KJV ORIGINAL
These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
These are the families of Judah according to those who were counted among them: seventy-six thousand five hundred.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that the tribe of Judah had 76,500 men counted in the census.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the second census taken by Moses and Eleazar in the wilderness, about 40 years after the Israelites left Egypt. The census was conducted to count the fighting men of each tribe before entering the Promised Land, and it showed how God had preserved and blessed His people despite their wilderness wanderings.
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