🔢WEB · Numbers 2:19
What does Numbers 2:19 mean?
"His division, and those who were counted of them, were forty thousand five hundred."
— Numbers 2:19 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“All who were counted of the camp of Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their armies. They shall set out second.
“Then the Tent of Meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they set out, every man in his place, by their standards.
“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
His division, and those who were counted of them, were forty thousand five hundred.
“Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
His division, and those who were counted of them, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
“The tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Explanation
Numbers 2:19 is a simple census statement: the tribe of Ephraim, one of the divisions camped on the west side of the tabernacle, numbered 40,500 fighting men. On its own, the verse looks like a bare statistic, but it belongs to a larger passage (Numbers 2
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