Numbers 1:21
19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20 And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
22 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
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 are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
Read in contextNumbers 2:10–11
On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Read in context