Numbers 26:27

Numbers 26:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
• New International Version (NIV)These were the clans of Zebulun; those numbered were 60,500.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These are the clans of the Zebulunites as they were listed, 60,500.
• New King James Version (NKJV)These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them: sixty thousand five hundred.

Context of Numbers 26:27

25These were the families of Issachar. The total number of men was 64,300. 26The families descended from Zebulun were the family of Sered, the family of Elon, and the family of Jahleel. These were the families of Zebulun. The total number of men was 60,500. 28The families descended from Joseph ⌞through⌟ Manasseh and Ephraim were 29(from Manasseh) the family of Machir (Machir was the father of Gilead) and the family of Gilead.

Numbers 26:27 word by word

אֵ֛לֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הַזְּבוּלֹנִ֖י לִפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם שִׁשִּׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• of the Zebulunitesזְבוּלֹנִיzebûlônîy · ZebuluniteH2075
• according to those that were numberedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• of them, threescoreשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym · sixtyH8346
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967

Cross-references for Numbers 26:27

• Genesis 41:51Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh [He Helps Me Forget], because God helped him forget all his troubles and all about his father’s family.
• Genesis 46:20In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest from the city of On.
• Genesis 48:5“So your two sons, who were born in Egypt before I came here, are my sons. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are.

Commentaries on Numbers 26:27

• 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 26:27

• Zebulun

In the dictionaries

• Inheritance
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• Abiram
• Chronology of the New Testament
• Dathan
• Dathema
• Discrepancies, Biblical
• Egypt
• Genealogy

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