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Numbers Chapter twenty-six

 

Numbers 26 Outlines

The Second Census of Israel (v.1~65)

New King James Version (NKJV)

 

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 26

In this chapter an order is given to number the people of Israel a second time Numbers 26:1 and the account begins with Reuben the firstborn and the families that sprung from him and the number of them Numbers 26:5 and Dathan and Abiram being of this tribe the affair of them and Korah is afresh related Numbers 26:8 then the tribe of Simeon its families and number Numbers 26:12 next the tribe of Gad and their families and number Numbers 26:15 after that the tribe of Judah its families and number Numbers 26:19 then follows the tribe of Issachar its families and number Numbers 26:23 next to that the tribe of Zebulun its families and number Numbers 26:26 then the sons of Joseph and first Manasseh his families and number Numbers 26:28 and then the tribe of Ephraim its families and number Numbers 26:35 after that the tribe of Benjamin its families and number Numbers 26:38 next the tribe of Dan its families and number Numbers 26:42 and which is followed by the tribe of Asher its families and number Numbers 26:44 and the muster is closed with the tribe of Naphtali its families and number Numbers 26:48 and the sum total of all the numbers is given Numbers 26:51 and then follows another order to divide the land of Canaan by lot when conquered to the several tribes according to their names and number Numbers 26:52 and an account is given of the number of the Levites and their families their number being taken not with the other tribes but by themselves and which is summed up Numbers 26:57 and the chapter is concluded with observing that it appeared upon this numbering of the people that there were but two persons living of those that were first numbered among the children of Israel Numbers 26:63.

 

Numbers 26:1   And it came to pass after the plague that the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest saying:

   YLT  1And it cometh to pass after the plague that Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Eleazar son of Aaron the priest saying

And it came to pass after the plague .... Related in the preceding chapter; how long after is not certain perhaps before the war with Midian exhorted to in the latter part of the foregoing chapter and of which an account is given Numbers 31:1

that the Lord spake unto Moses; out of the tabernacle or out of the cloud:

and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest; the Lord had been used to speak to Moses and to Aaron; but now Aaron being dead and Eleazar his son succeeding him in the priesthood is joined with Moses and the order here given is directed to them both:

saying: as follows.

 

Numbers 26:2   2 “Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel from twenty years old and above by their fathers’ houses all who are able to go to war in Israel.”

   YLT  2`Take up the sum of all the company of the sons of Israel from a son of twenty years and upward by the house of their fathers every one going out to the host in Israel.'

Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel .... Excepting the Levites who were to be numbered by themselves and at a different age; this sum was to be taken that it might appear that all of the old generation that came out of Egypt of the age at which this sum was taken were now dead excepting two as the Lord had threatened; and partly that as they were now about to enter the land of Canaan it might be divided to them according to their number; as well as to show the faithfulness of God to his word and promise that he would multiply and make them fruitful notwithstanding all their provoking sins and transgressions:

from twenty years old and upwards throughout their father's house; all of that age in every tribe house and family:

all that are able to go to war in Israel; for which they must prepare being about to enter the land of Canaan and dispossess and drive out the inhabitants of it.

 

Numbers 26:3   3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho saying:

  YLT  3And Moses speaketh -- Eleazar the priest also -- with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho saying

And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them .... With the children of Israel with the heads of them their chief and principal to assist in taking the number of the people; as when they were numbered thirty years ago when a prince out of each tribe was taken to be with Aaron and Moses in doing that business; but those princes were now all dead and another race succeeded who were now employed in this service; so the Targum of Jonathan says they spoke with the rulers and ordered them to number them:

in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho: or of Jericho as the same Targum on the other side of Jordan to that on which Jericho stood; for as yet the children of Israel had not passed that river nor entered into the land of Canaan in which Jericho was but they were now opposite it; See Gill on Numbers 22:1

saying; as follows.

 

Numbers 26:4   4 Take a census of the people from twenty years old and above just as the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt.”

   YLT  4`From a son of twenty years and upward ' as Jehovah hath commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who are coming out from the land of Egypt.

Take the sum of the people from twenty years old and upward .... At the same age at which the sum was taken before Numbers 1:3 so that there could not be one that was more than sixty years of age of all those that went into the land of Canaan except Joshua and Caleb and besides some few in the tribe of Levi which did not come into either of these musters:

and the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel which went forth out of the land of Egypt; as Moses had a command to number the people before so he had now. The sin of David was that he numbered the people when he had no command for it; Moses when he brought the people out of Egypt had them committed to him by number; and now being about to die he delivers them up as it were by number again as Jarchi observes.

 

Numbers 26:5   5 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The children of Reuben were: of Hanoch the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu the family of the Palluites;

   YLT  5Reuben first-born of Israel -- sons of Reuben: [of] Hanoch [is] the family of the Hanochite; of Pallu the family of the Palluite;

Verses 5-7

Reuben the eldest son of Israel .... the number of his tribe is taken first on that account; there were four families that descended from him the Hanochite Palluite Hesronite and Carmite and the number of men from twenty years old and upwards fit for war were 43 730; so that since the last numbering this tribe was decreased 2770; which may in part be accounted for by the families of Dathan and Abiram being cut off for their rebellion who were this tribe and whose affair is briefly related in the following verses and it may be to point out this unto us.

 

Numbers 26:6   6 of Hezron the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi the family of the Carmites.

   YLT  6of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Carmi the family of the Carmite.

 

Numbers 26:7   7 These are the families of the Reubenites: those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.

   YLT  7These [are] families of the Reubenite and their numbered ones are three and forty thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

 

Numbers 26:8   8 And the son of Pallu was Eliab.

   YLT  8And the son of Pallu [is] Eliab;

And the sons of Pallu .... Or son the plural for the singular Pallu having but one son whose name was Eliab the father of Dathan and Abiram; Numbers 26:9.

 

Numbers 26:9   9 The sons of Eliab were Nemuel Dathan and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram representatives of the congregation who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah when they contended against the Lord;

   YLT  9and the sons of Eliab [are] Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram; this [is that] Dathan and Abiram called ones of the company who have striven against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah in their striving against Jehovah

And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram .... Of Nemuel we nowhere else read either he died without children or he and his family perished with his brethren being concerned with them in the conspiracy; or the family of the Palluite was in his line; one of the same name may be observed in the tribe of Simeon:

this is that Dathan and Abiram which were famous in the congregation; either before their rebellion for their power and authority being heads of their fathers' houses; or for their parts and abilities being men of great wisdom and sense; or for their zeal activity and usefulness; or after it and became famous or rather infamous on account of it see Numbers 16:2.

who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah when they strove against the Lord; who joined with Korah and his company and quarrelled with Moses and Aaron about the priesthood; with Moses for putting Aaron into it and with Aaron for accepting it and officiating in it; and so with the Lord himself by whose orders he was invested with it.

 

Numbers 26:10   10 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign.

   YLT  10and the earth openeth her mouth and swalloweth them and Korah in the death of the company in the fire consuming the two hundred and fifty men and they become a sign;

And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up .... Not only Dathan and Abiram but their wives and children their houses and tents and all their goods see Numbers 16:32 together with Korah; the words being thus rendered and standing in such close connection with the preceding some have concluded from hence that Korah was swallowed up with them in the earth; whereas he seems rather to have been at that time with the two hundred and fifty men that had censers at the door of the tabernacle and was consumed by fire with them see Numbers 16:16 and indeed it is suggested here for the phrase may be rendered "and the things of Korah"F13ואת קרח "et quae erant Korachi" Junius & Tremellius. ; what appertained unto him his men tents goods and substance which agrees with Numbers 16:32 or "and as for Korah"F14So Pool Patrick; "deinde et Corah (qui periit) in morte congregationis" Tigurine version. ; with respect to him: "when that company died": he was at the head of he died also the same death they died by fire as follows:

what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; which was the number his company consisted of who took censers and offered incense and were consumed by fire Numbers 16:2 and with whom in all probability he perished:

and they became a sign were made an example of to deter others from the like practices and particularly usurping any part of the priest's office: some connect the words with the following and take the sense to be that this was the sign or miracle that when they perished Korah's sons died not but were preserved; which sense is countenanced by the Vulgate Latin but the other sense is best.

 

Numbers 26:11   11 Nevertheless the children of Korah did not die.

   YLT  11and the sons of Korah died not.

Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. Neither of the pestilence nor by fire nor by the swallowing up of the earth; they not being in the counsel of their father but followed the doctrine of Moses the prophet as the Targum of Jonathan; they either disliked their father's scheme or if they engaged with him in it they repented and departed from him and were not present when the judgments of God came upon him and his company; there were several of his posterity who were singers in the times of David and to whom many of the psalms were sent to be sung.

 

Numbers 26:12   12 The sons of Simeon according to their families were: of Nemuel [a] the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin [b] the family of the Jachinites;

   YLT  12Sons of Simeon by their families: of Nemuel [is] the family of the Nemuelite; of Jamin the family of the Jaminite; of Jachin the family of the Jachinite;

Verses 12-14

The sons of Simeon after their families .... This tribe was next numbered not only because Simeon was next to Reuben by birth but because his tribe was under the standard of Reuben; two of his sons are a little differently named here than they are in Genesis 46:10 there the eldest is called Jemuel here Nemuel; there the youngest but one is named Zohar here Zerah; and one of them is here omitted namely Ohad perhaps because he died without children and so no family sprang from him; wherefore the families of Simeon were but five and the number of them were 22 200; by which it appears there was a very great decrease in this tribe since the last muster even 37 100 which in some measure is to be accounted for by the great number of this tribe supposed to have died of the plague on account of fornication and idolatry made mention of in the preceding chapter; a prince in this tribe having set a bad example it is probable he was followed in it by many of it for which great numbers were cut off. Jarchi from Tanchuma says that all the 24 000 that died of the plague was of the tribe of Simeon; and so says the Samaritan ChronicleF15Apud Hottinger. ut supra. (Smegma Oriental l. 1. c. 8. p. 448.) ; but that is not likely.

 

Numbers 26:13   13 of Zerah [c] the family of the Zarhites; of Shaul the family of the Shaulites.

   YLT  13of Zerah the family of the Zarhite; of Shaul the family of the Shaulite.

 

Numbers 26:14   14 These are the families of the Simeonites: twenty-two thousand two hundred.

   YLT  14These [are] families of the Simeonite two and twenty thousand and two hundred.

 

Numbers 26:15   15 The sons of Gad according to their families were: of Zephon [d] the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi the family of the Haggites; of Shuni the family of the Shunites;

   YLT  15Sons of Gad by their families: of Zephon [is] the family of the Zephonite; of Haggi the family of the Haggite; of Shuni the family of the Shunite;

Verses 15-18

The children of Gad after their families tribe was numbered next to Simeon .... because it lay encamped with that under the standard of Reuben. There is a little variation in the names of two or three of his sons from those by which they are called Genesis 46:16 instead of Ziphion here Zephon; and for Haggai here Haggi; and what is much wider for Ezbon here Ozni. Seven families sprang from Gad whose number now was 40 500; they were diminished since their last numbering 5150; it is probable this tribe being a warlike tribe suffered very much in their attempt to enter the land of Canaan contrary to the will of God and were repulsed and defeated by the Amalekites Numbers 16:40.

 

Numbers 26:16   16 of Ozni [e] the family of the Oznites; of Eri the family of the Erites;

   YLT  16of Ozni the family of the Oznite; of Eri the family of the Erite:

 

Numbers 26:17   17 of Arod [f] the family of the Arodites; of Areli the family of the Arelites.

   YLT  17of Arod the family of the Arodite; of Areli the family of the Arelite.

 

Numbers 26:18   18 These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them: forty thousand five hundred.

   YLT  18These [are] families of the sons of Gad by their numbered ones forty thousand and five hundred.

 

Numbers 26:19   19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

   YLT  19Sons of Judah [are] Er and Onan; and Er dieth -- Onan also -- in the land of Canaan.

Verses 19-22

And the sons of Judah were Er and Onan .... And besides these he had Shelah Pharez and Zerah from whom families sprang but none from the two first: for

Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan; where they were born; and that because of their sins as the Targum of Jonathan adds see

Ge 38:7-10 so that there were but three families sprang from Judah the Shelanites Pharzites and Zarhites; only the family of the Pharzites was divided into two families the Hesronites and the Hamulites so called from two sons of Pharez; the number of these families amounted to 76 500 so that there was an increase of 1900 since the last muster which answers to Jacob's blessing that he should be a praise among his brethren Genesis 49:8.

 

Numbers 26:20   20 And the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah the family of the Shelanites; of Perez the family of the Parzites; of Zerah the family of the Zarhites.

   YLT  20And sons of Judah by their families are: of Shelah the family of the Shelanite; of Pharez the family of the Pharzite; of Zerah the family of the Zarhite;

 

Numbers 26:21   21 And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul the family of the Hamulites.

   YLT  21and sons of Pharez are: of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Hamul the family of the Hamulite.

 

Numbers 26:22   22 These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them: seventy-six thousand five hundred.

   YLT  22These [are] families of Judah by their numbered ones six and seventy thousand and five hundred.

 

Numbers 26:23   23 The sons of Issachar according to their families were: of Tola the family of the Tolaites; of Puah [g] the family of the Punites;[h]

   YLT  23Sons of Issachar by their families; [of] Tola [is] the family of the Tolaite; of Pua the family of the Punite;

Verses 23-25

Of the sons of Issachar after their families .... This tribe was numbered next to Judah because it was under his standard. Two of his sons are a little differently named than they are Genesis 46:13 instead of Phuvah one is called Pua and instead of Job another is called here Jashub; this tribe consisted of four families and the number of warlike men in it was 64 300; their increase since the last numbering of them is 9900.

 

Numbers 26:24   24 of Jashub the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron the family of the Shimronites.

   YLT  24of Jashub the family of the Jashubite; of Shimron the family of the Shimronite.

 

Numbers 26:25   25 These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them: sixty-four thousand three hundred.

   YLT  25These [are] families of Issachar by their numbered ones four and sixty thousand and three hundred.

 

Numbers 26:26   26 The sons of Zebulun according to their families were: of Sered the family of the Sardites; of Elon the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel the family of the Jahleelites.

   YLT  26Sons of Zebulun by their families: of Sered [is] the family of the Sardite; of Elon the family of the Elonite; of Jahleel the family of the Jahleelite.

Verse 26-27

Of he sons of Zebulun after their families .... This is numbered next to Issachar because it was encamped under the standard of Judah; it consisted of three families whose numbers were 60 500 so that this tribe was increased 3100.

 

Numbers 26:27   27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them: sixty thousand five hundred.

   YLT  27These [are] families of the Zebulunite by their numbered ones sixty thousand and five hundred.

 

Numbers 26:28   28 The sons of Joseph according to their families by Manasseh and Ephraim were:

   YLT  28Sons of Joseph by their families [are] Manasseh and Ephraim.

Verses 28-34

The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. Manasseh is here mentioned first though Ephraim was preferred to him by Jacob and the standard belonged to him; not because he was the firstborn but because he had now the greater increase though he had but one son Machir of whom was the family of the Machirites and a grandson whose name was Gilead from whom was the family of the Gileadites and who had six sons; of whom were the families of the Jeezerite Halekite Asrielite Shechemite Shemidaite and Hepherite. Hepher of whom was the last had a son named Zelophehad but he had no son only five daughters whose names are given; the number of men in this tribe of twenty years old and upwards fit for war was 52 700 so that the increase was 20 500 a large increase indeed!

 

Numbers 26:29   29 The sons of Manasseh: of Machir the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead the family of the Gileadites.

   YLT  29Sons of Manasseh: of Machir [is] the family of the Machirite; and Machir hath begotten Gilead; of Gilead [is] the family of the Gileadite.

 

Numbers 26:30   30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer [i] the family of the Jeezerites; of Helek the family of the Helekites;

   YLT  30These [are] sons of Gilead: [of] Jeezer [is] the family of the Jeezerite; of Helek the family of the Helekite;

 

Numbers 26:31   31 of Asriel the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem the family of the Shechemites;

   YLT  31and [of] Asriel the family of the Asrielite; and [of] Shechem the family of the Shechemite;

 

Numbers 26:32   32 of Shemida the family of the Shemidaites; of Hepher the family of the Hepherites.

   YLT  32and [of] Shemida the family of the Shemidaite; and [of] Hepher the family of the Hepherite.

 

Numbers 26:33   33 Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons but daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah Noah Hoglah Milcah and Tirzah.

   YLT  33And Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but daughters and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad [are] Mahlah and Noah Hoglah Milcah and Tirzah.

 

Numbers 26:34   34 These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.

   YLT  34These [are] families of Manasseh and their numbered ones [are] two and fifty thousand and seven hundred.

 

Numbers 26:35   35 These are the sons of Ephraim according to their families: of Shuthelah the family of the Shuthalhites; of Becher [j] the family of the Bachrites; of Tahan the family of the Tahanites.

   YLT  35These [are] sons of Ephraim by their families: of Shuthelah [is] the family of the Shuthelhite; of Becher the family of the Bachrite; of Tahan the family of the Tahanite.

Verses 35-37

These are the sons of Ephrain after their families .... Which were but three the Shuthalhite the Bachrite and the Tahanite only from the former sprung another family called the Eranite; the number of the whole was 32 500; there was a decrease in this tribe of 8000.

 

Numbers 26:36   36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran the family of the Eranites.

   YLT  36And these [are] sons of Shuthelah: of Eran the family of the Eranite.

 

Numbers 26:37   37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them: thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph according to their families.

   YLT  37These [are] families of the sons of Ephraim by their numbered ones two and thirty thousand and five hundred. These [are] sons of Joseph by their families.

 

Numbers 26:38   38 The sons of Benjamin according to their families were: of Bela the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram the family of the Ahiramites;

   YLT  38Sons of Benjamin by their families: of Bela [is] the family of the Belaite; of Ashbel the family of the Ashbelite; of Ahiram the family of the Ahiramite;

Verses 38-41

The sons of Benjamin after their families .... This tribe was numbered next to Ephraim being under his standard. Five of the sons of Benjamin are omitted perhaps because they died without issue and so no families sprang from them; the names of the five sons mentioned vary a little from the names of them in Genesis 46:21 instead of Ehi it is here Ahiram; and instead of Huppim and Muppim it is here Shupham and Hupham; from these last five were the families of the Belaite Ashbelite Ahiramite Shuphamite and Huphamite; and from the eldest of them sprang two other families the Ardite and Naamite from Ard and Naaman two sons of Bela; the number of men in these families was 45 600 so that here was an increase of 10 200.

 

Numbers 26:39   39 of Shupham [k] the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham [l] the family of the Huphamites.

   YLT  39of Shupham the family of the Shuphamite; of Hupham the family of the Huphamite.

 

Numbers 26:40   40 And the sons of Bela were Ard[m] and Naaman: of Ard the family of the Ardites; of Naaman the family of the Naamites.

   YLT  40And sons of Bela are Ard and Naaman: [of Ard is] the family of the Ardite: of Naaman the family of the Naamite.

 

Numbers 26:41   41 These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.

   YLT  41These [are] sons of Benjamin by their families and their numbered ones [are] five and forty thousand and six hundred.

 

Numbers 26:42   42 These are the sons of Dan according to their families: of Shuham [n] the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according to their families.

   YLT  42These [are] sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham [is] the family of the Shuhamite; these [are] families of Dan by their families;

Verse 42-43

These are the sons of Dan after their families .... Though he had but one son the plural being put for the singular; or by sons are meant his posterity; his son's name was Shuham and by transposition Hushim in Genesis 46:23 from him was the family of the Shulamite; and yet though but one consisted of 64 400 men; there was an increase of 1700 in this tribe.

 

Numbers 26:43   43 All the families of the Shuhamites according to those who were numbered of them were sixty-four thousand four hundred.

   YLT  43all the families of the Shuhamite by their numbered ones [are] four and sixty thousand and four hundred.

 

Numbers 26:44   44 The sons of Asher according to their families were: of Jimna the family of the Jimnites; of Jesui the family of the Jesuites; of Beriah the family of the Beriites.

   YLT  44Sons of Asher by their families: of Jimna [is] the family of the Jimnite; of Jesui the family of the Jesuite; of Beriah the family of the Beriite.

Verses 44-47

Of the children of Asher after their families .... This tribe was numbered next to Dan because it was under his standard; one of his sons is omitted very probably dying childless and so had no family; from the rest sprang the families of the Iimnite Jesuite and Benite; and from the latter two others the Heberite and Malchielite; and it is remarked that Asher had a daughter named Serah and who also is particularly mentioned as a sister of Asher's sons in Genesis 46:17 no doubt but she was a remarkable woman either for religion or for wisdom and prudence or some amiable virtue or grace or another that she is so particularly taken notice of: according to MaimonidesF16Apud Abendana in loc. she was an heiress; for though Asher had many sons this was his wife's daughter by another man who had no sons and the inheritance was his daughter's and therefore is so particularly mentioned; she inheriting as the daughters of Zelophehad did: the number of persons in this tribe was 53 400 the increase was 11 900.

 

Numbers 26:45   45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel the family of the Malchielites.

   YLT  45Of sons of Beriah: of Heber [is] the family of the Heberite; of Malchiel the family of the Malchielite.

 

Numbers 26:46   46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

   YLT  46And the name of the daughter of Asher [is] Sarah.

 

Numbers 26:471   47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them: fifty-three thousand four hundred.

   YLT  47These [are] families of the sons of Asher by their numbered ones three and fifty thousand and four hundred.

 

Numbers 26:48   48 The sons of Naphtali according to their families were: of Jahzeel [o] the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni the family of the Gunites;

   YLT  48Sons of Naphtali by their families: of Jahzeel [is] the family of the Jahzeelite; of Guni the family of the Gunite;

Verses 48-50

Of the sons of Naphtali after their families .... This tribe which is the last of them was numbered next to Asher because it was with that under the standard of Dan; it had four families in it the Jahzeelite Gunite Jezerite and Shillemite and its number was 45 400 being less by 8000 than it was when first numbered.

 

Numbers 26:49   49 of Jezer the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem the family of the Shillemites.

   YLT  49of Jezer the family of the Jezerite; of Shillem the family of the Shillemite.

 

Numbers 26:50   50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.

   YLT  50These [are] families of Naphtali by their families and their numbered ones [are] five and forty thousand and four hundred.

 

Numbers 26:51   51 These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel: six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.

   YLT  51These [are] numbered ones of the sons of Israel six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

These were the numbered of the children of Israel .... The twelve tribes consisting of so many families as above named; and the sum total of persons in them of twenty years old and upwards and fit for war was

six hundred and one thousand and seven hundred and thirty; so that though all those that were numbered thirty years ago were now dead excepting Joshua and Caleb yet there wanted but 1820 of that number; so mindful was the Lord of his promise and so faithful to keep it notwithstanding the provocations of these people to increase and multiply them that they had pretty near the number to go into the land of Canaan which they had when they came out of Egypt.

 

Numbers 26:52   52 Then the Lord spoke to Moses saying:

   YLT  52And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses saying

And the Lord spake unto Moses .... After the sum of the people of Israel had been taken:

saying; as follows.

 

Numbers 26:53   53 “To these the land shall be divided as an inheritance according to the number of names.

   YLT  53`To these is the land apportioned by inheritance by the number of names;

Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance .... That were numbered and to none else:

according to the number of their names; and for this end was the number of them now taken that the land might be equally divided among them; women and minors or such as were under twenty years of age had no share in it; and even only those who were at that age at this time; so Jarchi says it was not divided to any that were less than twenty years of age even though they came to be full twenty before the division of the land; for they were seven years subduing it and seven years dividing it yet none took any part of it but these 601 730: nay he says if a man had six children they took but their father's part only.

 

Numbers 26:54   54 To a large tribe you shall give a larger inheritance and to a small tribe you shall give a smaller inheritance. Each shall be given its inheritance according to those who were numbered of them.

   YLT  54to the many thou dost increase their inheritance and to the few thou dost diminish their inheritance; [to] each according to his numbered ones is given his inheritance.

To many thou shalt give the more inheritance and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance .... To a tribe more numerous and consisting of more and larger families a greater part of the land was to be given to them to possess; and to a smaller tribe and of the fewer families and persons in them a lesser share of it: this direction is given to Moses but is not designed for him personally for he never entered the land but died before Israel went into it; but for the chief ruler that would be then in being namely Joshua his successor:

to everyone shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him; that is to every tribe and so to every family in it according to the number of men in it that were of the above age when the sum of them was taken: because it is in the original text "to a man according to those numbered of him" &c.F17איש "viro" Montanus. ; hence the Jewish writersF18Vid. T. Bab. Bava. Bathra fol. 122. 1. gather that the land was distributed not to women but to men only.

 

Numbers 26:55   55 But the land shall be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

   YLT  55`Only by lot is the land apportioned by the names of the tribes of their fathers they inherit;

Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot .... That the division might appear to be according to the determination and will of God and not left to the judgment and discretion of the chief magistrate though bound by the above rule:

according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit; that is according as to whatsoever name of a tribe such a part or portion of the land comes up by lot that shall their inheritance be: Jarchi says the names of the twelve tribes were written on twelve scrolls of parchment and twelve borders or limits of land on twelve others and they were mixed together in an urn and the prince put his hand into it and took two scrolls; a scroll came up with the name of a tribe and a scroll with a border or limit expressed on it; and the lot he says was by the Holy Ghost for Eleazar at the same time was clothed with Urim and ThummimF19Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Biccurim c. 1. sect. 5. ; so that the people were certain that the disposition and division of the land was of God; but there were but nine tribes and a half among whom the land of Canaan was divided two tribes and a half settled on the other side Jordan namely the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh.

 

Numbers 26:56   56 According to the lot their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller.”

   YLT  56according to the lot is their inheritance apportioned between many and few.'

According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided .... It was by the determination of the lot that the land was divided by inheritance and that was by the Lord according to Proverbs 16:33.

between many and few; it was so ordered of the Lord by the lot that the many should have a larger share and the few a lesser.

 

Numbers 26:57   57 And these are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath the family of the Kohathites; of Merari the family of the Merarites.

   YLT  57And these [are] numbered ones of the Levite by their families: of Gershon [is] the family of the Gershonite; of Kohath the family of the Kohathite; of Merari the family of the Merarite.

Verses 57-62

And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families .... And they were numbered not with the rest of the tribes of Israel but by themselves as they were at the first numbering of the tribes; the three principal families of which were the Gershonite the Kohathite and Merarite so called from the three sons of Levi; but all their sons are not mentioned of the sons of Gershon only Libni from whom was the family of the Libnites; not Shimei because as Aben Ezra conjectures either he had no sons or if he had they died without any and so there was no family from them; and of the sons of Kohath no mention is made of Uzziel nor of Izhar but in the Korhites only of the Hebronite family from Hebron; and of Amram whose wife Jochebed is spoken of as a daughter of Levi whom Levi's wife as Jarchi rightly supplies it bore to him in Egypt and which Jochebed was the mother of Aaron Moses and Miriam; and it is observed that Aaron had four sons Nadab Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar the two first of which died for offering strange fire to the Lord and the two last were now living: from Merari another son of Levi sprang two families the Mahlite and the Mushite; and the whole number of the Levites at this time taken was 23 000 males of a month old and upward; so that here was an increase of 1 000 males since the former numbering of them: the reason why they were not numbered with the other tribes was because they had no part of the land of Israel divided to them and had no inheritance in it.

 

Numbers 26:58   58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites the family of the Hebronites the family of the Mahlites the family of the Mushites and the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begot Amram.

   YLT  58These [are] families of the Levite: the family of the Libnite the family of the Hebronite the family of the Mahlite the family of the Mushite the family of the Korathite. And Kohath hath begotten Amram

 

Numbers 26:59   59 The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.

   YLT  59and the name of Amram's wife is Jochebed daughter of Levi whom [one] hath born to Levi in Egypt; and she beareth to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister.

 

Numbers 26:60   60 To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar.

   YLT  60And born to Aaron Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar;

 

Numbers 26:61   61 And Nadab and Abihu died when they offered profane fire before the Lord.

   YLT  61and Nadab dieth -- Abihu also -- in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah.

 

Numbers 26:62   62 Now those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand every male from a month old and above; for they were not numbered among the other children of Israel because there was no inheritance given to them among the children of Israel.

   YLT  62And their numbered ones are three and twenty thousand every male from a son of a month and upwards for they have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel; for an inheritance hath not been given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel.

 

Numbers 26:63   63 These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

   YLT  63These [are] those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest who have numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho;

These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest .... That is these were the Levites their families and the number of males in them which was taken by Moses and Eleazar who might be only concerned in numbering the Levites of which tribe they were: and

who also numbered the children of Israel; all the tribes of them with the assistance of their princes:

in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho; as they were commanded by the Lord.

 

Numbers 26:64   64 But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Sinai.

   YLT  64and among these there hath not been a man of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai

But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered..... About thirty eight years before this time: this as Aben Ezra observes respects the numbering of the Israelites not of the Levites; for there were some of the tribe of Levi numbered then who were living as Eleazar and very probably Ithamar and perhaps some few more though it may be Eleazar being now a numberer was not reckoned among the numbered:

when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai; see Numbers 1:1 for as there were none of the tribe of Levi among the spies there might be but few of them among the murmurers.

 

Numbers 26:65   65 For the Lord had said of them “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man of them except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

   YLT  65for Jehovah said of them `They do certainly die in the wilderness;' and there hath not been left of them a man save Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

For the Lord had said of them they shall surely die in the wilderness .... This was threatened them Numbers 14:32 and now it was fulfilled:

and there was not left a man of them save Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun; the only two of the spies that brought a good report of the land of Canaan; all the rest of them and those that murmured on the ill report of theirs were now dead.

 

──John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible

 

New King James Version (NKJV)

Footnotes:

  1. Numbers 26:12 Spelled Jemuel in Genesis 46:10 and Exodus 6:15
  2. Numbers 26:12 Called Jarib in 1 Chronicles 4:24
  3. Numbers 26:13 Called Zohar in Genesis 46:10
  4. Numbers 26:15 Called Ziphion in Genesis 46:16
  5. Numbers 26:16 Called Ezbon in Genesis 46:16
  6. Numbers 26:17 Spelled Arodi in Samaritan Pentateuch Syriac and Genesis 46:16
  7. Numbers 26:23 Hebrew Puvah (compare Genesis 46:13 and 1 Chronicles 7:1); Samaritan Pentateuch Septuagint Syriac and Vulgate read Puah.
  8. Numbers 26:23 Samaritan Pentateuch Septuagint Syriac and Vulgate read Puaites.
  9. Numbers 26:30 Called Abiezer in Joshua 17:2
  10. Numbers 26:35 Called Bered in 1 Chronicles 7:20
  11. Numbers 26:39 Masoretic Text reads Shephupham spelled Shephuphan in 1 Chronicles 8:5.
  12. Numbers 26:39 Called Huppim in Genesis 46:21
  13. Numbers 26:40 Called Addar in 1 Chronicles 8:3
  14. Numbers 26:42 Called Hushim in Genesis 46:23
  15. Numbers 26:48 Spelled Jahziel in 1 Chronicles 7:13