Forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. — As compared with the former census, the tribe of Reuben had decreased by 2,770. (See Numbers 1:21.) Dathan and Abiram had probably enlisted many of the tribe to which they belonged in their rebellion against Moses and Aaron. (See Numbers 26:9-10 of this chapter, and Numbers 16:1, and Note.)
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Numbers 26:7
7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.