These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were counted of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB These were the clans of Naphtali, and their registration numbered 45,400.
- NKJV These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.
- NASB These are the families of Naphtali by their families; and those who were numbered of them were 45,400.
- NLT These were the clans of Naphtali. Their registered troops numbered 45,400.
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Quick answer
Naphtali numbers 45,400, completing the individual tribal counts.
Overview
Naphtali's total of 45,400 declined slightly from 53,400 at Sinai (Numbers 1:43), one of several tribes whose numbers fell. The varied results across the tribes show that increase and decrease alike lay in God's sovereign hand as He shaped the nation for its inheritance.
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Cross-references · 2
- Num 2:29–30“The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
- Num 1:42–43Of the children of Naphtali, 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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