Numbers 2:32

These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The biblical narrator addresses the Israelite community at the conclusion of the camp organization report, summarizing the military census after detailing each tribal division. The words — The Hebrew term פְּקוּדֵי (pe.ku.dei) denotes "those enrolled" or "counted men," while אֵלֶּה ('E.leh) functions as a demonstrative "these" introducing the census summary. The thread — This total of 603,550 matches the initial census in Numbers 1:46 and echoes the roughly 600,000 men noted in Exodus 12:37, while Numbers 2:33 explicitly excludes the Levites from this count. Why it lands — The text requires recognition that the military strength of Israel is organized by family and division, establishing a precise, commanded structure for the community's movement.

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The Hebrew words

אֵ֛לֶּה'E.lehthese פְּקוּדֵ֥יpe.ku.Dei[were] [the] [men] enrolled of בְנֵֽי־ve.nei-[the] people of יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsrael לְבֵ֣יתle./Veitto/ [the] house of אֲבֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.Ta/mancestors/ their כָּל־kol-all פְּקוּדֵ֤יpe.ku.Dei[those] enrolled of הַֽמַּחֲנֹת֙ha./ma.cha.Notthe/ camps לְצִבְאֹתָ֔םle./tziv.'o.Ta/mto/ military groups/ their שֵׁשׁ־shesh-[were] six מֵא֥וֹתme.'othundred<s>אֶ֙לֶף֙'e.lefthousand וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתu./she.Lo.shetand/ three אֲלָפִ֔ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>וַחֲמֵ֥שׁva./cha.Meshand/ five מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃va./cha.mi.Shimand/ fifty

King James Version

These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

Cross-references

Numbers 1:46 And all those counted totaled 603,550.
Exodus 38:26 a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
Exodus 12:37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
Numbers 2:9 The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.
Numbers 11:21 But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
Numbers 26:51 These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.