Numbers 2:4

4 His forces that were numbered, were seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

Numbers 2:4 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 2:4

And his host, and those that were numbered of them
As they had been before; and, supposing these words to be the words of God, there is no necessity of rendering them in the future, as some have observed; though they seem rather to be the words of Moses, who under every tribe repeats the number, which is exactly the same as when taken; and though it was not till twenty days after that they set forward according to their order of encampment, not one of them died, which Aben Ezra observes as a very wonderful thing;

[were] threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred;
the number of the tribe of Judah were 74,600; see ( Numbers 1:27 ) .

Numbers 2:4 In-Context

2 Let the children of Israel encamp fronting , every man keeping his own rank, according to standards, according to the houses of their families; the children of Israel shall encamp round about the tabernacle of witness.

3 And they that encamp first toward the east the order of the camp of Juda with their host, and the prince of the sons of Juda, Naasson the son of Aminadab.

4 His forces that were numbered, were seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

5 And they that encamp next of the tribe of Issachar, and the prince of the sons of Issachar Nathanael the son of Sogar.

6 His forces that were numbered, were fifty-four thousand and four hundred.