Numbers 2:9

2:9 All those numbered of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, are 186,400. They will travel ¹  at the front.

Numbers 2:16

2:16 All those numbered of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, are 151,450. They will travel second.

Numbers 2:31

2:31 All those numbered of the camp of Dan are 157,600. They will travel last, under their standards.”

Numbers 3:28

3:28 Counting every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600. They were responsible for the care ²  of the sanctuary.

Numbers 3:50

3:50 From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

Numbers 7:85

7:85 Each silver platter weighed 130 shekels, and each silver sprinkling bowl weighed 70 shekels. All the silver of the vessels weighed 2,400 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

Numbers 11:21

11:21 Moses said, “The people around me ³  are 600,000 on foot; ⁴  but you say, ‘I will give them meat, ⁵  that they may eat ⁶  for a whole month.’

Numbers 16:49

16:49 Now 14,700 people died in the plague, in addition to those who died in the event with Korah.

Numbers 26:37

26:37 These were the families of the Ephraimites, according to those numbered of them, 32,500. ⁷  These were the descendants of Joseph by their families.

Numbers 31:32

31:32 The spoil that remained of the plunder which the fighting men ⁸  had gathered ⁹  was 675,000 sheep,

[2:9]  ¹ tn The verb is נָסָע (nasa’): “to journey, travel, set out,” and here, “to move camp.” Judah will go first, or, literally, at the head of the nation, when they begin to travel.

[3:28]  ² tn The construction here is a little different. The Hebrew text uses the participle in construct plural: שֹׁמְרֵי (shomÿrey, literally “keepers of”). The form specifies the duties of the 8,600 Kohathites. The genitive that follows this participle is the cognate מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mishmeret) that has been used before. So the expression indicates that they were responsible for the care of this part of the cult center. There is no reason to delete one of the forms (as does J. A. Paterson, Numbers, 42), for the repetition stresses the central importance of their work.

[11:21]  ³ tn Heb “the people who I am in their midst,” i.e., among whom I am.

[11:21]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew sentence stresses the number. The sentence begins “600,000….”

[11:21]  ⁵ tn The word order places the object first here: “Meat I will give them.” This adds to the contrast between the number and the statement of the Lord.

[11:21]  ⁶ tn The verb is the perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive, carrying the sequence from the preceding imperfect tense. However, this verb may be subordinated to the preceding to express a purpose clause.

[26:37]  ⁴ sn This is a significant reduction from the first count of 40,500.

[31:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “people.”

[31:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “had plundered.”