Numbers 26:29

Numbers 26:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
• New International Version (NIV)The descendants of Manasseh: through Makir, the Makirite clan (Makir was the father of Gilead); through Gilead, the Gileadite clan.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

Context of Numbers 26:29

27There were 60,500 men in the clans of the tribe of Zebulun. 28The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The tribe of Manasseh had these clans: Makir's family and Gilead's family. Makir was Gilead's father. 30These clans came from Gilead's descendants: Iezer's family, Helek's family, 31Asriel's family, Shechem's family,

Numbers 26:29 word by word

בְּנֵ֣י מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה לְמָכִיר֙ מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת הַמָּכִירִ֔י וּמָכִ֖יר הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־גִּלְעָ֑ד לְגִלְעָ֕ד מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַגִּלְעָדִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
• of Machirמָכִירmâkîyr · MachirH4353
• the familyמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• of the Machiritesמָכִירִיmâkîyrîy · MachiriteH4354
• begatיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• of the Gileaditesגִּלְעָדִיgil‛âdîy · GileaditeH1569

Cross-references for Numbers 26:29

• Joshua 17:2The other families of Manasseh received land on the west side of the Jordan. They were the descendants of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher and Shemida. They were all sons of Manasseh, and leaders of their clans.
• Judges 6:11The Lord's angel came to sit under a big oak tree in Ophrah. It belonged to Joash, from Abiezer's clan. When the angel arrived, Joash's son Gideon was threshing wheat. He was doing it in a winepress because he wanted to hide his food from the Midianites.
• Judges 8:2Gideon said to them, ‘What you did in the fight was more important than what I was able to do. My family started the battle, but your tribe finished the job!

Commentaries on Numbers 26:29

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-65After nearly 40 years, Israel registered their men of military age again. This was while camping on the plains of Moab across from Jericho (compare chapters 1–4). The overall population changed only slightly, with 603,550 in the first registration and 601,730 in the second. This nearly complete replacement of the population showed that the Lord remained faithful to Israel despite their repeated acts of rebellion (26:63–65).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-511. after the plague--That terrible visitation had swept away the remnant of the old generation, to whom God sware in His wrath that they should not enter Canaan (Psa 95:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 26:29

• Gilead
• Joseph
• Machir
• Manasseh

In the dictionaries

• Gilead
• Manasseh
• Gilead, Gileadite
• Inheritance
• Lot
• Machir
• Silly
• Abiram
• Chronology of the New Testament
• Dathan

Commentaries on Numbers 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings