Numbers 1 · Verse 25

Numbers 1:25

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
Numbers 1:25, King James Version

Numbers 1:25 in other translations

BSBthose registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.
WEBthose who were counted of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
ASVthose that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
YLTtheir numbered ones, for the tribe of Gad, are five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty.
DARBYthose that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
BBEForty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.
WebsterThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.

What does Numbers 1:25 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty - Mr. Ainsworth has remarked that Gad, the handmaid's son, is the only one of all the tribes whose number ends with fifty, all the others are by thousands, and end with hundreds; which shows God's admirable providence and blessing in multiplying them so, that no odd or broken number was among all the tribes. But see on Num 1:46 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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Numbers 1:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖םpe.ku.dei.Hemenrolled [men] theirH6485
לְמַטֵּ֣הle.ma.Tehof [the] tribe ofH4294
גָ֑דGadGadH1410
חֲמִשָּׁ֤הcha.mi.Shah[were] fiveH2568
וְאַרְבָּעִים֙ve.'ar.ba.'Imand fortyH705
אֶ֔לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
וְשֵׁ֥שׁve.Sheshand sixH8337
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים\׃\ \פva.cha.mi.Shimand fiftyH2572

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 1:25

  • Numbers 26:18

    These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.

  • Numbers 2:15

    And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2:15; 26:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Numbers 1:24

    Of the children of Gad, 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;

  • Numbers 1:25

    Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.

  • Numbers 1:26

    Of the children of Judah, 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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Numbers 1:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los contados de ellos, de la tribu de Gad, cuarenta y cinco mil seiscientos y cincuenta.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
ceux qui furent dénombrés de la tribu de Gad furent 45 650.
German
Elberfelder 1871
ihre Gemusterten vom Stamme Gad, 45650.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
quadraginta quinque millia sexcenti quinquaginta.