Numbers 2:19

19 His forces that were numbered, are forty thousand and five hundred.

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 And the tabernacle of witness shall be set forward, and the camp of the Levites between the camps; as they shall encamp, so also shall they commence their march, each one next in order to his fellow according to their companies.

18 The station of the camp of Ephraim westward with their forces, and the head of the children of Ephraim Elisama the son of Emiud.

19 His forces that were numbered, are forty thousand and five hundred.

20 And they that encamp next of the tribe of Manasse, and the prince of the sons of Manasse, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.

21 His forces that were numbered, were thirty-two thousand and two hundred.