Numbers 1:23

23 The tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

Numbers 1:23 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 1:23

Those that were numbered of them, [even] of the tribe of
Simeon, [were] fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
59,300 men. (See Gill on Numbers 1:20).

Numbers 1:23 In-Context

21 The tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.
22 The line of Simeon: The men were counted off head by head, every male twenty years and older who was able to fight in the army, registered by clans and families.
23 The tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.
24 The line of Gad: The men were counted off head by head, every male twenty years and older who was able to fight in the army, registered by clans and families.
25 The tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.
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