Numbers 2 · Verse 11

Numbers 2:11

And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 2:11, King James Version

Numbers 2:11 in other translations

BSBThe leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur, and his division numbers 46,500.
WEBHis division, and those who were counted of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
ASVAnd his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
YLTand his host, and its numbered ones, are six and forty thousand and five hundred.
DARBYand his host, even those that were numbered thereof, forty-six thousand five hundred.
BBEThe number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred.
WebsterAnd his host, and those that were numbered of it were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

What does Numbers 2:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 2:10-31

10-31. 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…

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Numbers 2:11 in the original Hebrew

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וּצְבָא֖וֹu.tze.va.'Oand military group hisH6635
וּפְקֻדָ֑יוu.fe.ku.Davand enrolled [men] hisH6485
שִׁשָּׁ֧הshi.Shah[were] sixH8337
וְאַרְבָּעִ֛יםve.'ar.ba.'Imand fortyH705
אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
וַחֲמֵ֥שׁva.cha.Meshand fiveH2568
מֵאֽוֹת\׃me.'othundred<s>H3967

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

Cross references for Numbers 2:11

  • 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 1:21

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

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1:21; 26:7

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Context

  • Numbers 2:10

    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.

  • Numbers 2:11

    And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

  • Numbers 2:12

    And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

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Numbers 2:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y su hueste, sus contados, cuarenta y seis mil y quinientos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et son armée; et ses dénombrés, 46 500.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und sein Heer und dessen Gemusterte, 46500.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et cunctus exercitus pugnatorum ejus qui numerati sunt, quadraginta sex millia quingenti.