Numbers 2:32

These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
numbered	פְּקוּדֵ֥י pe.ku.Dei	H6485	to visit (with friendly or hostile intent) · verb, qal passive participle, masculine plural construct
children	בְנֵֽי ve.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
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
numbered	פְּקוּדֵ֤י pe.ku.Dei	H6485	to visit (with friendly or hostile intent) · verb, qal passive participle, masculine plural construct
camps	הַֽמַּחֲנֹת֙ ha.ma.cha.Not	H4264	an encampment (of travellers or troops) · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
hosts	לְצִבְאֹתָ֔ם le.tziv.'o.Tam	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
six	שֵׁשׁ shesh-	H8337	six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the h… · cardinal number, both genders singular construct
hundred	מֵא֥וֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · cardinal number, feminine plural absolute
thousand	אֶ֙לֶף֙ 'e.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
three	וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת u.she.Lo.shet	H7969	three · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders singular construct
thousand	אֲלָפִ֔ים 'a.la.Fim	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · cardinal number, both genders plural absolute
five	וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ va.cha.Mesh	H2568	five · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders singular construct
hundred	מֵא֖וֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · cardinal number, feminine plural absolute
fifty	וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים va.cha.mi.Shim	H2572	fifty · conjunction + cardinal number, masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Numbers 1:46 Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
Exodus 38:26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years…
Exodus 12:37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
Numbers 2:9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout th…
Numbers 11:21 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat…
Numbers 26:51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 2:3–end

We have here the particular distribution of the twelve tribes into four squadrons, three tribes in a squadron, one of which was to lead the other two. Observe, 1. God himself appointed them their place, to prevent strife and envy among them. Had they been left to determine precedency among themselves, they would have been in danger of quarrelling with one another (as the disciples who strove which should be greatest); each would have had a pretence to be first, or at least not to be last. Had it been left to Moses to determine, they would have quarrelled with him, and charged him with partiality; therefore God does it, who is himself the fountain and judge of honour, and in his appointment a…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 2:10

On the south side the standard of the camp of Reuben--The description given of the position of Reuben and his attendant tribes on the south, of Ephraim and his associates on the west, of Dan and his confederates on the north, with that of Judah on the east, suggests the idea of a square or quadrangle, which, allowing one square cubit to each soldier while remaining close in the ranks, has been computed to extend over an area of somewhat more than twelve square miles. But into our calculations of the occupied space must be taken not only the fighting men, whose numbers are here given, but also the families, tents, and baggage. The tabernacle or sacred tent of their Divine King, with the camp…

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John Gill on Numbers 2:32

These are those that were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers,.... As the number was taken by Moses and Aaron, assisted by twelve princes of the tribe, who were now constituted captains over them, as so many hosts or armies: all those that were numbered of the camp throughout their hosts: of the four camps, of Judah, Reuben, Ephraim, and Dan, throughout the respective tribes or hosts that belonged to each of them: were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty; 603,550 men, which is exactly the sum total of them, as taken Numbers 1:46. It is a large number, considering in how short a time, and that great part of it a state of bondage, f…

Dictionary and topics

Army — The Israelites marched out of Egypt in military order (Ex. 13:18, “harnessed;” marg., “five in a rank”). Each tribe formed a battalion, with its own banner and leader (Num. 2:2; 10:14). In war the…
Encamp — An encampment was the resting-place for a longer or shorter period of an army or company of travellers (Ex. 13:20; 14:19; Josh. 10:5; 11:5). The manner in which the Israelites encamped during their…
Jahaz, Also Jahaza, Jahazah And Juhzah — (trodden down). Under these four forms is given in the Authorized Version the name of a place which in the Hebrew appears as Yahats and Yahtsah . At Jahaz the decisive battle was fought between the…
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Order of encamping during — Order of encamping during
Tribes Of Israel, The · Total strength of, on leaving Egypt — Total 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 2:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 2:3–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 2:10

John Gill on Numbers 2:32

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 2:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 2:3–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 2:10

John Gill on Numbers 2:32

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Numbers 2:1–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 2:32–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 2:25-31

Rashi on Numbers 2:20