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Literal Standard Version

Numbers 2:11

and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] forty-six thousand and five hundred.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Camp;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Reuben;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Reuben;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Captain;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Army;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Reu'ben;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   On to Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Moses;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Breastplate of the High Priest;   Reuben, Tribe of;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
His division, and those who were numbered of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
King James Version
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Lexham English Bible
And his division and the ones counted are forty-six thousand five hundred.
New Century Version
There are 46,500 men in his division.
New English Translation
Those numbered in his division are 46,500.
Amplified Bible
and his army as numbered totaled 46,500.
New American Standard Bible
and his army, their numbered men: 46,500.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And his host, and the nomber thereof sixe and fourty thousand and fiue hundreth.
Legacy Standard Bible
and his army, even his numbered men, 46,500.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
and his host, even those that were numbered thereof, forty-six thousand five hundred.
Easy-to-Read Version
There are 46,500 men in this division.
English Standard Version
his company as listed being 46,500.
George Lamsa Translation
And the number of his host was forty-six thousand and five hundred.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
His military division numbers 46,500.
Literal Translation
And his army, and those numbered of it were forty six thousand and five hundred.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& his armie in the summe, sixe & fourtie thousande, & fyue C.
American Standard Version
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Bible in Basic English
The number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And his hoast & the number of them, fourtie and sixe thousand and fiue hundred.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and his host, and those that were numbered thereof, forty and six thousand and five hundred;
King James Version (1611)
And his hoste, and those that were numbred thereof, were fourtie and sixe thousand, and fiue hundred.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
His forces that were numbered, were forty-six thousand and five hundred.
English Revised Version
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Berean Standard Bible
and his division numbers 46,500.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that weren noumbrid, sixe and fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.
Young's Literal Translation
and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] six and forty thousand and five hundred.
Update Bible Version
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Webster's Bible Translation
And his host, and those that were numbered of it [were] forty and six thousand and five hundred.
World English Bible
His division, and those who were numbered of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
New King James Version
And his army was numbered at forty-six thousand five hundred.
New Life Bible
The number of his army is 46,500.
New Revised Standard
with a company as enrolled of forty-six thousand five hundred.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and his host, even they who are numbered of him, - forty-six thousand, and five hundred.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
Revised Standard Version
his host as numbered being forty-six thousand five hundred.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and his army, even their numbered men, 46,500.

Contextual Overview

3And those encamping eastward toward the sun-rising [are] of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah [is] Nahshon, son of Amminadab; 4and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] seventy-four thousand and six hundred. 5And those encamping by him [are] of the tribe of Issachar; and the prince of the sons of Issachar [is] Nethaneel son of Zuar; 6and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] fifty-four thousand and four hundred. 7The tribe of Zebulun [is with them]; and the prince of the sons of Zebulun [is] Eliab son of Helon; 8and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] fifty-seven thousand and four hundred. 9All those numbered of the camp of Judah [are] one hundred thousand and eighty thousand and six thousand and four hundred, by their hosts; they journey first. 10The standard of the camp of Reuben [is] southward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben [is] Elizur son of Shedeur; 11and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] forty-six thousand and five hundred.12And those encamping by him [are of] the tribe of Simeon; and the prince of the sons of Simeon [is] Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 1:21, Numbers 26:7

Reciprocal: Numbers 1:20 - General Numbers 3:34 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 10:7
And sons of Cush [are] Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah [are] Sheba and Dedan.
Genesis 10:29
and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these [are] sons of Joktan;
Genesis 25:18
and they dwell from Havilah to Shur, which [is] before Egypt, in [your] going toward Asshur; in the presence of all his brothers has he fallen.
1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul strikes Amalek from Havilah [to] your going to Shur, which [is] on the front of Egypt,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his host,.... That is, the host of Reuben, as distinct from his camp, of which it was only a part, and of which Elizur was captain;

and those that were numbered thereof, [were] forty and six thousand and five hundred. 46,500 men; see Numbers 1:21.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The following plan shows the general arrangement of the camp, which would vary in different places according to local exigencies. The area of the camp might be about three square miles:

Numbers 2:14

Reuel - Doubtless an error of transcription for Deuel Numbers 1:14.


 
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