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those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
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More Than Just a Number
Commentators explain that this census was not merely a headcount. It served multiple purposes: to demonstrate God's faithfulness in multiplying Jacob's descendants as promised, to organize the tribes for the military conquest of Canaan, and to establish family lines for the future division of the land.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The enrollment, being taken primarily for military purposes (compare Numbers 1:3, Numbers 1:20), would naturally be arranged by hundreds…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Those that were numbered of them, [even] of the tribe of Simeon, [were] fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 59,300…
The people were numbered to show God's faithfulness in so increasing the seed of Jacob, so that they might be better trained for the wars and conqu…
