Numbers 1 · Verse 43

Numbers 1:43

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 1:43, King James Version

Numbers 1:43 in other translations

BSBthose registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.
WEBthose who were counted of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
ASVthose that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
YLTtheir numbered ones, for the tribe of Naphtali, are three and fifty thousand and four hundred.
DARBYthose that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
BBEFifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered.
WebsterThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

What does Numbers 1:43 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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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 1:43 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
נַפְתָּלִ֑יnaf.ta.LiNaphtaliH5321
שְׁלֹשָׁ֧הshe.lo.Shah[were] threeH7969
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛יםva.cha.mi.Shimand fiftyH2572
אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
וְאַרְבַּ֥עve.'ar.Ba'and fourH702
מֵאֽוֹת\׃\ \פme.'othundred<s>H3967

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

Cross references for Numbers 1:43

  • Numbers 26:50

    These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.

  • Numbers 2:30

    And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

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2:30; 26:50

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Context

  • Numbers 1:42

    Of the children of Naphtali, throughout 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 1:43

    Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

  • Numbers 1:44

    These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

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Numbers 1:43 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Los contados de ellos, de la tribu de Nephtalí, cincuenta y tres mil y cuatrocientos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
ceux qui furent dénombrés de la tribu de Nephthali furent 53 400.
German
Elberfelder 1871
ihre Gemusterten vom Stamme Naphtali, 53400.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
quinquaginta tria millia quadringenti.