Numbers 1:21
19 just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:
20 From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.
22 From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
23 those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.
- KJV
- Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
- WEB
- those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
- ASV
- those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
- DARBY
- those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
- BLB
- those numbered of the tribe of Reuben [were] six and forty thousand and five hundred.
- ÅB
- så mange som ble mønstret av Rubens stamme, var seks og førti tusen og fem hundre.
- OTB
- Tallet fra Rubens stamme var 46 500.
- B1930
- så mange som blev mønstret av Rubens stamme, var seks og firti tusen og fem hundre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 26:7
These were the clans of Reuben, and their registration numbered 43,730.
Read in contextNumbers 2:10–11
On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur,
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