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40 From the descendants of Asher: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. 41 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Asher were 41,500.

42 From[a] the descendants of Naphtali: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. 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[b] along with the twelve leaders of Israel, each of whom[c] 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[d] according to their families. 46 And all those numbered totaled 603,550.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 1:42 tc The verse does not have the preposition, only “the descendants of Naphtali.”
  2. 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.”
  3. Numbers 1:44 tn Heb “they were one man for the house of his fathers.”
  4. 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).

40 From the descendants of Asher:(A)

All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. 41 The number from the tribe of Asher(B) was 41,500.

42 From the descendants of Naphtali:(C)

All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. 43 The number from the tribe of Naphtali(D) was 53,400.(E)

44 These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron(F) and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. 45 All the Israelites twenty years old or more(G) who were able to serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.(H) 46 The total number was 603,550.(I)

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