Numbers 2:24

כָּֽל־הַפְּקֻדִים לְמַחֲנֵה אֶפְרַיִם מְאַת אֶלֶף וּשְׁמֹֽנַת־אֲלָפִים וּמֵאָה לְצִבְאֹתָם וּשְׁלִשִׁים יִסָּֽעוּ׃ ס

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Hebrew

כָּֽל־הַפְּקֻדִ֞ים לְמַחֲנֵ֣ה אֶפְרַ֗יִם מְאַ֥ת אֶ֛לֶף וּשְׁמֹֽנַת־אֲלָפִ֥ים וּמֵאָ֖ה לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם וּשְׁלִשִׁ֖ים יִסָּֽעוּ׃ ס

Greek (Septuagint)

πάντες οἱ ἐπεσκεμμένοι τῆς παρεμβολῆς Ἐφράιμ ἑκατὸν χιλιάδες καὶ ὀκτακισχίλιοι καὶ ἑκατόν, σὺν δυνάμει αὐτῶν· τρίτοι ἐξαροῦσιν.

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

Omnes qui numerati sunt in castris Ephraim, centum octo millia centum per turmas suas: tertii proficiscentur.

Spanish

“Todos los contados del campamento de Efraín fueron ciento ocho mil cien, según sus divisiones. Ellos marcharán en tercer lugar.

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Todos los contados en el ejército de Ephraim, ciento ocho mil y ciento, por sus escuadrones, irán los terceros.

English

The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Ephraim is 108,100; they shall set out third.

✦ What the text says

Summary

Numbers 2:24 gives the total count of the men enrolled in the camp of Ephraim: one hundred eight thousand one hundred, organized le-tzivotam ("according to their military groups"), and states that this camp will set out third in the marching order of the Israelite camps.

Key words

pekudim ("enrolled", H6485A) — qal passive participle, masculine plural; describes the men as "those who have been counted/mustered," functioning as a substantive ("the enrolled ones") rather than a finite verb.
me'at ("[were] one hundred", H3967) — construct form of the numeral, linking to 'elef ("thousand", H0505G) to form "a hundred of a thousand" = 100,000.
shemonat ("eight", H8083) — construct form of the numeral eight, joined to 'alafim ("thousands", H0505G) to yield "eight of thousands" = 8,000.
tziv'otam ("their military groups", H6635A + H9028) — feminine plural construct noun with third-person plural suffix, indicating the men are organized "according to their companies/divisions."
yissa'u ("they will set out", H5265) — qal imperfect, third person plural; expresses a future or repeated action, "they shall journey/set out," describing the marching order of this camp.

What the text says

The verse opens with kal- ("all of", H3605) in construct with ha-pekudim ("the enrolled", H6485A + H9009), forming the phrase "all of the enrolled ones," which is then specified as belonging le-machaneh 'Efrayim ("to the camp of Ephraim", H4264 + H0669G) through the preposition le- ("of", H9005). This construct chain establishes the subject: the total muster count tied to a specific tribal camp.

The numeral is built cumulatively through three construct/absolute pairs: me'at 'elef ("a hundred of a thousand" = 100,000), u-shemonat 'alafim ("and eight of thousands" = 8,000), and u-me'ah ("and a hundred" = 100), joined by the conjunction u- ("and", H9002) three times. The sum, 108,100, is then qualified by le-tziv'otam ("according to their military groups"), indicating the count is organized by unit divisions rather than a raw headcount.

The final clause uses u-shelishim ("and third", H7992), an ordinal number, together with the imperfect verb yissa'u ("they will set out", H5265), placing this camp's departure in third position within the sequence of camps described across chapter 2.

Differences between versions

The Vulgate (centum octo millia centum) and LXX (ἑκατὸν χιλιάδες καὶ ὀκτακισχίλιοι καὶ ἑκατόν) both render the numeral as a single sum, 108,100, matching the Hebrew's cumulative construction. The LXX renders tziv'otam ("their military groups") as σὺν δυνάμει αὐτῶν ("with their force"), a slightly more general term than the Hebrew's specific plural noun for organized units.

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.