Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Parallel translations
- WEB those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand 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.
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- 2 Sam 24:9And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
- Num 26:22These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
- 2 Chr 17:14–16And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
- Num 2:3–4And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
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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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