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Israel was now camped in the hills of Moab across the Jordan River from the town of Jericho. Moses and Eleazar told them what the Lord had said about counting the men 20 years and older, just as Moses and their ancestors had done when they left Egypt.[a]

5-7 There were 43,730 men from the tribe of Reuben, the oldest son of Jacob.[b] These men were from the clans of Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

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Footnotes

  1. 26.4 just as … Egypt: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 26.5-7 Jacob: The Hebrew text has “Israel,” Jacob's name after God renamed him.

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