Bible Strands
Numbers 2:15
and his division numbers 45,650.
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Study note
Setting — Moses records the census and camp arrangement for the tribe of Gad under leader Eliasaph son of Deuel as the Israelites prepare to march from Sinai.
The words — The text uses צְבָאוֹ (tzeva'ô, "his military group") and פְּקֻדֵיהֶם (pequdeihem, "their enrolled men") to specify the count as forty-five thousand, six hundred, and fifty.
The thread — This exact figure for Gad appears in Numbers 1:25 and is later revised to 40,500 in Numbers 26:18.
Why it lands — The verse demands precise attention to the recorded military strength of each tribe, establishing that the camp's structure and marching order depend on exact, divinely sanctioned enumeration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
Cross-references
- Numbers 1:25 those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.
- Numbers 26:18 These were the clans of Gad, and their registration numbered 40,500.