Numbers 2:30

30 And his division and the {ones counted} [are] fifty-three thousand four hundred.

Numbers 2:30 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 2:30

And his host
That is, the host of Naphtali;

and those that were numbered of them;
not that some part of the tribe of Naphtali was numbered, which made up the host Ahira was captain of, but the whole of it, who were all numbered that were of twenty years of age and upwards; and the same is to be observed in all the above places, where this phrase is used;

[were] fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
53,400 men; see ( Numbers 1:43 ) .

Numbers 2:30 In-Context

28 And his division and the {ones counted} [are] forty-one thousand five hundred.

29 For the tribe of Naphtali: the leader of the descendants of Naphtali [will be] Ahira son of Enan.

30 And his division and the {ones counted} [are] fifty-three thousand four hundred.

31 All the {ones counted} from the camp of Dan [are] one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They will set out {last} according to their divisions."

32 These [were] the ones counted of the {Israelites} according to {their families}; all those counted from the camps according to their divisions [were] six hundred and three thousand five hundred.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "the ones counted of them," or "the ones mustered of them"