Numbers 2:4

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
host	וּצְבָא֖וֹ u.tze.va.'O	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
numbered	וּפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם u.fe.ku.dei.Hem	H6485	to visit (with friendly or hostile intent) · conjunction + verb, qal passive participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
fourteen	וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים ve.shiv.'Im	H7657	seventy · conjunction + cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
thousand	אֶ֖לֶף 'E.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
six	וְשֵׁ֥שׁ ve.Shesh	H8337	six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the h… · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders singular construct
hundred	מֵאֽוֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · cardinal number, feminine 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 1:27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Numbers 26:22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.

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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 2:3

on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies--Judah, placed at the head of a camp composed of three tribes rallying under its standard, was said to have combined the united colors in the high priest's breastplate, but called by the name of Judah. They were appointed to occupy the east side and to take the lead in the march, which, for the most part, was in an easterly direction. Nahshon--or Naasson (Mat 1:4; Luk 3:32-33). shall be captain--It appears that the twelve men who were called to superintend the census were also appointed to be the captains of their respective tribes--a dignity which they owed probabl…

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John Gill on Numbers 2:4

And his host, and those that were numbered of them,.... As they had been before; and, supposing these words to be the words of God, there is no necessity of rendering them in the future, as some have observed; though they seem rather to be the words of Moses, who under every tribe repeats the number, which is exactly the same as when taken; and though it was not till twenty days after that they set forward according to their order of encampment, not one of them died, which Aben Ezra observes as a very wonderful thing: were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred; the number of the tribe of Judah were 74,600; see Numbers 1:27.

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…
Camp — During their journeys across the wilderness, the twelve tribes formed encampments at the different places where they halted (Ex. 16:13; Num. 2:3). The diagram here given shows the position of 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…
Judah, Tribe of — Judah and his three surviving sons went down with Jacob into Egypt (Gen. 46:12; Ex. 1:2). At the time of the Exodus, when we meet with the family of Judah again, they have increased to the number of…
Aloes · Lign-aloes — Lign-aloes
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Order of encamping during — Order of encamping during
Judah · .At Sinai — .At Sinai
Judah, The Tribe Of · Strength of, on leaving Egypt — Strength of, on leaving Egypt
Tribes Of Israel, The · Encamped in their divisions and by their standards round the tabernacles — Encamped in their divisions and by their standards round the tabernacles

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 2:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 2:3–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 2:3

John Gill on Numbers 2:4

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 2:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 2:3–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 2:3

John Gill on Numbers 2:4

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Numbers 2:1–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 2:3-31

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 2:3-9

Rashi on Numbers 2:3