Numbers 1:40

The generations of the sons of Asher were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

In Context

39Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.

41Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:12And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a second son.

Genesis 49:20Asher's bread is fat; he gives delicate food for kings.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:18-44

17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: 18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 19 As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by… Read the whole commentary →

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