Numbers 2:19

19 His military unit and those enlisted in it are 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 meeting tent and the Levites' camp will march in the center of the camps. They will march in the same order as they camp: each in position under his banner.
18 On the west will be the banner of Ephraim's camp with its military units. The chief of the people of Ephraim is Elishama, Ammihud's son.
19 His military unit and those enlisted in it are 40,500.
20 On one side of him is the tribe of Manasseh. The chief of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel, Pedahzur's son.
21 His military unit and those enlisted in it are 32,200.
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