14:21a–b

About five thousand men were fed, in addition to women and children: In addition to the five thousand men who ate the food, there were also women and children there who also ate. No one counted the women and children in the crowd. But someone estimated that there were About five thousand men. There were probably as many women and children as men, or perhaps more.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

The number of men who ate was about five thousand, not counting the women and children. (Good News Translation)

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There were about five thousand men who ate the food. They did not count the number of women and children ⌊who also ate⌋.

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