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Numbers 1:41
those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses and Aaron compile the census at Sinai, recording the military-eligible men of Asher aged twenty and older according to clan and family records.
The words — The Hebrew פְּקֻדֵיהֶם (pe.ku.dei.hem) translates literally as "their enrolled [men]," linked to לְמַטֵּה אָשֵׁר (le.ma.tteh 'a.sher) for "to the tribe of Asher." The numeral אֶחָד וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת (e.chad ve.'ar.ba.'im 'elef va.chamesh me'ot) follows as "one forty thousand and five hundred."
The thread — This total matches the camp division figure in Numbers 2:28 and stands in contrast to the later tribal registration of 53,400 in Numbers 26:47.
Why it lands — The verse demands a reader to observe the systematic accounting of tribal strength and to note the demographic increase recorded decades later.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
Cross-references
- Numbers 26:47 These were the clans of Asher, and their registration numbered 53,400.
- Numbers 2:28 and his division numbers 41,500.