Numbers 2:11

and his division numbers 46,500.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The narrator records the census and camp placement for the tribe of Reuben on the south side of the tabernacle, following the appointment of their leader Elizur. The words — The Hebrew text lists תְּצִבְאֹו (tzeva'o, "his military group") and פְּקֻדָיו (pequdayv, "his enrolled men") alongside the numeral sequence שִׁשָּׁה וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת (shishah ve-'arba'im elef va-chamesh me'ot). This sequence explicitly states six and forty thousand and five hundred. The thread — This count matches the initial registration of Reuben in Numbers 1:21, while Numbers 26:7 records a later census of 43,730 for the same tribe. Why it lands — The passage requires precise attention to the tribe's exact fighting strength and its designated logistical position among the other camps.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.

The Hebrew words

וּצְבָא֖וֹu./tze.va.'/Oand/ military group/ his וּפְקֻדָ֑יוu./fe.ku.Da/vand/ enrolled [men]/ his שִׁשָּׁ֧הshi.Shah[were] six וְאַרְבָּעִ֛יםve./'ar.ba.'Imand/ forty אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefthousand וַחֲמֵ֥שׁva./cha.Meshand/ five מֵאֽוֹת׃me.'othundred<s>

King James Version

And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

Cross-references

Numbers 1:21 those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.
Numbers 26:7 These were the clans of Reuben, and their registration numbered 43,730.