'tali;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

forty: Numbers 1:41, Numbers 26:47, Reyher, who is followed by Scheuchzer, assigns the following space to the soldiers of each of the tribes, whilst remaining close to each other in their ranks, allowing one square cubit to each; but if we take in the arrangement, not only the soldiers, but the tents, the families, etc., a much larger extent of ground is requisite:

Tribes Breadth - in cubits Length - in cubits Totals - sq.cubits

Judah 298-3/5 250 74,600

Dan 156-3/4 400 62,700

Simeon 182-6/13 325 59,300

Zebulun 229-3/4 250 57,400

Issachar 217-3/5 250 54,400

Naphtali 133-1/2 400 53,400

Reuben 143-1/5 325 46,500

Gad 140-5/11 325 45,650

Asher 103-3/4 400 41,500

Ephraim 202-1/2 200 40,500

Benjamin 177 200 35,400

Manasseh 161 200 32,200

Reciprocal: Numbers 10:25 - the camp,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his host,.... That is, the host of Asher;

and those that were numbered of them, [were] forty and one thousand and five hundred. 41,500 men; as they were numbered Numbers 1:41.

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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