“Of the children of Dan, by 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;”
From the children of Dan, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses — Dan, the first-born of Bilhah (Rachel's maidservant), appears here in the census with tribal status equal to the primary tribes. Dan's prominent placement reflects the democratic principle of Numbers' census: all Israel, regardless of maternal lineage, participates equally in the covenant military structure.
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