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Numbers 1:43-45
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Numbers 1:43-45
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43 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400.
44 These were the men whom Moses and Aaron numbered[a] along with the twelve leaders of Israel, each of whom[b] was from his own family. 45 All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel’s army, were numbered[c] according to their families.
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- Numbers 1:44 tn The construction uses both the passive participle הַפְּקֻדִים (happequdim) and the verb פָּקַד (paqad), giving a literal translation of “these were the numbered ones, whom Moses and Aaron numbered.”
- Numbers 1:44 tn Heb “they were one man for the house of his fathers.”
- Numbers 1:45 tn Literally the text has, “and all the numbered of the Israelites were according to their families.” The verb in the sentence is actually without a complement (see v. 46).
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