Numbers 1:33

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.

Cross-references

Numbers 26:37 records the second census of Ephraim (32,500), showing a decrease from the 40,500 here.

Genesis 48:19 Prophetic fulfillment

In Genesis 48:19, Jacob prophesies Ephraim will become a multitude of nations; this census shows the tribe's substantial size.