Numbers 1:21
New Revised Standard Version
those enrolled of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.

New American Bible
those enrolled from the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Were forty-six thousand five hundred.

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Were forty-six thousand five hundred.

Numbers 1:26 Of the sons of Juda, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

) in their decreasing proportion, beginning with the greatest and proceeding to the least.

1st Census

2nd Census
1. Judah

74,600

76,500
2. Dan

62,700

64,400
3. Simeon

59,300

22,200
4. Zebulum

57,400

60,500
7. Reuben

46,500

43,730
8. Gad

45,650

40,500
9. Asher

41,500

53,400
10.Ephraim

40,500

32,500
11.Benjamin

35,400

45,600
12.Manasseh

32,200

52,700
Totals:

603,550

601,730

42,000. Jacob had given Judah the pre-eminence in his prophetic blessing; and that tribe was to have the precedence in the encampments of Israel; accordingly God had increased them more than any of their brethren. Ephraim and Manasseh, according to the same prophecy, were numbered as distinct tribes, Ephraim having the superiority, as it was foretold; and Joseph indeed appears 'a fruitful bough.'

Numbers 2:10,11 In the camp of the sons of Ruben, on the south side, the prince shall be Elisur the son of Sedeur: . . .

Numbers 26:7 These are the families of the stock of Ruben: whose number was found to be forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.

Context
The Number of Every Tribe
20Of Ruben the eldest son of Israel, by their generations and families and houses and names of every head, all that were of the male sex, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go forth to war, 21Were forty-six thousand five hundred.22Of the sons of Simeon by their generations and families, and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names and heads of every one, all that were of the male sex, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go forth to war,…
Cross References
Numbers 1:20
Of Ruben the eldest son of Israel, by their generations and families and houses and names of every head, all that were of the male sex, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go forth to war,

Numbers 1:22
Of the sons of Simeon by their generations and families, and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names and heads of every one, all that were of the male sex, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go forth to war,

Numbers 26:7
These are the families of the stock of Ruben: whose number was found to be forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.

Numbers 1:20
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