Ver. 48-50. Of the sons of Naphtali, after their families This tribe, which is the last of them, was numbered next to Asher, because it was with that under the standard of Dan; it had four families in it, the Jahzeelite, Gunite, Jezerite, and Shillemite, and its number was 45,400, being less by 8000 than it was when first numbered.
47
These were the clans of Asher. They numbered 53,400.
48
The sons of Naphtali by clans: Jahzeel and the Jahzeelite clan, Guni and the Gunite clan,
49
Jezer and the Jezerite clan, Shillem and the Shillemite clan.
50
These were the clans of Naphtali. They numbered 45,400.
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