Tree of Life Version
Numbers 26:27-64
27These were the Zebulunite families. They numbered 60,500.
28The sons of Joseph by their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
29The sons of Manasseh were: by Machir the family of the Machirites (Machir fathered Gilead.), by Gilead the family of the Gileadites.
30The sons of Gilead were: by Iezer the family of the Iezerites, by Helek the Helekite family,
31By Asriel the Asrielite family, by Shechem the Shechemite family,
32by Shemida the Shemidaite family, by Hepher the Hepherite family.
33Hepher’s son Zelophehad had no sons, only daughters. The names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
34These were the families of Manasseh. They numbered 52,700.
35These were the sons of Ephraim by their families: of Shuthelah the Shuthelahite family, of Becher the Bechrite family, of Tahan the Tahanite family.
36These were the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran the Eranite family.
37These were the families of the sons of Ephraim. These numbered 32,500. These were the sons of Joseph by their families.
38The sons of Benjamin by their families were: by Bela the Belaite family, by Ashbel the Ashbelite family, by Ahiram the Ahiramite family,
39by Shephupham the Shuphamite family, by Hupham the Huphamite family.
40The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman. By Ard was the family of the Ardites, by Naaman the family of the Naamanites.
41These were the sons of Benjamin. They numbered 45,600.
42These were the sons of Dan by their families: by Shuham the Shuhamite family. These were the families of Dan by family.
43They were all Shuhamite families, and, they numbered 64,400.
44The sons of Asher by their families were: by Imnah the Imnite family, by Ishvi the Ishvite family, by Beriah the Beriite family.
45Through the sons of Beriah: by Heber the Heberite family, by Malchiel the Malchielite family.
46The name of Asher’s daughter was Serah.
47These were the families of Asher’s sons. They numbered 53,400.
48The sons of Naphtali by their families were: by Jahzeel the Jahzeelite family, by Guni the Gunite family,
49By Jezer the Jezrite family, by Shillem the Shillemite family.
50These were the families of Naphtali by their families. They numbered 45,400.
51These sons of Israel totaled 601,730.
52Adonai then spoke to Moses saying,
53“The land is to be divided to these as an inheritance according to the number of names.
54For the larger, you are to make his inheritance larger, and to the smaller you are to make his inheritance smaller. Each is to receive his inheritance in proportion to his population.
55Certainly the land is to be divided by lot. They will inherit it according to the names of their ancestral tribes.
56The division of the inheritance of larger and smaller tribes is to be decided by the lot.”
57These were the numbers of the Levites by their families: by Gershon the Gershonite family, by Kohath the Kohathite family, by Merari the Merarite family.
58These were the families of Levi: the Libnite family, the Hebronite family, the Machlite family, the Mushite family and the Korahite family. Kohath fathered Amram.
59Amram’s wife’s name was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to the Levites in Egypt. She gave birth for Amram, Aaron and Moses, as well as Miriam their sister.
60Aaron was the father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
61However, Nadab and Abihu died when they offered sacrifices with unauthorized fire before Adonai.
62The male Levites a month old and upward totaled 23,000, though they were not included among Bnei-Yisrael, since He did not give them an inheritance among Bnei-Yisrael.
63These were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the kohen when they counted Bnei-Yisrael on the plains of Moab across from Jericho.
64Not one of them was among those counted by Moses and Aaron the kohen when they counted Bnei-Yisrael in the Sinai wilderness,
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
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