Numbers 26:51

51 The total number of the men of Israel was 601,730.

Numbers 26:51 in Other Translations

KJV
51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
ESV
51 This was the list of the people of Israel, 601,730.
NLT
51 In summary, the registered troops of all Israel numbered 601,730.
MSG
51 The total number of the People of Israel: 601,730.
CSB
51 These registered Israelite men numbered 601,730.

Numbers 26:51 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 26:51

These were the numbered of the children of Israel
The twelve tribes, consisting of so many families, as above named; and the sum total of persons in them of twenty years old and upwards, and fit for war, was

six hundred and one thousand and seven hundred and thirty;
so that though all those that were numbered thirty years ago were now dead, excepting Joshua and Caleb, yet there wanted but 1820 of that number; so mindful was the Lord of his promise, and so faithful to keep it, notwithstanding the provocations of these people, to increase and multiply them, that they had pretty near the number to go into the land of Canaan which they had when they came out of Egypt.

Numbers 26:51 In-Context

49 through Jezer, the Jezerite clan; through Shillem, the Shillemite clan.
50 These were the clans of Naphtali; those numbered were 45,400.
51 The total number of the men of Israel was 601,730.
52 The LORD said to Moses,
53 “The land is to be allotted to them as an inheritance based on the number of names.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Exodus 12:37; Exodus 38:26; Numbers 1:46; Numbers 11:21
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