The Second Census
Numbers 26:1-65
Num.26.1 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- אל: NEG
- משה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- ואל: CONJ+PREP
- אלעזר: NOUN,m,sg,prop
- בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אהרן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- הכהן: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לאמר: INF,qal,infc
Parallels
- Num.1:1-2 (verbal): Same formula of divine speech to Moses initiating a census: 'The LORD spoke to Moses... Take the sum of the whole congregation.' (first census parallels the opening of the second census.)
- Num.1:1 (structural): Identical narrative function and opening formula introducing a major national enumeration and instructions from the LORD to Moses (structural parallel to Num 26:1 as the beginning of a new section).
- Num.4:16 (verbal): Another instance where God speaks to Moses and to priestly leaders about Levite duties; parallels the addressees (Moses plus priestly officials such as Eleazar) and priestly-administrative subject matter.
- Lev.8:1 (thematic): God issues priestly instructions to Moses regarding the consecration and duties of Aaron and his sons (thematically parallel in priestly leadership and divine commands addressed via Moses).
Alternative generated candidates
- The LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying,
- The LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying,
Num.26.2 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- שאו: VERB,qal,imperative,2,m,pl
- את: PRT,acc
- ראש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- כל: DET
- עדת: NOUN,f,sg,cs
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- מבן: PREP
- עשרים: NUM,card,pl
- שנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ומעלה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
- לבית: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,cns
- אבתם: NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss3,m,pl
- כל: DET
- יצא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- צבא: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:2-3 (verbal): Nearly identical command for a census at Sinai: 'Take a census of the whole Israelite community... from twenty years old and upward,' same purpose and phrasing.
- Exodus 30:11-14 (verbal): Instructs numbering the people 'from twenty years old and upward' for the census/ransom tax (half-shekel), using the same age threshold for counting.
- 2 Samuel 24:9 (thematic): Reports the results of a national census in terms of 'able men who drew the sword'—a thematic parallel in purpose (counting military-capable men) and social function of the census.
- Leviticus 27:3 (allusion): Uses the same age category (twenty to sixty years) in the valuation of persons, reflecting the legal/social significance of the 'twenty and upward' age bracket used for census and duties.
Alternative generated candidates
- “Take a census of the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their ancestral households—everyone able to go out to war in Israel.”
- “Take a census of the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their ancestral houses—every one able to go out to the host in Israel.”
Num.26.3 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- וידבר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
- משה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- ואלעזר: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- הכהן: NOUN,m,sg,def
- אתם: PRON,2,m,pl
- בערבת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- מואב: NOUN,m,sg,prop
- על: PREP
- ירדן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ירחו: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לאמר: INF,qal,infc
Parallels
- Numbers 1:1-3 (thematic): Introduces the earlier census: God speaks to Moses with instructions to take a numbering of Israel. Parallel in form and purpose (census/organization of the people).
- Numbers 26:1-2 (quotation): Immediate context: the command to take the census is given (’Take a census of the whole congregation’). Directly parallels verse 26:3 as part of the same commissioning and action.
- Deuteronomy 4:46 (structural): Frames Moses’ final addresses as taking place ‘on the other side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, beside Jericho,’ the same geographical setting named in Num 26:3.
- Numbers 22:1 (structural): Records Israel camped ‘in the plains of Moab, on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho.’ Shares the identical locational setting used in Num 26:3 (plains of Moab by Jordan, near Jericho).
Alternative generated candidates
- Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to them in the plains of Moab beside the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
- So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to them on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Num.26.4 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- מבן: PREP
- עשרים: NUM,card,pl
- שנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ומעלה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
- כאשר: CONJ
- צוה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- את: PRT,acc
- משה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- ובני: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,cons
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- היצאים: PART,qal,act,m,pl,def
- מארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- מצרים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:3 (verbal): The original command to take a census 'from twenty years old and upward' — Numbers 26:4 explicitly refers back to this instruction.
- Numbers 1:46 (structural): Result of the first census listing the number of men 'from twenty years old and upward' able to go to war; parallels the same age criterion restated in Numbers 26.
- Exodus 30:12 (thematic): Another divine instruction concerning taking a census (with a ransom/payment); thematically linked to the practice and regulation of numbering Israel.
- 2 Samuel 24:9 (thematic): David's census counts men 'able to bear arms' (military-capable males), reflecting the same concern with counting fighting-age members of Israel.
Alternative generated candidates
- “From twenty years old and upward—just as the LORD commanded Moses and the sons of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt—these were listed by their ancestral households.”
- “From twenty years old and upward, just as the LORD commanded Moses, so were the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt counted.”
Num.26.5 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ראובן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בכור: NOUN,m,sg,const
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- ראובן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- חנוך: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- החנכי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לפלוא: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הפלאי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Genesis 46:9 (verbal): Lists the sons of Reuben (Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, Carmi) among Jacob's descendants who go to Egypt — same names appear here as in Num 26:5.
- Numbers 1:20–22 (verbal): Earlier census‑listing of the tribe of Reuben that records the same family names (Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, Carmi), paralleling the genealogical roll in Num 26:5.
- 1 Chronicles 5:1–3 (thematic): Chronicles repeats Reuben’s genealogy (including Hanoch and Pallu) and comments on Reuben’s lost primogeniture — connects to Num 26:5’s identification of Reuben as Israel’s firstborn and his families.
- Genesis 29:32 (thematic): Records Reuben as Jacob’s firstborn (Leah’s son), providing background to the title “Reuben the firstborn of Israel” used in Num 26:5.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Reuben: Hanoch; the family of the Hanochites; Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
- These are the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; Pallu, the family of the Palluites; Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
Num.26.6 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- לחצרן: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- החצרוני: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לכרמי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הכרמי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Numbers 26:7 (verbal): Immediate continuation of the same clan list in the second census of Israel; repeats the pattern of naming clan heads and their family-names in the tribe of Judah.
- Numbers 1:26 (structural): Earlier wilderness census (Numbers 1) that likewise organizes the population by tribe and clan — a structural parallel to the clan-listing format seen in Numbers 26.
- Genesis 46:12 (thematic): An earlier genealogical listing of the sons and households of Judah in Jacob's family; thematically parallels the preservation and transmission of clan names (e.g., families like Carmi) across genealogical records.
- 1 Chronicles 2:3-8 (structural): Detailed Judahite genealogy in Chronicles that preserves many of the same clan and family names found in the Numbers census (including Carmi and related lines), showing continuity between tribal censuses and later genealogical records.
Alternative generated candidates
- Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
- These are the clans of the Reubenites. Their tally was 43,730.
Num.26.7 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הראובני: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ויהיו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
- פקדיהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
- שלשה: NUM,m
- וארבעים: CONJ+NUM,card,m,pl
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- ושבע: NUM,m,sg,abs
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- ושלשים: NUM,m,pl,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:21 (verbal): The earlier census of the tribe of Reuben — similar numbering language and a direct parallel in the two censuses (Num 1 and Num 26).
- Genesis 46:9 (thematic): Lists the sons of Reuben (the ancestral heads of his clans); provides the genealogical basis for the 'families of Reuben' named in Num 26.
- Exodus 1:3-5 (thematic): Gives the roster of Jacob’s sons who went to Egypt (including Reuben), situating the tribal/familial framework behind later tribal counts.
- 1 Chronicles 5:1-10 (structural): A later Israelite genealogy/census section treating Reuben’s descendants and their numbers — a chronological reworking and confirmation of tribal families and totals.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the clans of the Reubenites; those counted of them were forty-three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
- The sons of Pallu: Eliab.
Num.26.8 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ובני: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,cons
- פלוא: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אליאב: NOUN,proper,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:21–22 (verbal): Earlier census/genealogical list that repeats the Reubenite lineage and names the sons of Pallu (including Eliab); a near-verbatim parallel to Num 26:8's listing.
- Genesis 46:9 (structural): Patriarchal genealogy listing Reuben and his sons (Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, Carmi); establishes Pallu's place in the wider ancestral lists echoed in Num 26:8.
- 1 Chronicles 5:3–4 (verbal): Chronicles' retelling of the Reubenite genealogy that records Pallu and his descendants (including Eliab), repeating the same family line found in Num 26:8.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Pallu: Eliab.
- The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are Dathan and Abiram who were leaders of the company that opposed Moses and Aaron in the congregation when they rebelled against the LORD.
Num.26.9 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ובני: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,cons
- אליאב: NOUN,proper,m,sg,abs
- נמואל: NOUN,prop,m,sg
- ודתן: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ואבירם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
- דתן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ואבירם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- קריאי: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- העדה: NOUN,f,sg,def
- אשר: PRON,rel
- הצו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
- על: PREP
- משה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- ועל: CONJ+PREP
- אהרן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בעדת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,const
- קרח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בהצתם: PREP+VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
- על: PREP
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 16:1-3 (structural): Introduction to Korah’s rebellion naming Korah and the leaders who opposed Moses—sets the scene for Dathan and Abiram’s involvement referenced in Num 26:9.
- Numbers 16:12-14 (quotation): Moses’ direct address to Dathan and Abiram, recounting their refusal to come to the meeting—explicitly identifies their charge against Moses and Aaron (verbal confrontation).
- Numbers 16:31-33 (thematic): Narrative account of the earth opening and swallowing Dathan, Abiram, and Korah—outcome tied to the rebellion mentioned in Num 26:9.
- Psalm 106:16-18 (allusion): Psalmic retelling of Israel’s rebellion, recalling envy of Moses and the episode of Korah’s party—echoes the same event and characters named in Num 26:9.
- Jude 1:11 (allusion): New Testament reference to the ‘rebellion of Korah’ as an example of judgment—uses the Korah episode (which includes Dathan and Abiram) as moral/eschatological precedent.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. (Now Dathan and Abiram were the ones who rose up against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the LORD,)“
- The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, with Korah and all that belonged to him, when the fire consumed 250 men; and they became a sign.
Num.26.10 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ותפתח: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,f,sg
- הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
- את: PRT,acc
- פיה: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,f
- ותבלע: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,f,sg
- אתם: PRON,2,m,pl
- ואת: CONJ
- קרח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- במות: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- העדה: NOUN,f,sg,def
- באכל: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
- האש: NOUN,f,sg,def
- את: PRT,acc
- חמשים: NUM,card,pl
- ומאתים: CONJ+NUM,m,pl,abs
- איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ויהיו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
- לנס: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 16:31-33 (quotation): The original narrative of Korah’s rebellion: the earth opens and swallows Korah, Dathan, and Abiram — virtually the same language and event recounted here.
- Numbers 16:1-40 (structural): The larger episode of Korah’s revolt and its twofold judgment (earth swallowing and fire from the LORD) — Num 26:10 functions as a later summary reference to this whole episode.
- Deuteronomy 11:6 (quotation): Moses’ retelling of Israel’s history uses similar phrasing to describe the earth opening and swallowing Korah, Dathan, and Abiram as an example of divine judgment.
- Jude 1:11 (allusion): The NT writer cites Korah (Core) with Cain and Balaam as exemplars of rebellious, judgment‑worthy behavior — an allusion to the fate described here.
Alternative generated candidates
- and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah with their households, and all those who were killed in the fire—two hundred and fifty men—and they became a sign.
- But the sons of Korah did not die.
Num.26.11 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ובני: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,cons
- קרח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לא: PART_NEG
- מתו: NOUN,m,sg,abs,3,m,sg
Parallels
- Numbers 16:31-35 (quotation): Narrative account of Korah’s rebellion and its deadly aftermath; provides the event to which Num 26:11 looks back (who perished and the fate of Korah’s faction).
- Numbers 26:9-10 (verbal): Immediate context in the same census chapter recounting those who died in the rebellion; Num 26:11 functions as the concluding statement about the Korahites’ survival.
- Psalm 42:1 (title) (allusion): Psalm explicitly attributed “To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah,” indicating that descendants of Korah survived and served as temple singers—literary evidence of their continued existence after the rebellion.
- 1 Chronicles 9:19 (structural): Genealogical/functional note naming descendants of Kore/Korah as gatekeepers in Jerusalem’s temple service, corroborating that Korah’s line continued and served in cultic roles despite the rebellion.
Alternative generated candidates
- But the sons of Korah did not die.
- The sons of Simeon by their clans: Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;
Num.26.12 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- שמעון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
- לנמואל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הנמואלי: ADJ,m,sg,def
- לימין: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הימיני: ADJ,m,sg,def
- ליכין: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- היכיני: ADJ,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Numbers 1:22 (verbal): Earlier census listing the sons/families of Simeon (Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, etc.) — essentially the same family names repeated.
- Numbers 26:13-14 (structural): Immediate continuation of the same chapter enumerating additional Simeonite families and the tribe’s census totals — part of the same genealogical/census framework.
- 1 Chronicles 4:24-26 (verbal): A parallel genealogical roster in Chronicles that preserves many of the same Simeonite family names, reflecting the tribal genealogy tradition.
- Joshua 19:1-9 (thematic): Description of Simeon's territorial allotment within Judah and the listing of Simeonite towns — connects to the tribe’s identity and family groupings shown in the census lists.
- Genesis 49:5-7 (thematic): Jacob’s pronouncement concerning Simeon (and Levi) — thematically related to later treatment, dispersion, and the distinct tribal identity reflected in the family lists.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Simeon by their clans: Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;
- Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. These are the families of the Simeonites; their number was 22,200.
Num.26.13 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- לזרח: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הזרחי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לשאול: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- השאולי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Numbers 26:5 (verbal): Immediate parallel in the same chapter using the same census-formula to enumerate a tribal family (’sons/family of …’), reflecting the chapter’s repeated family listings.
- Numbers 1:20–46 (structural): The earlier census of Israel uses the same structural pattern of listing tribes and family units by name and number; Num 26 repeats this administrative genealogical framework.
- Genesis 46:12 (thematic): Genesis’ list of Jacob’s descendants (here Judah’s sons, including Zerah) provides an earlier ancestral genealogy that underlies later tribal/family listings in the Pentateuch.
- 1 Chronicles 2:6–8 (thematic): The Chronicler’s genealogy of Judah (including Zerah and his line) retells and systematizes Israel’s family groups, paralleling Numbers’ concern with named family/clan divisions.
Alternative generated candidates
- Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
- The sons of Gad by their clans: Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; Haggi, the family of the Haggites; Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
Num.26.14 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- השמעני: NOUN,m,sg,def
- שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- ועשרים: NUM,m,pl,abs
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- ומאתים: CONJ+NUM,m,pl,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:23 (structural): The first census (at Sinai) lists the tribe of Simeon at 59,300 — a structural contrast to the second census figure here (22,200), highlighting demographic change between the two enumerations.
- Genesis 46:10 (verbal): Lists the sons of Simeon (names rendered Jemuel/Nemuel, Jamin, Ohad/Jarib, Jachin/Zerah, Shaul) — the same clan names reflected in the tribal-family listing behind the census number.
- 1 Chronicles 4:24-27 (thematic): Postexilic genealogical material concerning Simeonite clans and their settlements; thematically parallels the tribal-family traditions and later history implied by the census entry.
- Numbers 26:1-65 (structural): The full second-census chapter that contains this verse — provides the immediate literary and numerical context by listing the families and headcounts of all tribes alongside Simeon's number.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the clans of the Simeonites; those counted of them were twenty-two thousand and two hundred.
- Ezbon, the family of the Ezbonites; Eri, the family of the Erintes; Arodi, the family of the Arodite; Areli, the family of the Arelite. These are the families of the Gadites; their tally was 40,500.
Num.26.15 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- גד: NOUN,prop,m,sg
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
- לצפון: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הצפוני: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לחגי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- החגי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לשוני: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- השוני: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Numbers 1:25 (verbal): First census list of the sons/families of Gad; repeats the same family names (Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, etc.), paralleling the later census wording.
- Genesis 46:16 (verbal): Genealogical report of Jacob's descendants that names Gad's sons (Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, etc.), providing the ancestral source for the families listed in Numbers.
- 1 Chronicles 5:13-17 (verbal): Chronicles' genealogy of the tribe of Gad enumerates the same sons/families and preserves the family-group names found in the Numbers lists.
- Numbers 26:16-18 (structural): Immediate continuation of the second census in chapter 26 — the surrounding verses give the counts and further list the families of Gad, forming a direct structural parallel to 26:15.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Gad by their clans: Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; Haggi, the family of the Haggites; Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
- The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
Num.26.16 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- לאזני: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- האזני: ART+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לערי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הערי: ART+NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:5 (verbal): Uses the same census formula identifying clans as 'the families of' a tribe—verbal parallel in the first Israelite census.
- Numbers 26:5 (structural): Immediate chapter parallel: another clan‑and‑family heading within the same census narrative, repeating the formulaic list structure.
- Exodus 6:14 (allusion): Genealogical/household heading language ('These are the heads of their fathers' houses') echoes the clan‑and‑family registration pattern.
- 1 Chronicles 2:3 (thematic): Chronicler's genealogical listing of Judah's descendants parallels the tribal‑family enumeration and clan‑designation found in Numbers.
Alternative generated candidates
- Ezbon, the family of the Ezbonites; Eri, the family of the Erigites;
- The sons of Judah by their clans: Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; Perez, the family of the Perezites; Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
Num.26.17 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- לארוד: PREP
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הארודי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לאראלי: PREP
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- האראלי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Numbers 1:2-3 (structural): Sets the census procedure 'by clans/families' (לפי משפחות); the same structural framework for enumerating Israel's families used in Num 26:17.
- Numbers 26:1 (structural): Introductory verse to the same chapter's census in the plains of Moab; Num 26:17 is one entry in this larger, repeated census listing.
- Genesis 46:8-27 (thematic): A parallel genealogical list—Jacob's descendants who went to Egypt—showing the same practice of recording tribes, clans, and families (family‑lists comparable to 'משפחת ...').
- 1 Chronicles 2:1-15 (thematic): Chronicles' tribal genealogies similarly enumerate clans and households of Israel's tribes, echoing the family‑listing genre and terminology found in Num 26:17.
- Exodus 6:16-25 (verbal): A genealogy that uses the same formulaic language for 'sons' and 'families' (listing household/clan descent), paralleling Num 26:17's family‑designation phrasing.
Alternative generated candidates
- Arod, the family of the Arodites; Areli, the family of the Arelites.
- The sons of Perez: Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. These are the clans of Judah; their number was 76,500.
Num.26.18 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- גד: NOUN,prop,m,sg
- לפקדיהם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,poss3mp
- ארבעים: NUM,m,pl
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- וחמש: CONJ+NUM,card,pl,abs
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:26 (verbal): The initial wilderness census that lists the tribe of Gad; directly comparable census data and phrasing to Num 26:18.
- Genesis 46:16 (structural): Lists Gad as one of Jacob's sons—establishes the tribal origin and genealogical background of the Gadites.
- Deuteronomy 3:12-13 (thematic): Recounts the allocation of Gilead and lands east of the Jordan to Reuben and Gad, linking the tribe’s identity to its territorial inheritance.
- Joshua 13:24-28 (thematic): Describes the specific land allotted to the tribe of Gad during the conquest settlement—connects census identity to later territorial distribution.
- 1 Chronicles 5:12-18 (structural): Genealogical and census-related material concerning the tribe of Gad in Chronicles, echoing tribal organization and population records.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the clans of the Gadites; those counted of them were forty thousand and five hundred.
- The sons of Issachar by their clans: Tola, the family of the Tolaites; Puvah, the family of the Puvites; Jashub, the family of the Jashubites;
Num.26.19 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
- ער: NOUN,m,sg,prop
- ואונן: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- וימת: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- ער: NOUN,m,sg,prop
- ואונן: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,def
- כנען: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Genesis 38:7-10 (thematic): Narrative account of Judah's sons Er and Onan — Er is called wicked and dies; Onan's act and his death explain why both died without progeny in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 46:12 (verbal): Parallel genealogical formula in Jacob's household going to Egypt that repeats the same statement that Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 2:3-4 (verbal): Chronicles' genealogical listing of Judah's descendants repeats the notice that Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
- Ruth 4:18-22 (structural): Genealogical summary tracing David's line through Perez (not Er or Onan); underscores that the line continues via Perez because Er and Onan died and left no heirs.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. (Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.)
- Shepherd, the family of the Shemindites. These are the families of Issachar; their tally was 64,300.
Num.26.20 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויהיו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
- לשלה: PREP+NOUN,prop,m,sg
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- השלני: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לפרץ: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הפרצי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לזרח: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הזרחי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Genesis 38:29-30 (verbal): Genesis records the birth of Perez and Zerah (Perez’s origin), providing the genealogical origin for the Perez family named in Num 26:20.
- Genesis 46:12 (allusion): Lists the sons of Judah (including Shelah, Perez, Zerah) as Jacob’s family goes to Egypt, paralleling the tribal subdivisions of Judah cited in Numbers 26.
- Numbers 1:26 (structural): The first census passage lists the tribe of Judah and its leadership, serving as a structural parallel to the later census in Numbers 26 that breaks Judah into families.
- 1 Chronicles 2:4-9 (verbal): Gives an extended genealogy of Judah, naming Shelah, Perez, Hezron and their family lines — a fuller genealogical parallel to the family names in Num 26:20.
- Ruth 4:18-22 (thematic): Provides the genealogy from Perez down to David, tracing the family line originating in Perez and thus thematically connecting with the Perez family listed in Numbers 26.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Judah by their clans: Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; Perez, the family of the Perezites; Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
- The sons of Zebulun by their clans: Sered, the family of the Seredites; Elon, the family of the Elonites; Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. These are the families of the Zebulunites; their number was 60,500.
Num.26.21 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויהיו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- פרץ: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לחצרן: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- החצרני: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לחמול: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- החמולי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Genesis 46:12 (verbal): Lists the sons of Perez as Hezron and Hamul — the same family names (חצרון, חמול/חמולי) echoed in Numbers 26:21.
- 1 Chronicles 2:5 (verbal): Gives the genealogy of Perez, explicitly naming Hezron and Hamul as his descendants, paralleling the family-formula in Num 26:21.
- Ruth 4:18-22 (thematic): Presents the genealogy descending from Perez (leading to David), including Hezron, showing the recurring genealogical tradition that Numbers 26:21 records.
- Numbers 1:2-3 (structural): Earliest census instruction in Numbers establishing the same tribal-and-family enumeration framework used in Numbers 26 (including the listing of clan heads such as the families of Perez).
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Perez: Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
- The sons of Joseph by their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Num.26.22 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
- לפקדיהם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,poss3mp
- ששה: NUM,card,m,pl
- ושבעים: CONJ+NUM,card,pl,abs
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- וחמש: CONJ+NUM,card,pl,abs
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
Parallels
- Num.1:26 (verbal): The first census (Numbers 1) gives the same population figure for the tribe of Judah (74,600), making Num.26:22 a direct repetition/structural parallel in the second census.
- Num.2:3 (structural): Numbers 2 lists the camp order with Judah on the east and leading position; this structural material relates to Judah’s prominence and identity behind the census figures.
- Gen.49:8-12 (thematic): Jacob’s blessing of Judah predicting leadership and prominence provides theological context for the tribe’s importance reflected in the census.
- 1 Chr.27:3 (thematic): A later, Davidic-period roster/census entry for Judah (giving a different numerical total) offers a comparative demographic and administrative parallel to the Numbers census.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the clans of Judah; those counted of them were seventy-four thousand and five hundred.
- The sons of Manasseh: Machir, the family of the Machirites. Machir fathered Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
Num.26.23 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- יששכר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
- תולע: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- התולעי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לפוה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הפוני: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Genesis 46:13 (verbal): Lists the sons/families of Issachar (Tola, Puvah/Pua, Job, and Shimron), directly corresponding to the family names given in Num 26:23.
- 1 Chronicles 7:1 (verbal): Repeats the genealogy of Issachar’s families (Tola, Puah/Puvah, Jashub, Shimron), paralleling the family-listing pattern of Numbers 26:23.
- Joshua 19:17-23 (structural): Gives the territorial allotment and internal divisions of the tribe of Issachar by families and towns, reflecting the same tribal/familial organization recorded in Num 26:23.
- Deuteronomy 33:18-19 (thematic): Contains Moses’ blessing of Issachar, thematically connected to tribal identity and role (characteristics and blessings) underlying the genealogical listing in Numbers 26.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Issachar by their clans: Tola, the family of the Tolaites; Puvah, the family of the Puvites;
- These are the sons of Gilead: Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; Helek, the family of the Helekites;
Num.26.24 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- לישוב: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הישובי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לשמרן: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- השמרני: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:23 (structural): Earlier census list that parallels the same tribal/familial enumeration (both chapters give family names and counts for the tribes).
- Genesis 46:10 (verbal): Lists the sons/families of the same tribe (the ancestral genealogy that underlies the tribal/family names cited in the Numbers census).
- 1 Chronicles 4:24–27 (thematic): Post‑exilic genealogical listing of the tribe/families (reiterates and preserves the family names and subdivisions found in the tribal censuses).
- Joshua 19:1 (and vv.2–9) (thematic): Description of the territorial allotment tied to the same tribe/families — shows the later settlement and land associations of the named families.
Alternative generated candidates
- Iob, the family of the Jobites; Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
- Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
Num.26.25 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- יששכר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לפקדיהם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,poss3mp
- ארבעה: NUM,card,m,sg
- וששים: CONJ+NUM,m,pl
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- ושלש: CONJ+NUM,card,sg
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:18 (structural): Both are tribal census reports giving the number of men of Issachar; Numbers 1 is the earlier Sinai census and provides a comparable tally for the tribe.
- Genesis 46:13 (verbal): Lists the sons of Issachar (Tola, Puah, Jashub/Job, Shimron), the family divisions behind the tribal count referred to in Numbers 26.
- 1 Chronicles 7:1 (verbal): Genealogical summary of Issachar’s sons and families, paralleling the family listings and subdivisions that underlie the census figure in Numbers 26.
- Judges 5:15-16 (thematic): Deborah’s song mentions Issachar’s princes and their military role under Barak, thematically linking tribal identity and military muster to the census context in Numbers.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the clans of Issachar; those counted of them were sixty-four thousand and three hundred.
- Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters; the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Num.26.26 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- זבולן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
- לסרד: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הסרדי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לאלון: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- האלני: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ליחלאל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- היחלאלי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Genesis 46:14 (verbal): Lists the sons of Zebulun as Sered (Sarad), Elon, and Jahleel — the same family names found in Numbers 26:26 (a direct genealogical repetition).
- 1 Chronicles 7:24 (verbal): Provides the genealogy of Zebulun, naming Sered, Elon, and Jahleel (and their descendants), echoing the same family divisions recorded in Numbers 26:26.
- Joshua 19:10–16 (structural): Describes the territorial allotment and towns of the tribe of Zebulun; complements the genealogical listing in Numbers 26:26 by showing the tribe’s geographical/tribal organization in Israel’s allotment.
- Deuteronomy 33:18–19 (thematic): Moses’ blessing of Zebulun (and Issachar) emphasizes Zebulun’s prosperity and role in trade and seafaring — thematically related to tribal identity and destiny implicit in genealogical listings like Numbers 26:26.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Zebulun by their clans: Sered, the family of the Seredites; Elon, the family of the Elonites; Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
- These are the families of Manasseh; their tally by their polls was 52,700.
Num.26.27 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הזבולני: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לפקדיהם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,poss3mp
- ששים: NUM,card
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- וחמש: CONJ+NUM,card,pl,abs
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:30 (structural): Earlier census in the same book listing the tribe of Zebulun and its enrollment — a parallel structural report for comparison with the second census in Numbers 26.
- Joshua 19:10-16 (thematic): Allocation of territory to the tribe of Zebulun; connects tribal identity and later settlement with the population enumeration in Numbers 26.
- 1 Chronicles 7:13-23 (verbal): Genealogical listing of the descendants/families of Zebulun; echoes the tribal-family structure reflected in the census entry.
- Deuteronomy 33:18-19 (thematic): Moses’ blessing on Zebulun (rejoicing in commerce and sea-faring) — thematically linked to the tribe’s identity and fortunes implied by its census size.
- Genesis 30:20 (allusion): Origin of the name Zebulun (Leah’s naming of her son); provides foundational background to the tribal designation used in the census.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the clans of the Zebulunites; those counted of them were sixty thousand and five hundred.
- The sons of Ephraim by their clans: Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; Beriah, the family of the Beriathites; Tahath, the family of the Tahathites.
Num.26.28 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- יוסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
- מנשה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ואפרים: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Genesis 41:51-52 (verbal): Records Joseph naming his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim (the origin of the names cited in Numbers).
- Genesis 48:5-6,14-20 (allusion): Jacob adopts and blesses Joseph’s sons, formally establishing Ephraim and Manasseh as distinct tribes—background to their separate listing in the census.
- Numbers 1:32-33 (structural): Earlier census in the same book likewise treats Joseph's descendants as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, paralleling the later enumeration.
- Genesis 46:20 (verbal): Genealogical list of those who went down to Egypt includes Joseph’s sons Manasseh and Ephraim, echoing their identification as Joseph’s offspring.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Joseph by their clans: Menasseh and Ephraim.
- The sons of Shuthelah: Eran, the family of the Eranites. These are the families of Ephraim; their tally was 32,500. These are the clans of Joseph by their families.
Num.26.29 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- מנשה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- למכיר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- המכירי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- ומכיר: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- הוליד: VERB,hiphil,perf,3,m,sg
- את: PRT,acc
- גלעד: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לגלעד: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הגלעדי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Genesis 46:21 (verbal): Lists the sons of Manasseh and explicitly names Machir as father of Gilead, repeating the same genealogical linkage found in Num 26:29.
- Joshua 17:1 (thematic): Attributes the possession of Gilead to Machir/Manasseh (Machir as a man of war) and treats the Machir–Gilead connection in the context of land allotment.
- Numbers 32:39–40 (thematic): Describes the descendants of Machir taking and settling Gilead, echoing the tribal/familial identity of the Gileadites noted in Num 26:29.
- 1 Chronicles 7:14 (verbal): A parallel genealogical listing that also records Machir as the ancestor/father of the Gilead family, repeating the same lineage found in Numbers 26.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Manasseh: Machir, the family of the Machirites; Machir fathered Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
- The sons of Benjamin by their clans: Bela, the family of the Belaite; Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelite; Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramite;
Num.26.30 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- גלעד: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- איעזר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- האיעזרי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לחלק: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- החלקי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- 1 Chronicles 7:14-19 (verbal): Genealogical parallel listing the sons/families of Gilead (names such as Jezer, Helek, etc.), closely matching the clan names in Num 26:30.
- Genesis 46:20 (verbal): Identifies Machir/Makir as the father of Gilead (Manasseh’s line), establishing the ancestral origin of the Gilead clan reflected in Numbers 26.
- Joshua 17:1-6 (structural): Describes the allotment of Gilead/Bashan to Machir/Manasseh and the tribal-family settlement pattern, linking the clan names in Num 26:30 to territorial inheritance.
- Judges 11:1 (allusion): Refers to Jephthah as a 'Gileadite' (son of Gilead), using the clan/identity named in Numbers 26 and showing later narrative identification with that genealogical group.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Gilead: Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; Helek, the family of the Helekites;
- Shupham, the family of the Shuphamite; Huppim, the family of the Huppimite; Ard, the family of the Ardite; Naaman, the family of the Naamanite. These are the sons of Benjamin by their families; their tally was 45,600.
Num.26.31 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ואשריאל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- האשראלי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- ושכם: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- השכמי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Numbers 26:28-29 (structural): Immediate parallel within the same census chapter listing adjoining families/clans of Asher — continuation of the clan-by-clan enumeration to which v.26:31 belongs.
- Genesis 46:17 (verbal): Earlier genealogy listing the sons and clans of Asher (Imnah/Jimnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, Serah) — parallels the identification of Asherite clans and their eponymous heads.
- 1 Chronicles 7:30-31 (verbal): Post‑exilic genealogical summary of Asher's descendants that largely corresponds to the clan names found in the Numbers census tradition.
- Joshua 19:24-31 (thematic): Allocation of the tribal territory of Asher and towns associated with its clans — thematically related to the clan listings in Numbers that underlie tribal land distribution.
Alternative generated candidates
- Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
- The sons of Dan by their clans: Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan; their number was 64,400.
Num.26.32 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ושמידע: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- השמידעי: DET+NOUN,m,sg,def
- וחפר: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- החפרי: DET+NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Numbers 26:31 (verbal): Immediate parallel within the same census—both verses name the clans (the family of Shemidai and the family of Hepher) as part of the tribal enumeration.
- Numbers 1:20–21 (structural): Earlier wilderness census uses the same format of listing tribes by clans and families; structural parallel in genre and purpose (naming clan groups within a tribe).
- Numbers 2:3 (structural): The tribal encampment instructions arrange Israel by tribes and their constituent families/clans, echoing the clan-based listing found in Numbers 26:32.
- Joshua 17:1–6 (thematic): Land-allotment passage that distinguishes tribal/clan branches (here Manasseh’s branches); thematically parallels the genealogical and clan distinctions reflected in the census lists.
Alternative generated candidates
- Hepher, the family of the Hepherites; the descendants of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites.
- The sons of Asher by their clans: Imnah, the family of the Imnahites; Ishvah, the family of the Ishvites; Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; Beriah, the family of the Beriites;
Num.26.33 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- וצלפחד: CONJ+PN,m,sg
- בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- חפר: PN,m,sg
- לא: PART_NEG
- היו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
- לו: PRON,3,m,sg
- בנים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- כי: CONJ
- אם: CONJ
- בנות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- ושם: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בנות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- צלפחד: PN,m,sg
- מחלה: PN,f,sg
- ונעה: CONJ+PN,f,sg
- חגלה: PN,f,sg
- מלכה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ותרצה: CONJ+PN,f,sg
Parallels
- Numbers 27:1-11 (structural): Direct narrative continuation: the same daughters (Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, Tirzah) bring a petition to Moses; leads to the legal decision granting daughters the right to inherit when there are no sons.
- Numbers 36:1-13 (thematic): Later legal clarification: requires that heiresses marry within their tribe so the inherited land remains with the original tribal allotment — a practical limitation on the daughters' inheritance.
- Joshua 17:3-6 (structural): Settlement account: when the land is allotted in Canaan, Zelophehad's daughters are given their father's inheritance among the tribes, showing fulfillment of the earlier ruling.
- Leviticus 25:23-24 (thematic): Property-law background: the land belongs to the LORD and is to remain in ancestral families, providing the legal and theological framework for laws governing inheritance and retention of tribal land.
Alternative generated candidates
- (Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters; the name of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.)
- and Serah was the daughter of Asher. These are the families of Asher; their tally was 53,400.
Num.26.34 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- מנשה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ופקדיהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss:3mp,conj
- שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- וחמשים: CONJ+NUM,card,m,pl
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- ושבע: NUM,m,sg,abs
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:35 (verbal): First census formula for the tribe of Manasseh — parallels Num 26:34 by giving the earlier numbered total for Manasseh and using the same household/family census language.
- Numbers 26:33 (structural): Adjacent entry in the same (second) census — part of the same census-listing structure that records each tribe's families and numbered totals.
- Joshua 17:1-6 (thematic): Land-allotment and tribal subdivision for the tribe (and half-tribe) of Manasseh — connects the tribal families counted in the census to their territorial inheritance and internal divisions.
- 1 Chronicles 7:14-19 (thematic): Genealogical listing of the families/households of Manasseh — parallels Numbers' family-based census by preserving the names and subdivisions of Manasseh's clans.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the families of Manasseh; those counted of them were fifty-two thousand and seven hundred.
- The sons of Naphtali by their clans: Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; Guni, the family of the Gunites; Jezer, the family of the Jezrites; Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. These are the clans of Naphtali; their number was 45,400.
Num.26.35 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- אפרים: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
- לשותלח: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- השתלחי: NOUN,m,sg,abs,def
- לבכר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הבכרי: NOUN,m,sg,abs,def
- לתחן: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- התחני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,def
Parallels
- Numbers 1:32-33 (verbal): Earlier census listing that enumerates the families of Ephraim by name and headcounts — closely parallel in form and content (family names and tribal subdivisions).
- Numbers 26:34-37 (structural): Immediate context within the same second census chapter — continues the genealogical/census structure for Ephraim and neighboring clans, showing the same method of listing families.
- 1 Chronicles 7:20-29 (allusion): Post‑exilic genealogical summary that preserves many of the same Ephraimite family names (e.g., Shuthelah/Beket/Tahath), paralleling the family‑list tradition in Numbers.
- Joshua 17:3-6 (thematic): Description of the territorial allotment and internal subdivisions of Ephraim (and Manasseh) — thematically linked to tribal families and inheritance traced through the same Ephraimite clans.
- Genesis 48:13-20 (thematic): Jacob’s blessing and designation of Ephraim (and Manasseh) as tribal founders — foundational material for later lists of Ephraim’s descendants and family groupings reflected in Numbers 26:35.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the sons of Ephraim by their clans: Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelites; Beriah, the family of the Beriites; Tahath, the family of the Tahathites.
- These were the tallies of the children of Israel: 601,730.
Num.26.36 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ואלה: CONJ+DEM,pl,abs
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- שותלח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לערן: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הערני: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Numbers 1:20-46 (verbal): Earlier wilderness census that uses the same formula and organization to list tribal families — structural and verbal parallel to the census lists in Num 26.
- Exodus 1:1-5 (thematic): An earlier listing of the sons and households of Israel who went down to Egypt — thematically parallel as a genealogical/familial register.
- Genesis 46:8-27 (thematic): Jacob’s family lists showing the original household groupings that are echoed in later tribal and clan lists such as those in Numbers 26.
- 1 Chronicles 7:13-27 (structural): Post‑exilic genealogical material that preserves many of the same tribal and clan names, reflecting the same kind of family‑list tradition found in Num 26.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Shuthelah: Eran, the family of the Eranites.
- Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Num.26.37 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- אפרים: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לפקדיהם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,poss3mp
- שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- ושלשים: NUM,m,pl,abs
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- וחמש: CONJ+NUM,card,pl,abs
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- יוסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
Parallels
- Numbers 1:33 (verbal): An earlier census entry for the tribe of Ephraim using a parallel formula ('These are the families of the sons of Ephraim...'); provides an earlier headcount (40,500) for comparison with Num 26:37 (32,500).
- Genesis 48:13-20 (thematic): Jacob's blessing and adoption of Ephraim and Manasseh establishes Ephraim as a distinct tribe descended from Joseph — the origin and status behind later tribal lists and censuses.
- 1 Chronicles 7:20-29 (structural): A genealogical listing of the sons and families of Ephraim that parallels Numbers' presentation of family-group organization, showing the same tribal subdivisions though without census totals.
- Deuteronomy 33:17 (thematic): Moses' blessing of Joseph (including Ephraim and Manasseh) highlights the prominence and strength of Joseph's tribes, providing theological context for their separate enumeration and importance in the census.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the clans of the Ephraimites; those counted of them were thirty-two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph by their clans.
- “To these shall the land be apportioned for inheritance by lot; to the greater you shall give a greater inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give a smaller inheritance—every man's inheritance shall be given according to those that were numbered.
Num.26.38 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- בנימן: NOUN,m,sg,proper
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
- לבלע: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הבלעי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לאשבל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- האשבלי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לאחירם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- האחירמי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Genesis 46:21 (verbal): Genesis lists the sons/clans of Benjamin (Bela/Belah, Ashbel, Ahiram, etc.), repeating the same personal and clan names found in Num 26:38.
- Numbers 1:36 (structural): The first census (Num 1) gives the tribal headship and enumeration for Benjamin; Num 26:38 is the parallel presentation of Benjamin's families in the second census.
- 1 Chronicles 8:1–40 (verbal): The Chronicler preserves an extended genealogy of Benjamin that includes many of the same clan and family names (Bela/Belah, Ashbel, Ahiram), paralleling Numbers' clan lists.
- Joshua 18:11–28 (thematic): Joshua's allotment account for the territory of Benjamin and its towns functions as a complementary tribal/clan portrait to the genealogical/household divisions named in Num 26:38.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Benjamin by their clans: Bela, the family of the Belaites; Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
- Only the land shall be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
Num.26.39 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- לשפופם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,poss3mp
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- השופמי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לחופם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,poss3mp
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- החופמי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Numbers 26:1–65 (structural): The immediate context — the second census listing clans and families; the verse is one line in this chapter’s systematic enumeration of tribal households.
- Numbers 1:1–54 (structural): The first census (earlier in the book) uses the same formulaic listing of tribes, clans and families, providing a direct structural parallel to the family-naming in Num 26:39.
- Genesis 46:8–27 (thematic): Jacob’s household/genealogical list given when he goes to Egypt — genre and purpose mirror the tribal-family listings in Numbers (recording clan identities and numbers).
- 1 Chronicles 7:1–40 (thematic): Chronicles preserves parallel genealogical material for the tribes and clans of Israel; it often repeats or parallels names and family-group listings found in the Pentateuchal censuses.
Alternative generated candidates
- Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites; Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
- According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between many and few.”
Num.26.40 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויהיו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- בלע: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ארד: VERB,qal,imperfect,1,m,sg
- ונעמן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הארדי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לנעמן: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הנעמי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Genesis 46:21 (verbal): Lists the same names (Ard, Naaman, etc.) in the genealogy of Benjamin; a direct repetition of these family names in the ancestral roster.
- Numbers 1:36-37 (structural): The earlier wilderness census (Num. 1) likewise enumerates the sons and families of Benjamin — a parallel structural setting (first vs. second census) for the same clan-lists.
- 1 Chronicles 8:1-5 (verbal): Chronicles preserves the Benjamite genealogy and family-names found in Genesis and Numbers, echoing the same clans and familial formulas.
- Nehemiah 11:7-9 (thematic): Post-exilic lists and allotments likewise record households and clans of Benjamin; thematically parallel in preserving tribal-family organization and continuity.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Bela: Ard and Naaman, the family of the Ardites; the family of the Naamites.
- These are the clans of the Levites by their fathers' houses: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Num.26.41 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- בנימן: NOUN,m,sg,proper
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
- ופקדיהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss:3mp,conj
- חמשה: NUM,m,pl
- וארבעים: CONJ+NUM,card,m,pl
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- ושש: CONJ+NUM,card,m,sg
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
Parallels
- Num.1:36 (verbal): The earlier census in Numbers 1 gives the identical enumeration for Benjamin (45,600) and uses the same phrasing—direct repetition of the tribal total.
- 1 Chr.7:6 (structural): Chronicles records the genealogical list of Benjamin’s sons and families (Bela, Ashbel, etc.), paralleling the tribal family structure presupposed by the census.
- 1 Chr.8:1 (structural): Another Chronicler’s genealogy of Benjamin that parallels Numbers’ account by preserving the tribal family names and lineal organization underlying the census data.
- Judg.20:15-16 (thematic): A later narrative recounting the number and military strength of Benjamin (men who drew the sword and 700 left-handed men); thematically related to tribal population figures and their implications for warfare and communal identity.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the sons of Benjamin by their clans; those counted of them were forty-five thousand and six hundred.
- The families of the Gershonites: the Libnites and the Shimeites; the families of the Kohathites: the Amramites. The families of the Merarites: the Mahliites and the Mushites; and the Korhites. Kohath fathered Amram.
Num.26.42 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- דן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
- לשוחם: PREP+NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- השוחמי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- דן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
Parallels
- Genesis 46:23 (verbal): Lists Dan’s descendant (Hushim/Hushim/Shuham in various traditions). The personal name corresponds to the Shuham family named in Num 26:42 (verbal variant/allusion).
- 1 Chronicles 7:6 (verbal): Genealogical listing of the tribe of Dan that includes the same descendant-name (Hushim/Shuham), paralleling Numbers’ family-formula and confirming the clan tradition.
- Numbers 1:38 (structural): Part of the earlier census tradition for the tribe of Dan (naming a tribal leader, Ahiezer). Shows the recurring Numbers pattern of enumerating tribes, families, and leaders—context for Num 26:42’s family formula.
- Joshua 19:40–48 (thematic): The allotment and clan-related description for the tribe of Dan (cities and clan territory). The passage echoes the tribal/familial organization and clan names reflected in Num 26:42’s family listing.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Dan by their clans: Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan by their households.
- The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister.
Num.26.43 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- כל: DET
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- השוחמי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לפקדיהם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,poss3mp
- ארבעה: NUM,card,m,sg
- וששים: CONJ+NUM,m,pl
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- וארבע: CONJ,NUM,card,f,sg
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:21 (verbal): The earlier (first) wilderness census lists the families/sons of Reuben and gives a nearly identical headcount for Reuben’s component families (shows continuity and a slight numerical change between the two censuses).
- Numbers 26:41-45 (structural): Immediate context within the same (second) census — the verses around 26:43 enumerate the families of Reuben and give the full tabulation of his clans, of which the Shuhamite family is one.
- Genesis 46:8-9 (verbal): Genealogical listing of Reuben’s sons (the family names such as those forming the Shuhamite group are given here), providing the ancestral background for the family enumerated in Numbers 26:43.
- 1 Chronicles 5:1-10 (thematic): A post‑exilic genealogical/census tradition concerning the tribe of Reuben — gives names and a count of Reuben’s fighting men/families, paralleling the theme of tribal enumeration and showing variant figures in later tradition.
Alternative generated candidates
- Those counted of the Shuhamites were sixty-four thousand and four hundred.
- Aaron fathered Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Num.26.44 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- אשר: PRON,rel
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
- לימנה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הימנה: NOUN,f,sg,def
- לישוי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הישוי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לבריעה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הבריעי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Genesis 46:17 (verbal): Gives the same list of Asher’s sons/families (Imnah/Jimnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah) as part of Jacob’s descendants who went to Egypt — a direct verbal parallel.
- 1 Chronicles 7:30-31 (verbal): Reiterates the genealogy of Asher, naming Jimnah (Imnah), Ishvi, Beriah and related descendants (and Serah), parallel to Numbers’ clan listings.
- Numbers 1:40-44 (structural): Part of the earlier Sinai census that likewise organizes the tribe of Asher by clans and leaders — parallel in function and tribal enumeration.
- Joshua 19:24-31 (thematic): Describes the territorial allotment and settlements of the tribe of Asher — thematically linked to clan identities and inheritance implied by the clan list in Numbers 26.
- Genesis 30:12-13 (allusion): Records the birth/origin of Asher (son of Zilpah), providing the ancestral context for the tribal/clan names listed in the Numbers genealogy.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Asher by their clans: Imnah, the family of the Imnahites; Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; Beriah, the family of the Beriites;
- Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.
Num.26.45 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- לבני: PREP
- בריעה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לחבר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- החברי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- למלכיאל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- המלכיאלי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Genesis 46:17 (verbal): Genesis lists the sons of Asher (including Beriah), providing an earlier genealogical source for the clan-name that appears in Numbers 26:45.
- Numbers 1:40-41 (structural): The first census also enumerates the tribe of Asher and its households; Numbers 26 repeats this census material later, so the two passages function as parallel tribal counts.
- 1 Chronicles 7:30-32 (verbal): Chronicles retells the genealogies of Asher and explicitly mentions Beriah's descendants (including Heber/Malchiel), closely paralleling the family names recorded in Numbers 26:45.
- Joshua 19:24-31 (thematic): Joshua's allotment chapter describes the territory and clans of Asher; it complements Numbers' genealogical listing by situating the same clans in their territorial/tribal context.
Alternative generated candidates
- and the sons of Beriah: Heber, the family of the Heberites; Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
- The Levite men who were counted by their families, all males from one month old and upward, were not included among the numberings of the children of Israel, because they had no inheritance among them.
Num.26.46 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ושם: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בת: NOUN,f,sg,cs
- אשר: PRON,rel
- שרח: NOUN,f,sg,abs
Parallels
- Genesis 46:17 (verbal): Same genealogical listing of the children of Asher — Genesis explicitly names “Serah their sister,” paralleling Numbers’ mention of Serah bat Asher.
- 1 Chronicles 7:30 (verbal): A later genealogical parallel repeating the list of Asher’s offspring and likewise records Serah as the sister, duplicating the family formula found in Numbers.
- Joshua 19:24-31 (structural): The allotment passage describing the territory of the tribe of Asher; thematically connected to the genealogical identification of Asher’s descendants (including Serah) who populate this tribal territory.
- Genesis 49:20 (thematic): Jacob’s blessing of Asher (prosperity/abundance) thematically relates to the tribal identity established by genealogies like Numbers 26:46 that identify Asher’s household and descendants.
Alternative generated candidates
- Now the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
- Their tally by their fathers' houses was 23,000.
Num.26.47 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- אשר: PRON,rel
- לפקדיהם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,poss3mp
- שלשה: NUM,m
- וחמשים: CONJ+NUM,card,m,pl
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- וארבע: CONJ,NUM,card,f,sg
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:40-41 (verbal): The first census (Numbers 1) lists the tribe of Asher and its number—an earlier enumeration of the same tribe that can be compared with the later total in Numbers 26.
- Numbers 26:2 (structural): The opening instruction for the second wilderness census in chapter 26 provides the immediate structural context for the individual tribal totals such as Asher’s in v.47.
- Joshua 19:24-31 (thematic): Joshua’s allotment passage lists the towns and territory of the tribe of Asher—related material about the tribe’s composition and inheritance following the census tradition.
- Genesis 49:20 (thematic): Jacob’s blessing of Asher gives a traditional characterization of the tribe; thematically connected as background to later tribal listings and identity.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the clans of Asher; those counted of them were thirty-five thousand and four hundred.
- These are the counts that Moses and Eleazar the priest made of the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Num.26.48 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- נפתלי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
- ליחצאל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- היחצאלי: NOUN,m,sg,abs,def
- לגוני: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הגוני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,def
Parallels
- Genesis 46:24 (verbal): Lists the sons of Naphtali (Jahzeel/Yahzeel, Guni, Jezer, Shillem) — same clan names echoed in Numbers 26:48.
- 1 Chronicles 7:13 (quotation): Reiterates the names of Naphtali’s descendants (Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, Shillem), a later retelling of the same family-list.
- Numbers 1:46 (structural): An earlier census entry for the tribe of Naphtali; parallels Numbers 26’s genealogical/census context and tribal organization.
- Genesis 30:8 (thematic): Records the birth and naming of Naphtali (origin of the tribe), providing background to the tribal lists found in Numbers 26:48.
Alternative generated candidates
- The sons of Naphtali by their clans: Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; Guni, the family of the Gunites;
- Not one of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai,
Num.26.49 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ליצר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- היצרי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לשלם: INF,qal,inf
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- השלמי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Numbers 1:22-23 (structural): The first census (Num 1) lists the same tribal and family structure that the second census (Num 26) repeats; both chapters enumerate the families of Zebulun and provide a structural parallel to Num 26:49's family listing.
- Genesis 46:14 (verbal): Genesis lists the sons of Zebulun (e.g., Sered, Elon, Jahleel) whose names reappear as family heads in later tribal lists, showing genealogical continuity with the family names cited in Numbers 26.
- Joshua 19:10-16 (thematic): Joshua's allotment of territory to the tribe of Zebulun connects the tribal families named in the censuses (including those in Num 26) with their later territorial inheritance and settlement patterns.
- 1 Chronicles 7:29 (verbal): Chronicles repeats and preserves genealogical material for Zebulun's descendants (naming the same sons/families), providing a parallel genealogical attestation to the family names found in Numbers 26.
- Numbers 26:26 (structural): Nearby verses within the same chapter enumerate the children and families of Zebulun in sequence; Num 26:49 functions as part of this continuous family-listing, so adjacent verses in Num 26 offer direct internal parallels.
Alternative generated candidates
- Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
- remained alive from among those men—for the LORD had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness”; and they were not left, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Num.26.50 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- נפתלי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
- ופקדיהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss:3mp,conj
- חמשה: NUM,m,pl
- וארבעים: CONJ+NUM,card,m,pl
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- וארבע: CONJ,NUM,card,f,sg
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:40-46 (verbal): The first census list of the tribes includes Naphtali's earlier enumeration (shows the earlier population total for Naphtali against which the Numbers 26 count is compared).
- Numbers 26:48-50 (structural): Immediate context — part of the same second census listing that enumerates the families and number of Naphtali (the surrounding verses give the full family heading and placement).
- Genesis 46:24 (structural): Genealogical listing of the families/sons of Naphtali in Jacob's household — an earlier catalogue of Naphtali's familial structure echoed by the tribal family enumeration in Numbers.
- Deuteronomy 33:23 (thematic): Moses' blessing on Naphtali (poetic characterization of the tribe) — thematically linked to tribal identity and inheritance expressed in the census and family listings.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the clans of Naphtali; those counted of them were forty-five thousand and four hundred.
Num.26.51 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- פקודי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- שש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- ואלף: NUM,card,m,sg
- שבע: NUM,card
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- ושלשים: NUM,m,pl,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:46 (structural): The earlier Sinai census gives the same total of fighting men (603,550); a direct structural parallel—both are population tallies of Israel’s males.
- Exodus 12:37 (verbal): When Israel leaves Egypt the number is stated as about six hundred thousand men on foot—verbal/thematic overlap in reporting Israel’s population size.
- Exodus 30:12 (thematic): Prescribes the census procedure and the half‑shekel ransom—thematic parallel about how and why Israel is counted.
- 2 Samuel 24:9 (thematic): A later royal census of Israel and Judah (different numbers) but thematically related: counting the people for military purposes and the theological implications of censuses.
Alternative generated candidates
- These were the counts of the sons of Israel: six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.
Num.26.52 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- וידבר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- אל: NEG
- משה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- לאמר: INF,qal,infc
Parallels
- Exodus 6:2 (verbal): Uses the same verbal formula 'And God spake unto Moses'—a recurring divine-to-Moses speech formula introducing God's instructions/appointments.
- Leviticus 1:1 (structural): 'And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him…'—same structural introduction to priestly/legal material, showing the formulaic way God communicates law through Moses.
- Numbers 1:1 (verbal): 'And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai…'—another instance in Numbers where God speaks to Moses to introduce census/administrative commands, parallel in function to Num 26:52.
- Exodus 3:4 (thematic): 'God called unto him out of the midst of the bush…'—an early instance of God addressing Moses directly, thematically parallel as the initiatory divine summons/commission of Moses.
- Exodus 33:11 (allusion): 'And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face…'—similar wording but emphasizing the character of the communication; highlights the intimacy and authority of God’s speech to Moses.
Alternative generated candidates
- The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Num.26.53 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- לאלה: PREP+DEM,pl
- תחלק: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
- בנחלה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- במספר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- שמות: NOUN,m,pl,abs
Parallels
- Num.33:54 (verbal): Repeats the command to divide the land by lot among the tribes as their inheritance (same phraseology and legal instruction).
- Josh.18:10 (structural): Narrative account of the allotment process in Shiloh where Joshua casts lots and divides the land among the tribes, fulfilling the command in Numbers.
- Josh.14:1-5 (thematic): Summary of how the land was apportioned to the tribes and clans by lot and by lot-casting officials; parallels the tribal inheritance schema in Numbers 26.
- Num.36:7-9 (allusion): Addresses preservation of tribal land allotments (inheritance staying within the tribe), reflecting rules that govern the distribution established in Numbers 26–27.
Alternative generated candidates
- “To these you shall divide the land by lot, according to the names of their ancestral tribes.
Num.26.54 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- לרב: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- תרבה: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
- נחלתו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3ms
- ולמעט: PREP
- תמעיט: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
- נחלתו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3ms
- איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לפי: PREP
- פקדיו: NOUN,m,pl,abs,3,m,pl
- יתן: VERB,qal,imperf,3,m,sg
- נחלתו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3ms
Parallels
- Num.26.53 (structural): Immediate context: instructs that the land is to be apportioned to the tribes 'according to the number of names,' the same rule elaborated in v.54.
- Num.33.54 (verbal): Repeats the instruction to 'divide the land by lot' for an inheritance—same procedural language for allotting territory.
- Josh.18:10 (structural): Narrative account of casting lots in Shiloh and dividing the land among the tribes—practical fulfillment of the allotment procedure presupposed in Num 26:54.
- Num.36:7 (thematic): Addresses the preservation of tribal inheritances (keep inheritance within the tribe), reflecting the same concern about how inheritance portions are assigned and retained.
- Ezek.47:13 (allusion): Prophetic directive to divide the land among the tribes (by lot), echoing the earlier Mosaic principle of apportioning territory among Israel's clans.
Alternative generated candidates
- To the greater you shall give a greater inheritance, and to the lesser you shall give a lesser inheritance; each shall receive his inheritance according to those who were numbered.
Num.26.55 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אך: PART
- בגורל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- יחלק: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
- את: PRT,acc
- הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
- לשמות: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,const
- מטות: NOUN,f,pl,cons
- אבתם: NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss3,m,pl
- ינחלו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
Parallels
- Numbers 33:54 (verbal): Gives essentially the same legal instruction: the land is to be divided 'by lot' as an inheritance among the tribes/families — very close verbal and legal parallel.
- Joshua 18:10 (structural): Narrative instance of the same procedure — Joshua 'cast lots' at Shiloh to assign the remaining tribal territories, enacting the allotment by lot.
- Joshua 14:2 (verbal): Summarizes the allotment of the land to the tribes 'by lot' as commanded through Moses, echoing the procedural wording of Numbers 26:55.
- Proverbs 16:33 (thematic): Reflects the theological idea behind casting lots: 'the lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD,' linking the practice of allotment by lot to divine sovereignty.
Alternative generated candidates
- Only the land shall be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
Num.26.56 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- על: PREP
- פי: NOUN,m,sg,construct
- הגורל: NOUN,m,sg,def
- תחלק: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,f,sg
- נחלתו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3,m,sg
- בין: PREP
- רב: ADJ,m,sg
- למעט: PREP+ADJ,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 26:55 (verbal): Immediate context — the same chapter uses the same formula about allotting the land “by lot” and links the distribution of inheritance to the lot.
- Joshua 14:1 (structural): The land is actually distributed “by lot” by Eleazar, Joshua and the tribal heads — the same institutional procedure for assigning tribal inheritances.
- Joshua 18:10 (verbal): God commands the leaders to divide the remaining territory by casting lots; language and practice parallel the allocation of inheritance ‘according to the lot.’
- 1 Chronicles 24:5 (thematic): Casting lots determines priestly divisions and assignments — thematically parallel use of lot as God‑ordained means to assign portions and offices in Israel.
Alternative generated candidates
- According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.”
Num.26.57 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ואלה: CONJ+DEM,pl,abs
- פקודי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
- הלוי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- למשפחתם: PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs,PRON,3,pl
- לגרשון: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הגרשני: NOUN,m,sg,def
- לקהת: PREP+NOUN,prop,sg,m
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הקהתי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- למררי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- המררי: NOUN,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Numbers 3:17-18 (verbal): Lists the same Levitical families (Gershon, Kohath, Merari) in the earlier census — nearly identical cataloguing of Levitical clans.
- Numbers 4:24-26 (structural): Groups the Levite families to assign duties (Kohathite, Gershonite, Merarite), showing the same clan divisions in connection with cultic service.
- 1 Chronicles 23:6-7 (verbal): Echoes the genealogy/house divisions of Levi into Gershon, Kohath and Merari in the post‑exilic/chronistic genealogical tradition.
- Joshua 21:1-3 (thematic): Describes distribution of Levitical cities and treats the Levites by family/clan (Gershonites, Kohathites, Merarites), reflecting the same clan-based organization and allotment.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the clans of Levi by their households: the Gershonites, the Kohathites, and the Merarites.
Num.26.58 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- לוי: PROPN,m,sg
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הלבני: NOUN,m,sg,def
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- החברני: NOUN,m,sg,def
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- המחלי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- המושי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- משפחת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
- הקרחי: NOUN,m,sg,def
- וקהת: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- הולד: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- את: PRT,acc
- עמרם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 3:18 (verbal): Lists the sons of Kohath (Amram, Izhar, Hebron, Uzziel); a near-identical genealogical formula linking Kohath and Amram as in Num 26:58.
- Exodus 6:18–20 (verbal): Genealogical summary of Levi’s line (Kohath fathering Amram) and the household of Amram (naming his wife Jochebed), paralleling the Levite family listing.
- Genesis 46:11 (verbal): Earlier patriarchal list of Levi’s sons (Gershon, Kohath, Merari); provides the ancestral background for the Kohath/Amram relationship cited in Num 26:58.
- 1 Chronicles 6:2–8 (verbal): Chronicles’ genealogy of the Levites repeats the Kohath→Amram sequence and traces the Levitical families, paralleling the names and lineage in Num 26:58.
- Numbers 26:59 (structural): Immediate continuation of the same Levite excerpt: identifies Amram’s wife (Jochebed) and his children (Aaron, Moses, Miriam), completing the family information that follows Num 26:58.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, and the family of the Korahites. Kohath fathered Amram.
Num.26.59 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ושם: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אשת: NOUN,f,sg,cns
- עמרם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- יוכבד: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- בת: NOUN,f,sg,cs
- לוי: PROPN,m,sg
- אשר: PRON,rel
- ילדה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
- אתה: PRON,2,m,sg
- ללוי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- במצרים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
- ותלד: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
- לעמרם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- את: PRT,acc
- אהרן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ואת: CONJ
- משה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- ואת: CONJ
- מרים: NOUN,prop,f,sg,abs
- אחתם: NOUN,f,sg,poss:3,m,pl
Parallels
- Exodus 6:20 (verbal): Gives the same genealogical identification: Jochebed called daughter of Levi, wife of Amram, and mother of Aaron and Moses (parallel wording to Num 26:59).
- Exodus 2:1-2 (structural): The birth narrative introduces Moses’ mother as a daughter of Levi who bore a son (the structural antecedent to the genealogical note in Num 26:59).
- Exodus 15:20 (thematic): Refers to Miriam as ‘the prophetess’ and explicitly identifies her as the sister of Aaron and Moses, echoing Num 26:59’s naming of the three siblings.
- Numbers 12:1 (thematic): Mentions Miriam and Aaron together in relation to Moses (Miriam’s role and sibling relationship), reinforcing the family connection stated in Num 26:59.
- 1 Chronicles 6:3-4 (structural): Levitical/genealogical roster that links Kohath/Amram to Aaron and Moses (and traditionally Miriam), paralleling the genealogical information given in Num 26:59.
Alternative generated candidates
- The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; she bore to Amram Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister.
Num.26.60 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויולד: VERB,niphal,impf,3,m,sg
- לאהרן: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- את: PRT,acc
- נדב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ואת: CONJ
- אביהוא: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- את: PRT,acc
- אלעזר: NOUN,m,sg,prop
- ואת: CONJ
- איתמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
Parallels
- Exodus 6:23 (verbal): Lists Aaron’s sons by name (Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar), repeating the same genealogical details.
- Numbers 3:2 (verbal): Another earlier Numbers genealogy that names Aaron’s four sons in the same order, reaffirming their priestly lineage.
- Exodus 28:1 (structural): Commands that Aaron and his sons serve as priests and immediately names Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar—establishing the priestly office context.
- Leviticus 10:1–2 (thematic): Narrates the death of Nadab and Abihu for offering unauthorized fire, an important episode tied to the identities and fate of Aaron’s sons.
- 1 Chronicles 6:3 (verbal): Post‑exilic genealogical listing that again records Aaron’s sons (Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar), reflecting continuity in priestly genealogy.
Alternative generated candidates
- To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Num.26.61 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- וימת: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- נדב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ואביהוא: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בהקריבם: PREP+VERB,hifil,ptc,3,m,pl
- אש: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- זרה: ADJ,f,sg,abs
- לפני: PREP
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Leviticus 10:1-2 (quotation): The original incident — Nadab and Abihu offer 'unauthorized/profane fire' before YHWH and are consumed/put to death. Numbers 26:61 repeats this event.
- Leviticus 10:3 (thematic): Moses' explanation that God must be sanctified through those near him and shown as holy before the people — an interpretive comment on the deaths of Nadab and Abihu.
- Leviticus 16:1-2 (allusion): The text explicitly links later priestly regulations (Day of Atonement rules about entry to the sanctuary) to the death of Aaron’s sons when they drew near to the LORD, echoing the same event.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16-21 (thematic): King Uzziah (Azariah) unlawfully enters the sanctuary to burn incense and is struck with leprosy — a parallel case of a cultic/ritual breach resulting in immediate divine judgment.
- 1 Samuel 13:8-14 (thematic): Saul offers the burnt offering without the prophet/priestly authorization and is rebuked for acting beyond his role — a related theme of unauthorized cultic action provoking divine condemnation.
Alternative generated candidates
- Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
Num.26.62 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויהיו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
- פקדיהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
- שלשה: NUM,m
- ועשרים: NUM,m,pl,abs
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- כל: DET
- זכר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- מבן: PREP
- חדש: ADJ,m,sg,abs
- ומעלה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
- כי: CONJ
- לא: PART_NEG
- התפקדו: VERB,hitpael,perf,3,m,pl
- בתוך: PREP
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- כי: CONJ
- לא: PART_NEG
- נתן: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- להם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
- נחלה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- בתוך: PREP
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:47-54 (verbal): In the earlier census the Levites are likewise excluded from the numbering of Israel 'because the LORD had given the Levites charge of the tabernacle,' using similar language and rationale to Num 26:62.
- Numbers 18:20 (quotation): God tells Aaron that the Levites shall have no inheritance among the children of Israel, stating the theological/legal reason for their exclusion from tribal land — the basis for Num 26:62.
- Deuteronomy 10:9 (quotation): Declares that Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren and that the LORD is his inheritance, echoing the reason given in Num 26:62.
- Joshua 21:3 (structural): Describes the allocation of cities and pasturelands to the Levites instead of a territorial inheritance, showing the practical consequence of having 'no inheritance among the children of Israel.'
- 1 Chronicles 23:3 (allusion): A later historical/reflective statement that the Levites had no inheritance among their brethren because the LORD was their inheritance, reiterating the claim found in Num 26:62.
Alternative generated candidates
- Those counted of them were twenty-three thousand—every male from a month old and upward.
Num.26.63 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- פקודי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
- משה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- ואלעזר: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- הכהן: NOUN,m,sg,def
- אשר: PRON,rel
- פקדו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
- את: PRT,acc
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בערבת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,cs
- מואב: NOUN,m,sg,prop
- על: PREP
- ירדן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ירחו: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:2-3 (quotation): Earlier census command to take a numbering of the Israelites by families and fathers' houses — parallels the activity attributed to Moses (here with Eleazar) in the plains of Moab.
- Exodus 30:11-16 (allusion): Law prescribing the method for a census (each man gives a ransom to avoid plague) and counting by Moses — provides legal/backgroundal precedent for the numbering noted in Num 26:63.
- 2 Samuel 24:1-2 (thematic): David’s census of Israel is a later narrative instance of national numbering; thematically parallels the act of taking a registry of the people and its leadership-driven character.
- 1 Chronicles 21:5 (structural): Joab’s reporting of the number of fighting men to David mirrors the administrative procedure of enumerating Israel’s population and reporting the totals to leadership, akin to Moses/Elaazar’s numbering in Num 26:63.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the records of the ones whom Moses and Eleazar the priest listed when they numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab beside the Jordan at Jericho.
Num.26.64 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ובאלה: PREP+DEM,pl,abs
- לא: PART_NEG
- היה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- מפקודי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
- משה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- ואהרן: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- הכהן: NOUN,m,sg,def
- אשר: PRON,rel
- פקדו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
- את: PRT,acc
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- במדבר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- סיני: ADJ,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 1:1–46 (structural): The first census taken ‘in the wilderness of Sinai’ by Moses and Aaron; 26:64 contrasts the new list with that original Sinai numbering (same setting and officials).
- Numbers 14:28–35 (thematic): God’s judgment that the generation that rebelled would die in the wilderness explains why none of those numbered earlier entered the land (background for 26:64).
- Deuteronomy 1:35–36 (quotation): Repeats the divine decision that ‘not one of these men… shall see the good land,’ except Caleb and Joshua—an explicit restatement of the fate underlying Num 26:64.
- Joshua 5:6 (thematic): States that the Israelites spent forty years in the wilderness until ‘all the men of war who came out of Egypt were consumed,’ echoing Num 26:64’s note that those previously numbered were no longer among them.
- Numbers 26:65 (verbal): Immediate follow-up in the same chapter: explains the reason for 26:64 (the LORD’s oath that those numbered in the Sinai census would not enter the land, except Caleb and Joshua).
Alternative generated candidates
- Not one of those counted by Moses and Aaron the priest who were numbered when they numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai remained alive,
Num.26.65 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- כי: CONJ
- אמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- להם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
- מות: VERB,qal,infabs
- ימתו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
- במדבר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ולא: CONJ
- נותר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- מהם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
- איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- כי: CONJ
- אם: CONJ
- כלב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- יפנה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ויהושע: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- נון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 14:29-30 (quotation): The same divine sentence: the condemned generation will die in the wilderness, with Caleb and Joshua singled out as exceptions.
- Numbers 14:32-38 (verbal): God’s decree that the unbelieving spies’ generation would wander forty years and not enter the land—recounts the fate of those who provoked the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 1:34-36 (verbal): Moses’ retelling of Yahweh’s anger and the promise that only Caleb and Joshua would survive from that generation to enter the land.
- Joshua 14:6-12 (allusion): Caleb’s personal testimony that he followed the LORD and thus received an inheritance—explains why he (and Joshua) were spared from the wilderness judgment.
- Hebrews 3:16-19 (thematic): New Testament warning citing the wilderness generation’s unbelief and exclusion from God’s rest—uses the same incident as a moral/ theological example.
Alternative generated candidates
- for the LORD had said of them, “They shall die in the wilderness,” and so not one remained except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying,
“Take a census of the whole assembly of the sons of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go forth to war; you and they shall be listed by their ancestral fathers’ houses. So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
“From twenty years old and upward, just as the LORD commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who went out from the land of Egypt.”
These are the sons of Reuben, eldest son of Israel: Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
These are the clans of Reuben; and those listed of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty. Now the sons of Pallu: Eliab.
The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram—these are Dathan and Abiram who were the chiefs of the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah when they rebelled against the LORD.
The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with Korah, in the death of the company when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men; they became a sign. But the sons of Korah did not die.
The sons of Simeon, by their families: Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; Jarib, the family of the Jaribites;
Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
These are the clans of Simeon; those listed of them were twenty-two thousand two hundred.
The sons of Gad, by their families: Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; Haggi, the family of the Haggites; Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
Ozni, the family of the Oznites; Eri, the family of the Eritites;
Arod, the family of the Arodites; Areli, the family of the Arelites.
These are the clans of the sons of Gad; those listed of them were forty thousand five hundred.
The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
The sons of Judah by their families: Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; Perez, the family of the Perezites; Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
The sons of Perez: Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
These are the clans of Judah; those listed of them were seventy-six thousand five hundred.
The sons of Issachar, by their families: Tola, the family of the Tolaites; Puvah, the family of the Puvites;
Iob, the family of the Jobites; Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
These are the clans of Issachar; those listed of them were sixty-four thousand three hundred.
The sons of Zebulun, by their families: Sered, the family of the Seredites; Elon, the family of the Elonites; Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
These are the clans of Zebulun; those listed of them were sixty thousand five hundred.
The sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
The sons of Manasseh: by Machir, the family of the Machirites; Machir fathered Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
These are the sons of Gilead: Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; Helek, the family of the Helekites;
Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
Huppim, the family of the Huppites; Shillum, the family of the Shillumites. But the son of Hepher, Zelophehad, had no sons, only daughters; and the names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
These are the families of Manasseh; those listed of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
These are the sons of Ephraim by their families: Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; Beriah, the family of the Beriahites; Tahath, the family of the Tahathites.
The sons of Shuthelah: Eran, the family of the Eranites.
These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim; those listed of them were thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph by their families.
The sons of Benjamin by their families: Bela, the family of the Belaites; Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites; Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman, the family of the Ardites and the family of the Naamanites.
These are the clans of Benjamin; those listed of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.
These are the sons of Dan by their families: Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites—these are the clans of Dan by their families.
All the families of Shuham, those listed of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.
The sons of Asher by their families: Imnah, the family of the Imnahites; Ishuah, the family of the Ishuaites; Beriah, the family of the Beriites;
and the sons of Beriah: Heber, the family of the Heberites; Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. And the name of Asher’s daughter was Serah.
These are the clans of Asher; those listed of them were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
The sons of Naphtali by their families: Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; Guni, the family of the Gunites;
Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
These are the clans of Naphtali; those listed of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.
These are the numbered of the sons of Israel: six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
“To these you shall assign the land as an inheritance according to their surnames.
To the many you shall increase the inheritance, and to the few you shall diminish the inheritance; everyone’s inheritance shall be given to him according to those who are numbered of him.
Only the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of their ancestral tribes they shall inherit.
According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between many and few.”
These are the families of Levi by their clans: Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; Merari, the family of the Merarites.
These are the families of Levi: the Libnites, the Hebronites, the Mahlites, the Mushites, the Korahites. Kohath fathered Amram.
The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister.
To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
Those listed of them were twenty-three thousand—every male from a month old and upward—
these are the listings of Moses and Eleazar the priest who numbered the sons of Israel on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Not one of those counted by Moses and Aaron the priest who were numbered of the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai was among them.
For the LORD had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness; they shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel,” except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.