Numbers 1:21 meaning and explanation
those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.
Numbers 1:21, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse records the first result of the census God commanded Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the second year after the exodus from Egypt. Reuben was Jacob's firstborn, so his tribe is listed first, yet the count of fighting men twenty and older is smaller than several tribes that follow.
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