🔢WEB · Numbers 2:28
What does Numbers 2:28 mean?
"His division, and those who were counted of them, were forty-one thousand and five hundred."
— Numbers 2:28 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“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.
His division, and those who were counted of them, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
“All who were counted of the camp of Dan were one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last by their standards.”
Explanation
Numbers 2:28 gives a simple statistic: the tribe of Naphtali numbered 41,500 fighting men. This verse comes at the end of a description of one of the four camp groupings of Israel during their wilderness wanderings — in this case, the camp associated with the tribe of Dan, which also included Asher and Naphtali, stationed on the north side of the tabernacle. The verse is repeating a number already given in the census of Numbers chapter 1, now applied to the practical matter of how the tribes were to arrange themselves around the tabernacle for travel and encampment.
The book of Numbers was written to document Israel's journey from Mount Sinai to the plains of Moab, on the border of the Promised Land, under the leadership of Moses. The census counts rec
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