2:2a So he conscripted 70,000 porters,

He chose seventy thousand people to carry loads.
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He counted out seventy thousand (70,000) men to carry materials.

2:2b 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,

⌊He chose⌋ eighty thousand men to cut stone in the hills.
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⌊He counted out⌋ eighty thousand (80,000) men to cut stone from the mountains.

2:2c and 3,600 supervisors.

⌊He chose⌋ three thousand six hundred men to supervise the workers.
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⌊He counted out⌋ three thousand six hundred (3,600) men to oversee ⌊those who carried loads and those who cut stone⌋.

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