Numbers 1:21

the numbering of them of the tribe of Reuben, was forty-six thousand and four hundred.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

In Context

20And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their heads, were—all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that went out with the host—

22For the children of Simeon according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes out with the host,

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Cross References

Numbers 26:7These are the families of Reuben; and their numbering was forty-three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:18-44

17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: 18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 19 As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by… Read the whole commentary →

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