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Numbers 26:20 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. "
Numbers 26:20
Verse in Context
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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.
20 The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
21 The sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
22 These are the families of Judah according to those who were counted of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
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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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