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distinguished men

"important men"

fathers' houses

extended families, people related to each other who usually lived in different houses, what the UDB calls "clans"

There were twenty-six thousand men listed who were fit for military service, according to their numbered lists

"According to the clan records, there were 26,000 men who were able to serve in the military" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)