King James Version
Numbers 1:37 in the King James Version says “Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four 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 Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.”
Numbers 1:37 · KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, 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 Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, 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 Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven 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),
“of Benjamin”
H1144binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“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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