These are those who were counted of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
Parallel translations
- KJV These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
- BSB These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.
- NKJV These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel: six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.
- NASB These are the ones who were numbered of the sons of Israel, 601,730.
- NLT In summary, the registered troops of all Israel numbered 601,730.
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Quick answer
The whole second-generation census totals 601,730 fighting men.
Overview
The grand total of 601,730 is remarkably close to the 603,550 counted at Sinai (Numbers 1:46), even though that entire first generation, save Caleb and Joshua, had died. That God replaced a fallen generation with one nearly equal in number proves His covenant faithfulness endures beyond human failure, pointing to the steadfast love that secures His people in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Num 1:46even all those who were counted were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
- Ps 77:20You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Job 12:9–10Who doesn’t know that in all these, Yahweh’s hand has done this,
- Job 12:20–23He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
- 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.
- Neh 9:23You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
- Job 12:14Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
- Num 2:32These 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.
- 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.
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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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