those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
Parallel translations
- KJV Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
- BSB those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.
- NKJV those who were numbered of the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
- NASB their numbered men of the tribe of Judah were 74,600.
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Quick answer
Judah's fighting men number 74,600, the largest of all the tribes. Judah's prominence is reflected in its great strength.
Overview
Judah's leading number matches its leading place: it would camp on the east and march first (Num. 2:3-9). This prominence fulfills Jacob's blessing that the scepter would not depart from Judah (Gen. 49:10). The tribe's preeminence anticipates Christ, the King who comes from Judah's line.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Sam 24:9Joab gave up the sum of the counting of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
- Num 26:22These are the families of Judah according to those who were counted of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
- 2 Chr 17:14–16This was the numbering of them according to their fathers’ houses: From Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor;
- Num 2:3–4Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
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In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.
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