KJV ORIGINAL
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The total count of men from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that 53,400 men from the tribe of Naphtali were counted in Israel's first military census.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the first census of Israel taken in the wilderness of Sinai, about one year after the Exodus from Egypt. Moses was commanded by God to count all able-bodied men twenty years old and up from each tribe who could serve in Israel's army. Naphtali was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Jacob's son Naphtali, who was born to Jacob's wife Rachel through her servant Bilhah.
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