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.
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Interpretation
Moses did not number the people but when God commanded him. We have here the families registered, as well as the tribes.
Read with
This thought runs through Numbers 26:48-51.
Glossary
- Naphtali Person
- My wrestling, the fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid ( Gen. 30:8 ). When Jacob went down into Egypt, Naphtali had four sons ( Gen. 46:24 ). Little is known of him as an individual.