Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 1:42
Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations,…. [See comments on Nu 1:20].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Verses 42, 43:
Naphtali was Jacob’s younger son by Bilhah. Jacob’s prophecy concerning him speaks of the eloquence in song that would come from his territory (Ge 49:21; Jg 4:6-9; 5:1-31).
53,400 men were counted in the census from this tribe.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
‘Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war, those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.’
A similar mobilisation took place for the tribe of Naphtali, amounting to fifty three families/military officers and four ‘hundreds’ (men in four military units) ready for war.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Of the children. So in Authorized Version, and Revised Version, but not in Hebrew text, though it is so in some codices, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. Some Jewish commentators explain it as being only “the sons”, because Naphtali had more daughters than sons, and in Gen 49:51 is likened to a female (hind). Hence in Num 26:64 it is said, the “men” died (but the women multiplied).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Naphtali: Gen 30:7, Gen 30:8, Gen 46:24, Gen 49:21, Respecting the manner in which this vast multitude sprang from 75 persons, Scheuchzer has some valuable calculations, with the results of which we present the reader:
Tribe1st Gen2nd Gen3rd Gen4th GenTotals – 3 and 4
Judah25 238 3,865 70,735 74,600
Dan11 132 2,508 60,192 62,700
Simeon39 359 3,953 55,347 59,300
Zebulun20 143 2,296 55,104 57,400
Issachar27 251 3,022 51,378 54,400
Naphtali26 296 3,560 49,840 53,400
Reuben31 215 2,583 43,917 46,500
Gad67 475 3,804 41,846 45,650
Asher39 310 3,192 38,308 41,500
Ephraim16 160 1,928 38,572 40,500
Benjamin98 885 4,425 30,975 35,400
Manasseh10 134 1,610 30,590 32,200
Levi8 96 1,240 21,060 22,300
Reciprocal: Num 2:29 – the tribe Num 2:30 – General Num 26:50 – General