Numbers 2:19

19 His troops number 40,500.

Numbers 2:19 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 2:19

And his host
That is, the host of Ephraim;

and those that were numbered of them, [were] forty thousand and five
hundred.
40,500 men. Not his camp, but his host, or the army, which consisted only of his own tribe see ( Numbers 1:33 ) .

Numbers 2:19 In-Context

17 The Tent of Meeting with the camp of the Levites takes its place in the middle of the march. Each tribe will march in the same order in which they camped, each under its own flag.

18 To the west are the companies of the camp of Ephraim under its flag, led by Elishama son of Ammihud.

19 His troops number 40,500.

20 The tribe of Manasseh will set up camp next to them, led by Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

21 His troops number 32,200.