Numbers 1:21

21 Descendants of Re'uven 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 Moshe counted them in the Sinai Desert, just as ADONAI had ordered him.

20 The men twenty years old and over who were subject to military service were recorded by name, family and clan, starting with the descendants of Re'uven, Isra'el's firstborn. Here are the totals:

21 Descendants of Re'uven 46,500

22 Descendants of Shim'on 59,300

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