These are the ones who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses. All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
Parallel translations
- WEB These are those who were counted of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses. All who were counted of the camps according to their armies were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
- KJV These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
- BSB These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.
- NASB These are the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers’ households; the total of the numbered men of the camps by their armies, 603,550.
- NLT In summary, the troops of Israel listed by their families totaled 603,550.
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Quick answer
The total of Israel's armies came to 603,550 fighting men. The grand sum displays the vast nation God had raised from Abraham.
Overview
This concluding tally of all the tribal armies matches the census of chapter 1. The enormous number fulfills God's promise to multiply Abraham's seed beyond counting. It reveals both the strength God gave His people and the great responsibility of leading such a host through the wilderness toward Canaan.
Cross-references & the web
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- Num 1:46even all those who were counted were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
- Exod 38:26a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.
- Num 11:21Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month.’
- Exod 12:37The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.
- Num 26:51These are those who were counted of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
- Num 2:9All who were counted of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.
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