King James Version
Numbers 26:16 in the King James Version says “Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:”
Numbers 26:16 · KJV
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:
Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:
Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
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“the family”
H4940a family, i.e., circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
“the family”
H4940a family, i.e., circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
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