King James Version
What Does Numbers 1:46 Mean?
“Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.”
Context
44
These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
45
So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
46
Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
47
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
48
For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(46) **Six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.**—It is obvious that the odd numbers were not reckoned. In Numbers 11:21 as in Exodus 12:37, the whole number is reckoned roughly at six hundred thousand.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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