Bible Strands
Numbers 1:44
These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the conclusion of the Naphtali census, noting that Moses and Aaron conducted the count with the twelve tribal leaders. This occurs during the initial wilderness enumeration commanded to organize Israel by clans and families.
The words — פְּקֻדִים (pe.ku.Dim) means the enrolled or mustered men, and נְשִׂיאֵי (ne.si.'Ei) identifies the leaders who assisted in the registration.
The thread — The same leadership and enumeration pattern reappears in the second census at Numbers 26:64, while the command to organize by clans and families originates in Numbers 1:2.
Why it lands — The verse establishes that Israel’s demographic and military strength was systematically recorded under appointed authority, requiring the reader to recognize the deliberate structure behind the community’s organization.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
Cross-references
- Numbers 26:64 Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.
- Numbers 1:2 “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.