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Serah. These are the families of the sons of wilderness.” So there was not left a man of
Asher according to those who were numbered them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and
of them: fifty-three thousand four hundred. Joshua the son of Nun.
48 The sons of Naphtali according to their
families were: of Jahzeel, the family of the Psalm 34:1–7
Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; A Psalm of David when he pretended madness
49 of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, before Abimelech, who drove him away,
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the family of the Shillemites. These are the and he departed.
families of Naphtali according to their fami- will bless the LORD at all times;
lies; and those who were numbered of them I His praise shall continually
were forty-five thousand four hundred. be in my mouth.
51 These are those who were numbered of 2 My soul shall make its boast in the
the children of Israel: six hundred and one LORD;
thousand seven hundred and thirty. The humble shall hear of it and be
52 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: glad.
53 “To these the land shall be divided as an 3 Oh, magnify the LORD with me,
inheritance, according to the number of And let us exalt His name together.
names. To a large tribe you shall give a larg- 4
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er inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall I sought the LORD, and He heard me,
give a smaller inheritance. Each shall be given 5 And delivered me from all my fears.
its inheritance according to those who were They looked to Him and
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numbered of them. But the land shall be di- were radiant,
vided by lot; they shall inherit according to the 6 And their faces were not ashamed.
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names of the tribes of their fathers. Accord- This poor man cried out, and the LORD
ing to the lot their inheritance shall be divided heard him,
between the larger and the smaller.” And saved him out of all his troubles.
57 And these are those who were numbered of 7 The angel of the LORD encamps all
the Levites according to their families: of Ger- around those who fear Him,
shon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, And delivers them.
the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the fam-
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ily of the Merarites. These are the families of
the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the fam-
ily of the Hebronites, the family of the Mah- 34:7 The angel of the LORD. A special mani-
lites, the family of the Mushites, and the fami- festation of Yahweh Himself at strategic his-
ly of the Korathites. And Kohath begot torical junctures (see Gen. 16:7ff,18,19;
Amram. The name of Amram’s wife was 31:11ff.; Josh. 5; Judg. 6; 13). A strong case can
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Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born be made that these were preincarnate
to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore appearances of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam. To
Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar
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and Ithamar. And Nadab and Abihu died Proverbs 11:28
when they offered profane fire before the 28
LORD. He who trusts in his riches will fall,
62 Now those who were numbered of them But the righteous will flourish like
were twenty-three thousand, every male from foliage.
a month old and above; for they were not Mark 13:21–37
numbered among the other children of Israel,
because there was no inheritance given to 21 “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is
them among the children of Israel. the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, He is there!’ do not believe
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63 These are those who were numbered by it. For false christs and false prophets will rise
Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered and show signs and wonders to deceive, if pos-
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the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by sible, even the elect. But take heed; see, I have
the Jordan, across from Jericho. But among told you all things beforehand.
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these there was not a man of those who were 24 “But in those days, after that tribulation,
numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest the sun will be darkened, and the moon will
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when they numbered the children of Israel in not give its light; the stars of heaven will fall,
the Wilderness of Sinai. For the LORD had and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
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said of them, “They shall surely die in the 26 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in
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