Discovery BoxNumbers 26:33-56
Context26:33 Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 26:34 These were the families of Manasseh; those numbered of them were 52,700. 1
26:35 These are the Ephraimites by their families: from Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; from Beker, the family of the Bekerites; from Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 26:36 Now these were the Shuthelahites: from Eran, the family of the Eranites. 26:37 These were the families of the Ephraimites, according to those numbered of them, 32,500. 2 These were the descendants of Joseph by their families.
26:38 The Benjaminites by their families: from Bela, the family of the Belaites; from Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; from Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; 26:39 from Shupham, 3 the family of the Shuphamites; from Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 26:40 The descendants of Bela were Ard 4 and Naaman. From Ard, 5 the family of the Ardites; from Naaman, the family of the Naamanites. 26:41 These are the Benjaminites, according to their families, and according to those numbered of them, 45,600. 6
26:42 These are the Danites by their families: from Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These were the families of Dan, according to their families. 26:43 All the families of the Shuhahites according to those numbered of them were 64,400. 7
26:44 The Asherites by their families: from Imnah, the family of the Imnahites; from Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; from Beriah, the family of the Beriahites. 26:45 From the Beriahites: from Heber, the family of the Heberites; from Malkiel, the family of the Malkielites. 26:46 Now the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. 8 26:47 These are the families of the Asherites, according to those numbered of them, 53,400. 9
26:48 The Naphtalites by their families: from Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; from Guni, the family of the Gunites; 26:49 from Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; from Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 26:50 These were the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those numbered of them were 45,400. 10
26:51 These were those numbered of the Israelites, 601,730. 11
26:52 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 26:53 “To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names. 26:54 To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, 12 and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. 13 To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it. 14 26:55 The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes. 26:56 Their inheritance must be apportioned 15 by lot among the larger and smaller groups.
[26:34] 1 sn The Manassehites increased from 32,200 to 52,700.
[26:37] 1 sn This is a significant reduction from the first count of 40,500.
[26:39] 1 tc With the exception of a few manuscripts the MT has Shephupham. The spelling in the translation above is supported by Smr and the ancient versions.
[26:40] 1 tc The LXX has Adar. Cf. 1 Chr 8:3.
[26:40] 2 tc “From Ard” is not in the Hebrew text.
[26:41] 1 sn The Benjaminites increased from 35,400 to 45,600. The Greek version has here 35,500.
[26:43] 1 sn The Danites increased from 62,700 to 64,400.
[26:46] 1 tn Also mentioned in 1 Chr 7:30.
[26:47] 1 sn The Asherites increased from 41,500 to 53,400.
[26:50] 1 sn The Naphtalites decreased from 53,400 to 45,400.
[26:51] 1 sn This number shows only a slightly smaller total in the second census; the first was 603,550.
[26:54] 1 tn Heb “to many you will multiply his inheritance.”
[26:54] 2 tn Heb “to a few you will lessen his inheritance.”
[26:54] 3 tn Heb “according to those that were numbered of him,” meaning, in accordance with the number of people in his clan.
