Numbers 1:32

Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
children	לִבְנֵ֤י liv.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Joseph	יוֹסֵף֙ yo.Sef	H3130	Joseph · proper noun, a man's name
children	לִבְנֵ֣י liv.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Ephraim	אֶפְרַ֔יִם 'ef.Ra.yim	H669	Ephrajim · proper noun, a man's name
generations	תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם tol.do.Tam	H8435	(plural only) descent · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
families	לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם le.mish.pe.cho.Tam	H4940	a family · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
house	לְבֵ֣ית le.Veit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
fathers	אֲבֹתָ֑ם 'a.vo.Tam	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
number	בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר be.mis.Par	H4557	a number · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
names	שֵׁמֹ֗ת she.Mot	H8034	an appellation · noun, common feminine plural absolute
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֤ים 'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
years	שָׁנָה֙ sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
old	מִבֶּ֨ן mi.Ben	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
upward	וָמַ֔עְלָה va.Ma'.lah	H4605	properly · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders singular absolute + directional suffix
forth	יֹצֵ֥א yo.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular construct
war	צָבָֽא tza.Va'	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Numbers 26:35-37 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of…
Deuteronomy 33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to…
Genesis 30:24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
Genesis 37:1-36 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 39:1-23 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the…
Genesis 46:20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
Genesis 48:1-22 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ep…
Genesis 49:22-26 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:17-43

We have here the speedy execution of the orders given for the numbering of the people. It was begun the same day that the orders were given, The first day of the second month; compare Num 1:18 with Num 1:1. Note, When any work is to be done for God it is good to set about it quickly, while the sense of duty is strong and pressing. And, for aught that appears, it was but one day's work, for many other things were done between this and the twentieth day of this month, when they removed their camp, Num 10:11. Joab was almost ten months numbering the people in David's time (Sa2 24:8); but then they were dispersed, now they lived closely together; then Satan proposed the doing of it, now God comm…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:20

These are those that were numbered--In this registration the tribe of Judah appears the most numerous; and accordingly, as the pre-eminence had been assigned to it by Jacob [Gen 49:8-12], it got the precedence in all the encampments of Israel. Of the two half-tribes of Joseph, who is seen to be "a fruitful bough" [Gen 49:22], that of Ephraim was the larger, as had been predicted. The relative increase of all, as in the two just mentioned, was owing to the special blessing of God, conformably to the prophetic declaration of the dying patriarch. But the divine blessing is usually conveyed through the influence of secondary causes; and there is reason to believe that the relative populousness o…

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John Gill on Numbers 1:32

Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations,.... See Gill on Numbers 1:20.

John Calvin on Numbers 1:20-46

And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son If any disputatious person should contend that one family could not increase in 250 years to so great an amount, and thus should reject as nebulous what surpasses the ordinary rule of nature, we must bear in mind what I have already stated, that, inasmuch as this increase depended on the power of God, nothing is more absurd than to measure it by ordinary rules. For the intention of the Spirit is to represent to our eyes the incredible power of God in a conspicuous and signal miracle. Meanwhile, if you compared the tribe of Reuben with some of the others, it presents in its numbers some marks of the curse, so that we may gather that Reuben was d…

Dictionary and topics

Ephraim, The tribe of — Took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue of Jacob’s blessing (Gen. 41:52; 48:1). The descendants of Joseph formed two of the tribes of Israel, whereas each of the other sons of Jacob was the…
Levites — (descendants of Levi). Sometimes the name extends to the whole tribe, the priests included, (Exodus 6:25; Leviticus 25:32; Numbers 35:2; Joshua 21:3,41) etc; sometimes only to those members of the…
Palestine — Originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines (Ex. 15:14; Isa. 14:29, 31; Joel 3:4), and in this sense exclusively the Hebrew name Pelesheth (rendered…
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Second numbering of the people — Second numbering of the people
Ephraim, Tribe Of · Strength of, on leaving Egypt — Strength of, on leaving Egypt

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 1:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:17-43

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:20

John Gill on Numbers 1:32

John Calvin on Numbers 1:20-46

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 1:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:17-43

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:20

John Gill on Numbers 1:32

John Calvin on Numbers 1:20-46

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 1:17-47

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 1:20-43

Rashi on Numbers 1:18