Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 2:19:
- Kupsabiny:
Three clans shall spread/set up on the West side and the clan of Ephraim shall be in charge. Those clans are these:
Clan Leader Number of soldiers Ephraim Elishama son of Ammihud 40,500 Manasseh Gamaliel son of Pedahzur 32,200 Benjamin Abidan son of Gideoni 35,400 The total/all is 108,100.
The community of Ephraim shall be number three following the others.(Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Their section numbered 40,500 men.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
‘The tribes of Efraim, Manase, and Benjamin are-to-camp on the west, under the banner of their own/[lit. each] tribe. These are the names of their leaders/[lit. heads] and numbers of their people/men:
Tribe Leader Number Efraim Elishama son/child of Amiud 40,500 Manase 32,200 Gamaliel son/child Pedazur 32,200 Benjamin Abidan son/child of Gideoni 35,400 (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin must set up their tents on the west side of the Sacred Tent, close to their tribal flags. These are the names of the leaders of those tribes and number of men whom they will lead:
Elishama, the son of Ammihud, will be the leader of the 40,500 men of the tribe of Ephraim.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
