KJV ORIGINAL
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The men from the tribe of Manasseh who were counted numbered 32,200.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that 32,200 fighting men were counted from the tribe of Manasseh during Israel's first military 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. Moses was commanded by God to count all able-bodied men aged 20 and older who could serve in Israel's army as they prepared to journey toward the Promised Land. Manasseh was one of Joseph's two sons who received tribal status, making him one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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