KJV ORIGINAL
These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
These are the families of Naphtali organized by their family groups, and when they counted all the men, there were 45,400 of them.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that the tribe of Naphtali had 45,400 fighting-age men when Moses conducted the second census of Israel.
📚 Historical Context
This census took place near the end of Israel's 40-year wilderness journey, as they prepared to enter the Promised Land. Moses was counting all men aged 20 and older who could serve in the military. This was the second major census - the first was taken shortly after leaving Egypt, and this one showed how the population had changed over nearly four decades in the wilderness.
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