Numbers - 26:7



7 These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 26:7.

Differing Translations

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These are the families of the stock of Ruben: whose number was found to be forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.
These are families of the Reubenite, and their numbered ones are three and forty thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
These are the families of the Reubenites: their number was forty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty.
Istae sunt familiae Rubenitarum: et fuerunt numerati eorum tria et quadraginta millia septingenti et triginta.

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Historical Commentaries

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These are the families of the Reubenites--the principal households, which were subdivided into numerous smaller families. Reuben had suffered great diminution by Korah's conspiracy and other outbreaks [Numbers 16:1].

Families - The chief houses, which were subdivided into divers lesser families. Forty three thousand seven hundred and thirty - Whereas in their last numbering they were forty six thousand five hundred; for Korah's conspiracy, as well as other provocations of theirs, had cut off many of them.

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