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Numbers 1

Numbers 1:25

The Number of Every Tribe · Numbers 1:17–46
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Translations

Modern
…those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.
Traditional
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
Literal
…those numbered of the tribe of Gad were five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty.
Latin
…quadraginta quinque millia sexcenti quinquaginta.

Original

Hebrew
English
…those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

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.

See also study note on Exodus 12:37.

People

Gad: Israelite tribe; descended from Gad, son of Jacob

Glossary

Deuteronomy, Book of Gad, Tribe of Genealogy Numbers, Book of

Topics

Gad: A Tribe of Israel: Enumeration of, at Sinai Israel: Number of, at Sinai, by Tribes Journey of Israel Through The Desert: To Mount Sinai: Second Numbering of the People the Tribe of Gad: Strength of, on Leaving Egypt