Verse 44
These are those that were numbered ,.... Or, as the Targum of Jonathan, these are the sums of the numbers; namely, those before given of the several respective tribes:
which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men ; for though the tribe of Levi was not numbered, yet Joseph having a double portion, his two sons are reckoned as distinct tribes; so that one out of each tribe made up the number twelve:
each one for the house of his fathers ; for the tribe he belonged to, with which it might reasonably be supposed he was best acquainted, and could more readily take the number of them.
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