Numbers - 1:23 Meaning
“Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.”
King James Version (KJV)
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
1:1-43 The people were numbered to show God's faithfulness in thus increasing the seed of Jacob, that they might be the better trained for the wars and conquest of Canaan, and to ascertain their families in order to the division of the land. It is said of each tribe, that those were numbered who were able to go forth to war; they had wars before them, though now they met with no opposition. Let the believer be prepared to withstand the enemies of his soul, though all may appear to be peace.
“And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.”