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Numbers 26:17 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites. "
Numbers 26:17
Verse in Context
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15 The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
16 of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;
17 of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
18 These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were counted of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
19 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
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Numbers 26:1
"After the plague, the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,"
Numbers 26:2
"“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go out to war in Israel.”"
Numbers 26:3
"Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,"
Numbers 26:4
"“Take a census, from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel.” These are those who came out of the land of Egypt."
Numbers 26:5
"Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;"
Numbers 26:6
"of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites."
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