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Numbers 2:11

WEBKJVBSBESVNKJVNASBNLT
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 2:11 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB His division, and those who were counted of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
  • BSB and his division numbers 46,500.
  • NKJV And his army was numbered at forty-six thousand five hundred.
  • NASB and his army, their numbered men: 46,500.

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Quick answer

Reuben's army numbers 46,500. The tribe's strength is recorded.

Overview

Reuben's total leads the southern division's count. The figure agrees with the census of chapter 1, maintaining the consistency of the record. Each number testifies to the fighting strength God provided for the journey to Canaan.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

  • Num 26:7These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
  • Num 1:21Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Numbers videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on NumbersMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

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.

How Numbers 2:11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And his hostצָבָאand those that were numberedפָּקַדthereof, were fortyאַרְבָּעִיםand sixשֵׁשׁthousandאֶלֶףand fiveחָמֵשׁhundredמֵאָה
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