KJV ORIGINAL
These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
These are the family groups of the Zebulunites according to those who were counted among them: sixty thousand five hundred.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that the tribe of Zebulun had 60,500 men counted in the census.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the second census of Israel taken near the end of their 40 years in the wilderness, just before entering the Promised Land. Zebulun was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Jacob's tenth son. The census was conducted to determine military strength and to prepare for the division of the land among the tribes.
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