Numbers 1:21

21 Those enlisted from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.

Numbers 1:21 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 1:21

Those that were numbered of them, [even] of the tribe of
Reuben, [were] forty and six thousand and five hundred.
46,500 men. (See Gill on Numbers 1:20).

Numbers 1:21 In-Context

19 Moses enlisted them in the Sinai desert just as the LORD commanded him.

20 There were the descendants of Reuben, Israel's oldest, registered by their clans and their households. Every man 20 years old and above eligible for military service was individually recorded by name.

21 Those enlisted from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.

22 There were the descendants of Simeon, registered by their clans and their households. Every male 20 years old and above eligible for military service was individually recorded by name.

23 Those enlisted from the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.