Numbers 2:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

‘These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses. All who were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.'

Once again we have repeated the result of the numbering, six hundred 'lph, three 'lph five ‘hundreds' and fifty. This might then translate into 598 'lph (families/military leaders) and five 'eleph (military units) and five ‘hundreds' (smaller military units), and a fifty. This would tie in with the above figures given for the tribes, and would seem to be designed to agree with the amount of the silver in the Sanctuary (Exodus 38:25-26).

Numbers 2:32

32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.