Numbers 1:23

Translations

Modern

…those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

Traditional

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

Literal

…those numbered of the tribe of Simeon were nine and fifty thousand and three hundred.

Latin

…quinquaginta novem millia trecenti.

Original

Hebrew

English

…those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

Notes

Numbers 1:20–43

The second list of tribes lists Gad with Reuben and Simeon. These two tribes camped with Gad while Israel traveled.

Numbers 1:17–46

The count of 603,550 shows the same number of qualified men as mentioned in Exodus 38:26. Exodus 12:37 and Numbers 11:21 give an approximate number of 600,000.

People have interpreted these numbers in different ways:

The numbers might show the actual size of this army (see Exodus 1:9–10).
The numbers might be symbolic. A later editor might have estimated, or might have misunderstood while translating.

Related verses

Numbers 26:14
These were the clans of Simeon, and there were 22,200 men.
Numbers 25:8–9
…followed the Israelite into the tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,
Numbers 25:14
The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.
Numbers 2:13
…and his division numbers 59,300.

People

Simeon: Son of Jacob and Leah, one of the twelve tribes

Glossary

Deuteronomy, Book of Genealogy Numbers, Book of Simeon (Person)

Topics

Israel: Number of, at Sinai, by Tribes Journey of Israel Through The Desert: To Mount Sinai: Second Numbering of the People the Tribe of Simeon: Plagued for Following the Idolatry, of Midian, Which Accounts the Tribe of Simeon: Strength of, on Leaving Egypt Tribe of Simeon: Military Enrollment of, at Sinai

Numbers 1:23

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