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Literal Standard Version

Numbers 2:16

All those numbered of the camp of Reuben [are] one hundred thousand and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts; and they journey second.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Camp;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Reuben;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Captain;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Army;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"All who were numbered of the camp of Re'uven were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their hosts. They shall set out second.
King James Version
All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
Lexham English Bible
All those counted from the camp of Reuben are one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty. They will set out second according to their divisions.
New Century Version
There are a total of 151,450 men in the camps of Reuben and its neighbors, in all their divisions. They will be the second group to march out of camp.
New English Translation
All those numbered of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, are 151,450. They will travel second.
Amplified Bible
"The total of the numbered men [in the three tribes on the south side] in the camp of Reuben was 151,450, by their armies. They shall move out second [on the march].
New American Standard Bible
"The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And they shall set out second.
Geneva Bible (1587)
All the nomber of the campe of Reuben were an hundreth and one and fiftie thousande, and foure hundreth and fiftie according to their armies, and they shall set foorth in the seconde place.
Legacy Standard Bible
The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And they shall set out second.
Contemporary English Version
These 151,450 troops will march into battle second.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.
Easy-to-Read Version
"The total number of men in all the divisions of Reuben's camp is 151,450. His camp will be the second group to move when the people travel from place to place.
English Standard Version
All those listed of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, were 151,450. They shall set out second.
George Lamsa Translation
The total number of the camp of Reuben was one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. They shall march in the second place.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
The total number in their military divisions who belong to Reuben’s encampment is 151,450; they will move out second.
Literal Translation
All numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred and fifty one thousand four hundred and fifty according to their armies. And they shall pull out second.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So that all they which belonge to the hoost of Ruben, be in the summe, an hundreth, one & fiftie thousande, foure hudreth and fiftye, belonginge to their armye. And they shall be the seconde in the iourney.
American Standard Version
All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.
Bible in Basic English
The number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Al that were numbred with the campe of Ruben, an hundred thousande, fiftie and one thousande, foure hundred and fiftie, throughout their armies: and thei shall set foorth in the seconde place.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
all that were numbered of the camp of Reuben being a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts; and they shall set forth second.
King James Version (1611)
All that were numbred in the Campe of Reuben were an hundred thousand, and fiftie and one thousand, and foure hundred and fiftie throughout their armies: and they shall set foorth in the second ranke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
All who were numbered of the camp of Ruben, were a hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty: they with their forces shall proceed in the second place.
English Revised Version
All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.
Berean Standard Bible
The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Ruben, an hundrid thousynde fifty thousinde and a thousinde foure hundrid and fifty; thei schulen go forth in the secounde place bi her cumpenyes.
Young's Literal Translation
All those numbered of the camp of Reuben [are] a hundred thousand, and one and fifty thousand, and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts; and they journey second.
Update Bible Version
All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.
Webster's Bible Translation
All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben [were] a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies: and they shall move forward in the second rank.
World English Bible
"All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their hosts. They shall set out second.
New King James Version
"All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Reuben, one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty--they shall be the second to break camp.
New Living Translation
So the total of all the troops on Reuben's side of the camp is 151,450. These three tribes will be second in line whenever the Israelites travel.
New Life Bible
The whole number among the tents of Reuben is 151,450 by their armies. They will be second to move on.
New Revised Standard
The total enrollment of the camp of Reuben, by companies, is one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty. They shall set out second.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All they who are num-bered to the camp of Reuben, - a hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts, and they in the second rank, shall set forward.
Douay-Rheims Bible
All that were reckoned up in the camp of Ruben, were a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, by their troops: they shall march in the second place.
Revised Standard Version
The whole number of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, is a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty. They shall set out second.
THE MESSAGE
The total number of men assigned to Reuben, troop by troop, is 151,450. They are second in the order of the march.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And they shall set out second.

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

an hundred: Numbers 2:9, Numbers 2:24, Numbers 2:31

they shall: Numbers 10:18

Reciprocal: Numbers 4:5 - And when Numbers 23:10 - the fourth 2 Kings 3:16 - Make this valley

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;
Genesis 2:2
and God completes by the seventh day His work which He has made, and ceases by the seventh day from all His work which He has made.
Genesis 2:9
and YHWH God causes to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the Tree of Life in the midst of the garden, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel says, "Has YHWH had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as [in] listening to the voice of YHWH? Behold, listening is better than sacrifice; to give attention than fat of rams;
1 Timothy 4:4
because every creature of God [is] good, and nothing [is] to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,
1 Timothy 6:17
Charge those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment—

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all that were numbered in the camp of Reuben [were] an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty,

throughout their armies,.... 151,450 men. Putting Reuben's host, and the hosts of Simeon and Gad together, Numbers 2:13, which was much lesser than the preceding camp, being 34,500 fewer in number:

and they shall set forth in the second rank: they in journeying moving next to the camp of Judah, and before the tabernacle; for though, while encamped, the camp of Reuben lay on the south, or right side of it, yet, when marching, went before it.

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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