“All who were counted of the camp of Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their armies. They shall set out second.
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“All who were counted of the camp of Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their armies. They shall set out second.
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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.
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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.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Numbers 2:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 10:18 The standard of the camp of Reuben went forward according to their armies. Elizur the son of Shedeur was over his army.
- Numbers 2:9 All 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.
- Numbers 2:24 “All who were counted of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out third.
- Numbers 2:31 “All who were counted of the camp of Dan were one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last by their standards.”
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And all that were numbered in the camp of…
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, Num 2:13, which was much lesser than the preceding camp, being 34,500 fewer in number:
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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.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 The number of all the men ... is 151,450
The number of all the men ... is 151,450
"The number of all the men ... is one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty." This number includes all of the men in the tribes that camped under the standard of Reuben. AT: "The number of all the men camped under the standard of Reuben, according to their divisions, is 151,450" (See: Numbers and Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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They will set out second
This means that when the Israelite camp moves, the camp of Reuben will start walking out after the camp of Judah goes out. AT: "When travelling, the camp of Reuben will start walking second" or "When the Israelites leave, those tribes will leave next" (See: Ordinal Numbers and Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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