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Numbers 01 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations prefer to set apart extended quotations, prayers or lists. The ULB and many other English translations indent the lines of 1:5-15, which is an extended list.
Census
They counted how many men of military age were in each tribe of Israel. These men would also become the heads of families. It is possible the numbers in this chapter are rounded to the nearest 100.