Numbers 1:19-21
New English Translation
19 just as the Lord had commanded Moses. And so he numbered them in the desert of Sinai.
20 And they were as follows:
The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually. 21 Those of them who were numbered[a] from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.
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- Numbers 1:21 tn Heb “those numbered of them.” The form is פְּקֻדֵיהֶם (pequdehem), the passive participle with the pronominal suffix. This indicates that the number came to 46,500, but it specifically refers to “those numbered.” This expression occurs frequently throughout the book of Numbers.
Numbers 1:19-21
New International Version
19 as the Lord commanded Moses. And so he counted(A) them in the Desert of Sinai:
Numbers 1:19-21
New King James Version
19 As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.
20 Now the (A)children of Reuben, Israel’s oldest son, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 21 those who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.
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