These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them: sixty thousand five hundred.
Parallel translations
- WEB These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were counted of them, sixty thousand five hundred.
- KJV These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
- BSB These were the clans of Zebulun, and their registration numbered 60,500.
- NASB These are the families of the Zebulunites by those who were numbered of them, 60,500.
- NLT These were the clans of Zebulun. Their registered troops numbered 60,500.
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Quick answer
Zebulun numbers 60,500 fighting men, having grown since the first census.
Overview
The Zebulunite total of 60,500 marks an increase from the 57,400 counted at Sinai (Numbers 1:31), evidence of God's sustaining faithfulness to a tribe destined to dwell by the sea (Genesis 49:13). Such growth amid judgment foreshadows how God preserves a people for Himself, ultimately gathering a countless multitude through Christ.
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Cross-references · 2
- Num 2:7–8The tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon.
- Num 1:30–31Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
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