King James Version
Numbers 1:43 in the King James Version says “Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.”
Numbers 1:43 · KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Those that were numbered”
H6485to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc
“of them even of the tribe”
H4294a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),
“of Naphtali”
H5321naphtali, a son of jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
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