These are those who were counted of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
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These are those who were counted of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
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These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
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These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
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Passages linked to Numbers 26:51 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 1:46 all those who were counted were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
- Exodus 12:37 The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, in addition to children.
- Exodus 38:26 a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, according to 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.
- Numbers 2:32 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.
- Numbers 11:21 Moses 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.’
- Nehemiah 9:23 You 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 12:9-10 Who doesn’t know that in all these, Yahweh’s hand has done this, in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
- Job 12:14 Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
- Job 12:20-23 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders. He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong. He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death. He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
- Psalms 77:20 You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain This is the third time that they are numbered.
This is the third time that they are numbered.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Very nigh as many as there were before, Num…
Very nigh as many as there were before, Num 1:46. So wisely and marvellously did God at the same time manifest his justice in cutting off so vast a number, and his mercy in giving such a speedy and numerous supply, and his truth in both.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But among these there was not a man of…
But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered..... About thirty eight years before this time: this, as Aben Ezra observes, respects the numbering of the Israelites, not of the Levites; for there were some of the tribe of Levi numbered then who were living, as Eleazar, and very probably Ithamar, and perhaps some few more, though it may be Eleazar, being now a numberer, was not reckoned among the numbered:
when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai; see Num 1:1 for as there were none of the tribe of Levi among the spies, there might be but few of them among the murmurers.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain These were the numbered - Very nigh as many…
These were the numbered - Very nigh as many as there were before, chap. i, 46. So wisely and marvelously did God at the same time manifest his justice in cutting off so vast a number; his mercy in giving such a speedy and numerous supply; and his truth in both.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 51. These were the numbered of the children…
Verse 51. These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.] The following comparative statement will show how much some of the tribes had increased, and others had diminished, since the enumeration in Nu 1:2, c.
Now
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Reuben
43,730
46,500
2,770
decrease
Simeon
22,200
59,300
37,100
decrease
Gad
40,500
45,650
5,150
decrease
Judah
76,500
74,600
1,900
increase
Issachar
64,300
54,400
9,900
increase
Zebulun
60,500
57,400
3,100
increase
Manasseh
52,700
32,200
20,500
increase
Ephraim
32,500
40,500
8,000
decrease
Benjamin
45,600
35,400
10,200
increase
Dan
64,400
62,700
1,700
increase
Asher
53,400
41,500
11,900
increase
Naphtali
45,400
53,400
8,000
decrease
Total
601,730
603,550
1,820
decrease on the whole, in 38 years.
Decrease in all, 61,020.
Increase in all, 59,200.
Let it be observed,
1. That among these there was not a man of the former census, save Joshua and Caleb, see Nu 26:64-65.
2. That though there was an increase in seven tribes of not less than 74,800 men, yet so great was the decrease in the other five tribes, that the balance against the present census is 1,820, as appears above: thus we find that there was an in crease of 601,728 from 603,550 in the space of thirty-eight years.
Notwithstanding the amazing increase in some and decrease in other tribes, the same sort of proportion is preserved in the east, west, north, and south divisions, as before so as to keep the division of Judah, which was always in the front or van, the largest; and the division of Dan, which was always in the rear, the next in number. But it is worthy of remark that as they are now, properly speaking, to commence their grand military operations, so their front, or advanced division, is increased from 186,400 to 201,300; and their rear from 157,600 to 163,200. The first division is strengthened 14,900 men, and the last division 5,600 men. The reasons for this are sufficiently obvious.
Mr. Ainsworth has a curious remark on the number of families in the 12 tribes. "Here are families
1. Of Manasseh
8
7. Of Reuben
4
2. Of Benjamin
7
8. Of Issachar
4
3. Of Gad
7
9. Of Ephraim
4
4. Of Simeon
5
10. Of Naphtali
4
5. Of Judah
5
11. Of Zebulun
3
6. Of Asher
5
12. Of Dan
1
"In all 57; to whom if we add the 12 patriarchs, and Jacob their father, the whole number is 70, the exact number of the souls in Jacob's house that went down to Egypt, Ge 46:27." In a variety of things in this ancient economy there is a most surprising proportion kept up, which never could have been a fortuitous effect of general causes. But proportion, harmony, and order distinguish all the works of God, both in the natural and moral world.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 26:51. Six hundred thousand and a thousand seven…
Num 26:51. Six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred, &c. — Very nigh as many as they were before, Num 1:46. So wisely and marvellously did God at the same time manifest his justice in cutting off so vast a number, his mercy in giving such a speedy and numerous supply, and his truth in both.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain This shows a decrease of 1,820 from the number…
This shows a decrease of 1,820 from the number at Sinai; a decrease due to the recent plague.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 51. These were the numbered — The results of…
51. These were the numbered — The results of the two enumerations are tabulated by tribes and in their totals in chap. Num_1:21, note. The decrease was caused in part by the judgments of Jehovah sweeping off thousands at a stroke, (Num_11:1-3; Num_11:33-35; Num_16:31-35; Num_16:49; Num_25:9,) and partly by hardships endured while under the sentence of exclusion from Canaan. Num_14:32-33.
Reuben2,770 decrease.Simeon37,100 decrease.Gad5,150 decrease.Judah1,900 increase.Issachar9,900 increase.Zebulun3,100 increase.Manasseh20,500 increase.Ephraim8,000 decrease.Benjamin10,200 increase.Dan1,700 increase.Asher11,900 increase.Naphtali8,000 decrease.Total decrease61,020Total increase59,200Decrease on the whole1,820
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (51) Six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred…
(51) Six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.—The sum total exhibits a decrease of 1,820, as compared with the census taken at Sinai thirty-eight years previously. On this decrease Bishop Wordsworth observes as follows:—“When the Israelites were suffering persecution in Egypt they ‘multiplied exceedingly’ (Exo_1:7; Exo_1:20); but after their deliverance from Egypt they rebelled against God, and ‘He consumed their days in vanity, and their years in trouble’ (Psa_78:33). . . . Here there is comfort and warning to the Church and every soul in it—comfort in time of affliction, and warning in days of prosperity.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain These were the numbered of the children of Israel.…
These were the numbered of the children of Israel. The results of this census as compared with the former may be tabulated thus:
Tribe. (No. of families.)First Census. Reuben. (4)46, 500 Simeon. (5)59, 300 Gad. (7)45, 650 Judah. (5)74, 600 Issachar. (4)54, 400 Zebulun. (3)57, 400 Ephraim. (4)40, 500 Manasseh. (8)32, 200 Benjamin. (7)35, 400 Dan. (1)62, 700 Asher. (5)41, 500 Naphtali. (4)53, 400 Total603, 550
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Tribe. Second Census. Reuben. 43, 730 6% Decrease Simeon. 22, 200 63% Decrease Gad. 40, 500 11% Decrease Judah. 76, 500 2.5% Increase Issachar. 64, 300 18% Increase Zebulun. 60, 500 20 Decrease Manasseh. 52, 700 63% Increase
Benjamin. 45, 600 29% Increase
Dan. 64, 400 2.5% Increase
Asher. 53, 400 28% Increase
Naphtali. 45, 400 15% Decrease
Total 601, 730
It is evident that the numbers were taken by centuries, as before, although an odd thirty appears now in the return for Reuben, as an odd fifty appeared then in the return for Gad. It has been proposed to explain this on the ground of their both being pastoral tribes; but if the members of these tribes were more scattered than the rest, it would be just in their case that we should expect to find round numbers. The one fact which these figures establish in a startling way is, that while the nation as a whole remained heady stationary in point of numbers, the various tribes show a most unexpected variation. Manasseh, e.g., has increased his population 63 per cent. in spite of the fact that there is not one man left of sixty years of age, while Simeon has decreased in the same proportion. There is indeed little difficulty in accounting for diminishing numbers amidst so many hardships, and after so many plagues. The fact that Zimri belonged to the tribe of Simeon, and that this tribe was omitted soon after from the blessing of Moses, (De 33) may easily lead to the conclusion that Simeon was more than any other tribe involved in the sin of Baal-Peor and the punishment which followed. But when we compare, e. g., the twin tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, concerning whom nothing distinctive is either stated or hinted, whether bad or good; and when we find that the one has decreased 20 percent and the other increased 63 percent during the same interval, and under the same general circumstances, we cannot even guess at the causes which must have been at work to produce so striking a difference. It is evident that each tribe had its own history apart from the general history of the nation a history which had the most important results for its own members, but of which we know almost nothing. It is observable, however, that all the tribes under the leadership of Judah increased, whilst all those in the camp of Reuben decreased.
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601,730
"six-hundred and one thousand, seven hundred and thirty" (See: Numbers)
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people group
Israel
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 26:51 In spite of warfare, plagues, and punishments, God…
26:51 In spite of warfare, plagues, and punishments, God had been faithful to Israel. The number of male warriors had shrunk by 1,820 compared to the first registration (cp. 2:32), a difference of 0.3 percent.
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