26:57 And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites.
26:1 1 After the plague the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, 2
23:6 So he returned to him, and he was still 3 standing by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab.
1 sn The breakdown of ch. 26 for outlining purposes will be essentially according to the tribes of Israel. The format and structure is similar to the first census, and so less comment is necessary here.
2 tc The MT has also “saying.”
3 tn The Hebrew text draws the vividness of the scene with the deictic particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) – Balaam returned, and there he was, standing there.