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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 1:21 — Those that were numbered of them, [even] of the tribe of Reuben, [were] forty and six thousand and five hundred.
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That a comparative view may be easily taken of the state of the tribes, we will here produce them, compared with that of the second census, (ch. 26,) in their decreasing proportion, beginning with the greatest, and proceeding to the last.
| | | 1st Census | 2nd Census |
| 1. | Judah, | 74,600 | 76,500 |
| 2. | Dan, | 62,700 | 64,400 |
| 3. | Simeon, | 59,300 | 22,200 |
| 4. | Zebulun, | 57,400 | 60,500 |
| 5. | Issachar, | 54,400 | 64,300 |
| 6. | Naphtali, | 53,400 | 45,400 |
| 7. | Reuben, | 46,500 | 43,730 |
| 8. | Gad, | 45,650 | 40,500 |
| 9. | Asher, | 41,500 | 53,400 |
| 10. | Ephraim, | 40,500 | 32,500 |
| 11. | Benjamin, | 35,400 | 45,600 |
| 12. | Manasseh, | 32,200 | 52,700 |
| | Total | 603,550 | 601,730 |
Thus we find Judah the most poplous tribe, and Manasseh the least so; the difference between them being as great as 42,000. Jacob had given Judah the pre-eminence in his prophetic blessing; and that tribe was to have the precedency in the encampments of Israel: accordingly God had increased them more than any of their brethren. Ephraim and Manasseh, according to the same prophecy, were numbered as distinct tribes, Ephraim having the superiority, as it was foretold; and Joseph indeed appears 'a fruitful bough.' Num 2:10,11; Num 26:7 |
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Num 2:10 |
On the south side [shall be] the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben [shall be] Elizur the son of Shedeur. |
 
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Num 2:11 |
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, [were] forty and six thousand and five hundred. |
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Num 26:7 |
These [are] the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 1:21," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Num/1/21.html>.
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