KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Numbers 2:16 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “All” | כָּֽל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | All |
| “that were numbered” | הַפְּקֻדִ֞ים | To visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc | numbered |
| “in the camp” | לְמַֽחֲנֵ֣ה | An encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts) | camp |
| “of Reuben” | רְאוּבֵ֗ן | Reuben, a son of Jacob | Reuben |
| “were” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “an hundred” | מְאַ֨ת | A hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction | hundred |
| “thousand” | אֶ֜לֶף | Hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand | thousand |
| “and fifty” | וַֽחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים | Fifty | fifty |
| “and one” | וְאֶחָ֨ד | Properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first | one |
| “thousand” | אֶ֛לֶף | Hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand | thousand |
| “and four” | וְאַרְבַּע | Four | four |
| “hundred” | מֵא֥וֹת | A hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction | hundred |
| “and fifty,” | וַֽחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים | Fifty | fifty |
| “throughout their armies.” | לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם | A mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship) | throughout armies |
| “And they shall set forth” | יִסָּֽעוּ׃ | Properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey | set forth |
| “in the second rank.” | וּשְׁנִיִּ֖ם | Properly, double, i.e., second; also adverbially, again | second rank |
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14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
17 Then 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.
18 On 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.
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