כָּל־אֵ֣לֶּה בְנֵי־אָ֠שֵׁר רָאשֵׁ֨י בֵית־הָאָב֤וֹת בְּרוּרִים֙ גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י חֲיָלִ֔ים רָאשֵׁ֖י הַנְּשִׂיאִ֑ים וְהִתְיַחְשָׂ֤ם בַּצָּבָא֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה מִסְפָּרָ֣ם אֲנָשִׁ֔ים עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֖ה אָֽלֶף׃ (ס)
Lahat ng ito ay mga anak ni Aser, mga pinuno ng mga sambahayan ng kanilang mga ninuno, mga piling lalaki, magigiting na mandirigma, mga pangulo ng mga prinsipe. At ang bilang nila ayon sa talaan ng kanilang lahi para sa hukbo sa digmaan ay dalawampu't anim na libong lalaki.
The Jewish Spiritual Heroes
Rav laid great stress on the matter of lineage. A student quoted him as saying that the verse about the descendants of Asher, calling them chosen warriors, chiefs of the captains, (Chronicles I, 7:40) and signifying their standing in the army and the battlefield was written so that their reputation and prestige of the ancestors might protect them in battle.10)קדושין ע״ו ב׳.