21Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
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These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-43)We have here the speedy execution of the orders given for the numbering of the people. It was begun the same day that the orders were given, The first day of the second month ; compare Num. 1:1 ; 18 . Note, When any work is to be done for God it is good to set about it quickly, while the sense of duty is strong and pressing. And, for aught that appears, it was but one day’s work, for many other th…
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