King James Version
Numbers 1:21 in the King James Version says “Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.”
Numbers 1:21 · KJV
As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Those that were numbered”
H6485to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc
“of them even of the tribe”
H4294a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),
“and six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
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