And all those counted totaled 603,550.
Parallel translations
- WEB even all those who were counted were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
- KJV Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
- NKJV all who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
- NASB all the numbered men were 603,550.
- NLT The total number was 603,550.
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Quick answer
The grand total of fighting men is 603,550. Israel has grown into a vast nation, fulfilling God's promise to Abraham.
Overview
This total, not counting Levites, women, and children, implies a population well over two million. Such growth fulfills God's promise to make Abraham's descendants as numerous as the stars (Gen. 15:5). The vast number testifies to God's faithfulness even amid Israel's frailty and sin.
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- Exod 12:37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
- Exod 38:26a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
- Num 26:51These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.
- Num 2:32These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.
- Gen 28:14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
- Gen 15:5And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
- Gen 26:3Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
- Gen 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Rev 7:4–9And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
- 2 Sam 24:9And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
- Gen 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
- Num 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
- Gen 46:3–4“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
- 2 Chr 13:3Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.
- Gen 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Deut 10:22Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
- Gen 13:16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
- 1 Chr 21:5And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
- 1 Kgs 4:20The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
- Heb 11:11–12By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
- 2 Chr 17:14–19These are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: From Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, and with him 300,000 mighty men of valor;
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