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Numbers 1:20-22
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Numbers 1:20-22
New English Translation
20 And they were as follows:
The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel: 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 individually. 21 Those of them who were numbered[a] from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.
22 From the descendants of Simeon: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males numbered of them[b] twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually.
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- Numbers 1:21 tn Heb “those numbered of them.” The form is פְּקֻדֵיהֶם (pequdehem), the passive participle with the pronominal suffix. This indicates that the number came to 46,500, but it specifically refers to “those numbered.” This expression occurs frequently throughout the book of Numbers.
- Numbers 1:22 tc Some witnesses have omitted “those that were numbered of them,” to preserve the literary pattern of the text. The omission is supported by the absence of the expression in the Greek as well as in some MT mss. Most modern commentators follow this.
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