Numbers 1:21

21 The total for the tribe of Reuben was 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 So Moses registered the men of Israel in the Desert of Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.

20 The roster of families and households for the descendants of Reuben, Israel's firstborn son, listed every man by name who was at least 20 years old and eligible for military duty.

21 The total for the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.

22 The roster of families and households for the descendants of Simeon registered and listed every man by name who was at least 20 years old and eligible for military duty.

23 The total for the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.