Bible Strands
Numbers 2:28
and his division numbers 41,500.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the camp arrangement as each tribe assumes its designated position around the sanctuary. This verse specifies the military strength assigned to the tribe of Asher during the wilderness encampment.
The words — The Hebrew phrase וּפְקֻדֵיהֶם (u./fe.ku.dei./Hem) translates literally as "and their enrolled [men]," while וּצְבָאוֹ (u./tze.va.'/O) means "and his military group." These terms quantify the registered fighting force for the tribe.
The thread — This census figure appears again in Numbers 1:41, which records the initial registration of Asher at the same total. A later count in Numbers 26:47 revises the Asherite registration to 53,400, showing the population changed between the two surveys.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of the precise, organized structure God assigned to each tribe. It requires the reader to track how recorded numbers shift across generations without assuming any single count is permanent.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
Cross-references
- Numbers 1:41 those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.
- Numbers 26:47 These were the clans of Asher, and their registration numbered 53,400.