🔢WEB · Numbers 2:26
What does Numbers 2:26 mean?
"His division, and those who were counted of them, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred."
— Numbers 2:26 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
His army, and those who were counted of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
“All who were counted of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out third.
“On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
His division, and those who were counted of them, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
“Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.
His division, and those who were counted of them, were forty-one thousand and five hundred.
“The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
Explanation
Numbers 2:26 records a simple statistic: the tribe of Dan's military division numbered 62,700 men who had been counted in the census. The verse is part of a larger list detailing exactly how many fighting men each tribe of Israel contributed as they organized themselves for the journey through the wilderness. On its own, it is a plain administrative fact — a headcount, not a narrative or a command.
The book of Numbers takes its name from these censuses, and this particular one was taken by Moses and Aaron at God's command shortly after Israel left Mount Sinai. The people were being organized militarily and spatially for the journey to the Promised Land. Numbers 2 assigns each of the twelve tribes a specific position around the tabernacle — three tribes to the east, three to the south, three to the west, and three to the north — with Dan leading the northern group. Verse 26 specifically gives Dan's troop count, following the same formula used for every tribe: a summ
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