Numbers 1:21
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 1:21 in other translations
| BSB | those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | their numbered ones, for the tribe of Reuben, are six and forty thousand and five hundred. |
| DARBY | those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred. |
| BBE | Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered. |
| Webster | Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. |
What does Numbers 1:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:20-44
20-44. 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 [Ge 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" [Ge 49:22], that of Ephraim was the larger, as had been predicted. The relative increase of all…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 1:1-43
The people were numbered to show God's faithfulness in thus increasing the seed of Jacob, that they might be the better trained for the wars and conquest of Canaan, and to ascertain their families in order to the division of the land. It is said of each tribe, that those were numbered who were able to go forth to war; they had wars before them, though now they met with no opposition. Let the believer be prepared to…
Numbers 1:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 1:21
- 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.
- Numbers 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. And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
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2:10,11; 26:7
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Context
- Numbers 1:20
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;
- Numbers 1:21
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
- Numbers 1:22
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;
Numbers 1:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los contados de ellos, de la tribu de Rubén, fueron cuarenta y seis mil y quinientos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | ceux qui furent dénombrés de la tribu de Ruben furent 46 500. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | ihre Gemusterten vom Stamme Ruben, 46500. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quadraginta sex millia quingenti. |