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Numbers 1:23 KJV
Numbers · chapter 1 · verse 23
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.Numbers 1:23 · King James Version
Numbers 1:23 in context
21Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
22Of 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;
23Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
24Of the children of Gad, 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;
25Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- numberedpâqadto visitH6485 →
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- SimeonShimʻôwnShimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from himH8095 →
- tribemaṭṭeha branchH4294 →
- fiftychămishshîymfiftyH2572 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
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We have here the speedy execution of the orders given for the numbering of the people. It was begun the same day that the orders were given, The first day of the second month; compare Num 1:18 with Num 1:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-43