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Numbers 26:50 Cross-References

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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.

Numbers 26:50 (KJV)

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Naphtalisixth-born son of Jacob (GEN 30:7), son of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid

Commentary on Numbers 26:50

Forty and five thousand and four hundred (45,400)—Naphtali maintained almost exactly its first census number (53,400 in Numbers 1:43 was likely a scribal error for 45,400, or this represents an 8,000 decline). Among the dramatic population shifts—Simeon's collapse, Manasseh's explosion—Naphtali held steady. Stability is sometimes the greatest miracle.The Hebrew phrase וּפְקֻדֵיהֶם ("and their numbered ones") emphasizes these aren't random people but counted, known individuals. God's people aren't a mob but a numbered flock. Jesus said, "I know my sheep" (John 10:14)—and He knows them by exact ...

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