KJV ORIGINAL
These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
These are the family groups of Manasseh, and when they counted all the men, there were fifty-two thousand seven hundred of them.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that the tribe of Manasseh had 52,700 men counted in the census.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the second census taken of Israel in the wilderness, about 39 years after leaving Egypt and just before entering the Promised Land. The tribe of Manasseh was one of the half-tribes descended from Joseph's son Manasseh, and this count included only men aged 20 and older who were able to go to war.
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