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Numbers 26:27

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
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✦ 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

In the Book of Numbers, this verse is part of a second census of the Israelites conducted by Moses under God's command, just before they entered the Promised Land. This census was taken to count the men of military age in each tribe, including the Zebulunites, to organize the tribes for inheritance of the land and military purposes. The number given, 60,500, reflects the size of the Zebulunite clan and their share in the upcoming division of Canaan.

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Translation & Methodology Sources

The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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