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Numbers 2:24

The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Ephraim is 108,100; they shall set out third.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The text records marching orders given to the Israelite tribes as they organize their wilderness encampment and departure sequence.

The words — The Hebrew term פְּקֻדִים (pe.ku.Dim) denotes those formally enrolled or counted, while אֶלֶף ('E.lef) and אֲלָפִים ('a.la.Fim) establish the numerical scale of the census.

The thread — This census formula and departure sequence recur in Numbers 2:9 and Numbers 2:16 for Judah and Reuben, and the specific marching order is reiterated in Numbers 10:22.

Why it lands — The verse states that Ephraim's enrolled men number 108,100 and must march third, requiring the reader to recognize the strict, non-negotiable structure of the tribal departure.

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The Hebrew words

כָּֽל־kal-allהַפְּקֻדִ֞יםha./pe.ku.Dimthose/ enrolledלְמַחֲנֵ֣הle./ma.cha.Nehof/ [the] camp ofאֶפְרַ֗יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimמְאַ֥תme.'At[were] one hundredאֶ֛לֶף'E.lefthousandוּשְׁמֹֽנַת־u./she.mo.nat-and/ eightאֲלָפִ֥ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>וּמֵאָ֖הu./me.'Ahand/ one hundredלְצִבְאֹתָ֑םle./tziv.'o.Ta/mto/ military groups/ theirוּשְׁלִשִׁ֖יםu./she.li.Shimand/ thirdיִסָּֽעוּ׃ סyi.Sa.'uthey will set out

King James Version

All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.

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