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Numbers 1:41

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

The men counted from the tribe of Asher totaled 41,500.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse records that 41,500 fighting men were counted from the tribe of Asher during Israel's census in the wilderness.

📚 Historical Context

This census took place about one year after the Israelites left Egypt, while they were camped in the wilderness of Sinai. God commanded Moses to count all able-bodied men aged 20 and older who could serve in Israel's army as they prepared to enter the Promised Land. The tribe of Asher was one of the twelve tribes descended from Jacob's sons.

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