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Numbers 2:19 KJV
Numbers · chapter 2 · verse 19
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.Numbers 2:19 · King James Version
Numbers 2:19 in context
17Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
18On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
19And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
20And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
21And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- numberedpâqadto visitH6485 →
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- fortyʼarbâʻîymfortyH705 →
- hosttsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- fivechâmêshfiveH2568 →
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We have here the particular distribution of the twelve tribes into four squadrons, three tribes in a squadron, one of which was to lead the other two. Observe, 1. God himself appointed them their place, to prevent strife and envy among them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-34