Numbers 2:19

19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] 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 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall move forward with the camp of the Levites, in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they move forward, every man in his place by their standards.

18 On the west side [shall be] the standard of the camp of Ephraim, according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim [shall be] Elishama the son of Ammihud.

19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] forty thousand and five hundred.

20 And by him [shall be] the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh [shall be] Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] thirty and two thousand and two hundred.