Numbers 2 · Verse 16

Numbers 2:16

All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
Numbers 2:16, King James Version

Numbers 2:16 in other translations

BSBThe total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.
WEB“All who were counted of the camp of Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their armies. They shall set out second.
ASVAll that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.
YLTAll those numbered of the camp of Reuben are a hundred thousand, and one and fifty thousand, and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts; and they journey second.
DARBYAll that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.
BBEThe number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second.
WebsterAll that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies: and they shall move forward in the second rank.

What does Numbers 2:16 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 2:16 in the original Hebrew

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כָּֽל\־kal-allH3605
הַפְּקֻדִ֞יםha.pe.ku.Dimthose enrolledH6485
לְמַחֲנֵ֣הle.ma.cha.Nehof [the] camp ofH4264
רְאוּבֵ֗ןre.'u.VenReubenH7205
מְאַ֨תme.'At[were] one hundredH3967
אֶ֜לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
וְאֶחָ֨דve.'e.Chadand oneH259
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥יםva.cha.mi.Shimand fiftyH2572
אֶ֛לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
וְאַרְבַּע\־ve.'ar.ba'-and fourH702
מֵא֥וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖יםva.cha.mi.Shimand fiftyH2572
לְצִבְאֹתָ֑םle.tziv.'o.Tamto military groups theirH6635
וּשְׁנִיִּ֖םu.she.ni.Yimand secondH8145
יִסָּֽעוּ\׃\ \סyi.Sa.'uthey will set outH5265

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

Cross references for Numbers 2:16

  • Numbers 10:18

    And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

  • Numbers 2:9

    All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

  • Numbers 2:24

    All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.

  • Numbers 2:31

    All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.

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an hundred.
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they shall.
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Context

  • Numbers 2:15

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

  • Numbers 2:16

    All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.

  • Numbers 2:17

    Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

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Numbers 2:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Todos los contados en el ejército de Rubén, ciento cincuenta y un mil cuatrocientos y cincuenta, por sus escuadrones, irán los segundos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Tous les dénombrés du camp de Ruben, 151 450, selon leurs armées; et ils partiront les seconds.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Alle Gemusterten vom Lager Rubens: 151450 nach ihren Heeren; und als die zweiten sollen sie aufbrechen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omnes qui recensiti sunt in castris Ruben, centum quinquaginta millia et mille quadringenti quinquaginta per turmas suas: in secundo loco proficiscentur.