6And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-34)We have here the particular distribution of the twelve tribes into four squadrons, three tribes in a squadron, one of which was to lead the other two. Observe, 1. God himself appointed them their place, to prevent strife and envy among them. Had they been left to determine precedency among themselves, they would have been in danger of quarrelling with one another (as the disciples who strove which…
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