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All the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
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A Statistical Puzzle
Scholars note that the number of firstborn males (22,273) seems statistically low for the total population. While critics have questioned this, commentators offer plausible explanations. For instance, the count may have only included sons born after the Exodus law was given, or it may have been limited to one firstborn per household, not per father. This reminds us that apparent difficulties in the text often have reasonable solutions.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This result, when compared with the number of male adults (603,550, compare to Numbers 2:32), is small, as the usual proportion of firstborn sons t…
19th Century
Anglican
Twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. —The extremely small number of firstborn in proportion to a male population of …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all the firstborn males For such only were ordered to be numbered, and not firstborn females:
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The number of the firstborn, and that of the Levites, were close to each other. Known to God are all His works beforehand; there is an exact propor…
