(December 14, 2015)
The
numbers of people in this chapter can cause some consternation for some
people. After all, there is no record
that we can find of hundreds of thousands of people being wiped out in a giant
battle around this time period (though we can find clear evidences of
large-scale warfare around this time period).
But
that really isn’t that big of a deal. I
suppose my view on the matter is skewed a little bit because of my
understanding of some other languages, but ten thousand does not need to be a
clear indication of a number. Instead it
can mean (depending on the language) a lot, an uncountable amount, a large
group, or a powerful group. Any of these
(assuming similar linguistic history) could be applicable here.
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