18. Valiant men. The exact number, 44,760, is evidently based on an official census. Immediately after the Exodus (Num. 1:21, 25, 35), Reuben had 46,500 soldiers, Gad had 45,650, and all Manasseh 32,200, and in the days of Joshua the number of men of war from these tribes totaled 43,730, 40,500, and 52,700 respectively (Num. 26:7, 18, 34).