KJV ORIGINAL
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
His army and those who were counted numbered 41,500 men.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is recording the precise number of fighting men in one of Israel's tribal divisions as they organized themselves in the wilderness.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Numbers, God instructed Moses to conduct a census of the Israelite tribes in the wilderness after their exodus from Egypt, as part of organizing the people for travel and camping around the Tabernacle. This census counted the men of military age from each tribe to prepare for potential conflicts and to maintain order in the camp. Specifically, Numbers 2:28 records the number of able-bodied men from the tribe of Asher, totaling 41,500.
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