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Numbers 1:8

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

From the tribe of Issachar: Nethaneel, son of Zuar.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse identifies Nethaneel as the leader chosen to represent the tribe of Issachar in the census.

📚 Historical Context

This verse is part of God's command to Moses to take a census of all fighting men in Israel's twelve tribes as they prepared to enter the Promised Land. Each tribe needed a designated leader to help organize and count their people. This census was both practical for military organization and symbolic of God's faithfulness in multiplying Abraham's descendants.

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