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Text -- Numbers 26:1-28 (NET)
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A Second Census Required
26:1 After the plague the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest ,
26:2 “Take a census of the whole community of Israelites , from twenty years old and upward , by their clans , everyone who can serve in the army of Israel .”
26:3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab , by the Jordan River across from Jericho . They said ,
26:4 “Number the people from twenty years old and upward , just as the Lord commanded Moses and the Israelites who went out from the land of Egypt .”
Reuben
26:5 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel . The Reubenites : from Hanoch , the family of the Hanochites ; from Pallu , the family of the Palluites ;
26:6 from Hezron , the family of the Hezronites ; from Carmi , the family of the Carmites .
26:7 These were the families of the Reubenites ; and those numbered of them were 43,730 .
26:8 Pallu’s descendant was Eliab .
26:9 Eliab’s descendants were Nemuel , Dathan , and Abiram . It was Dathan and Abiram who as leaders of the community rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the Lord .
26:10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died , when the fire consumed 250 men . So they became a warning .
26:11 But the descendants of Korah did not die .
Simeon
26:12 The Simeonites by their families : from Nemuel , the family of the Nemuelites ; from Jamin , the family of the Jaminites ; from Jakin , the family of the Jakinites ;
26:13 from Zerah , the family of the Zerahites ; and from Shaul , the family of the Shaulites .
26:14 These were the families of the Simeonites , 22,200 .
Gad
26:15 The Gadites by their families : from Zephon , the family of the Zephonites ; from Haggi , the family of the Haggites ; from Shuni , the family of the Shunites ;
26:16 from Ozni , the family of the Oznites ; from Eri , the family of the Erites ;
26:17 from Arod , the family of the Arodites , and from Areli , the family of the Arelites .
26:18 These were the families of the Gadites according to those numbered of them, 40,500 .
Judah
26:19 The descendants of Judah were Er and Onan , but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan .
26:20 And the Judahites by their families were: from Shelah , the family of the Shelahites ; from Perez , the family of the Perezites ; and from Zerah , the family of the Zerahites .
26:21 And the Perezites were: from Hezron , the family of the Hezronites ; from Hamul , the family of the Hamulites .
26:22 These were the families of Judah according to those numbered of them, 76,500 .
Issachar
26:23 The Issacharites by their families : from Tola , the family of the Tolaites ; from Puah , the family of the Puites ;
26:24 from Jashub , the family of the Jashubites ; and from Shimron , the family of the Shimronites .
26:25 These were the families of Issachar , according to those numbered of them, 64,300 .
Zebulun
26:26 The Zebulunites by their families : from Sered , the family of the Sardites ; from Elon , the family of the Elonites ; from Jahleel , the family of the Jahleelites .
26:27 These were the families of the Zebulunites , according to those numbered of them, 60,500 .
Manasseh
26:28 The descendants of Joseph by their families : Manasseh and Ephraim .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Korah |
Israel |
Soldiers |
DISCREPANCIES, BIBLICAL |
Genealogy |
MOSES |
GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 |
Census |
NUMBERS, BOOK OF |
GENESIS, 3 |
GENEALOGY, 1-7 |
Nemuel |
Eliab |
Pallu |
Issachar |
JUDAH, TERRITORY OF |
Zerah |
Zebulun |
HEZRONITES |
GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 |
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NET Notes: Num 26:3 For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
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NET Notes: Num 26:5 The Hebrew text has no preposition here, but one has been supplied in the translation for clarity. Cf. vv. 23, 30, 31, 32.
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NET Notes: Num 26:14 Before entering Sinai the tribe numbered 59,300, the third largest. Now it was about one-third its original size.
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