43Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
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These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-43)We have here the speedy execution of the orders given for the numbering of the people. It was begun the same day that the orders were given, The first day of the second month ; compare Num. 1:1 ; 18 . Note, When any work is to be done for God it is good to set about it quickly, while the sense of duty is strong and pressing. And, for aught that appears, it was but one day’s work, for many other th…
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