KJV ORIGINAL
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The men from the tribe of Judah who were counted numbered 74,600.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that 74,600 fighting men were counted from the tribe of Judah during Israel's first census in the wilderness.
📚 Historical Context
This census took place about one year after the Israelites left Egypt, while they were camped at Mount Sinai. God commanded Moses to count all the men aged 20 and older who were able to serve in the army, organized by their ancestral tribes. Judah had the largest number of fighting men among all twelve tribes, which foreshadowed their future leadership role in Israel.
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