42 These are the sons H1121 of Dan H1835 after their families: H4940 of Shuham, H7748 the family H4940 of the Shuhamites. H7749 These are the families H4940 of Dan H1835 after their families. H4940
43 All the families H4940 of the Shuhamites, H7749 according to those that were numbered H6485 of them, were threescore H8346 and four H702 thousand H505 and four H702 hundred. H3967
44 Of the children H1121 of Asher H836 after their families: H4940 of Jimna, H3232 the family H4940 of the Jimnites: H3232 of Jesui, H3440 the family H4940 of the Jesuites: H3441 of Beriah, H1283 the family H4940 of the Beriites. H1284
45 Of the sons H1121 of Beriah: H1283 of Heber, H2268 the family H4940 of the Heberites: H2277 of Malchiel, H4439 the family H4940 of the Malchielites. H4440
46 And the name H8034 of the daughter H1323 of Asher H836 was Sarah. H8294
47 These are the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Asher H836 according to those that were numbered H6485 of them; who were fifty H2572 and three H7969 thousand H505 and four H702 hundred. H3967
48 Of the sons H1121 of Naphtali H5321 after their families: H4940 of Jahzeel, H3183 the family H4940 of the Jahzeelites: H3184 of Guni, H1476 the family H4940 of the Gunites: H1477
49 Of Jezer, H3337 the family H4940 of the Jezerites: H3340 of Shillem, H8006 the family H4940 of the Shillemites. H8016
50 These are the families H4940 of Naphtali H5321 according to their families: H4940 and they that were numbered H6485 of them were forty H705 and five H2568 thousand H505 and four H702 hundred. H3967
51 These were the numbered H6485 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 six H8337 hundred H3967 thousand H505 and a thousand H505 seven H7651 hundred H3967 and thirty. H7970
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Commentary on Numbers 26 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 26
This book is called Numbers, from the numberings of the children of Israel, of which it gives an account. Once they were numbered at Mount Sinai, in the first year after they came out of Egypt, which we had an account of, ch. 1 and 2. And now a second time they were numbered in the plains of Moab, just before they entered Canaan, and of this we have an account in this chapter. We have,
Num 26:1-4
Observe here,
Num 26:5-51
This is the register of the tribes as they were now enrolled, in the same order that they were numbered in ch. 1. Observe,
Num 26:52-56
If any ask why such a particular account is kept of the tribes, and families, and numbers, of the people of Israel, here is an answer for them; as they were multiplied, so they were portioned, not by common providence, but by promise; and, for the support of the honour of divine revelation, God will have the fulfilling of the promise taken notice of both in their increase and in their inheritance. When Moses had numbered the people God did not say, By these shall the land be conquered; but, taking that for granted, he tells him, Unto these shall the land be divided. "These that are now registered as the sons of Israel shall be admitted (as it were by copy of court-roll) heirs of the land of Canaan.' Now, in the distributing, or quartering, of these tribes,
Num 26:57-62
Levi was God's tribe, a tribe that was to have no inheritance with the rest in the land of Canaan, and therefore was not numbered with the rest, but by itself; so it had been numbered in the beginning of this book at Mount Sinai, and therefore came not under the sentence passed upon all that were then numbered, that none of them should enter Canaan but Caleb and Joshua; for of the Levites that were not numbered with them, nor were to go forth to war, Eleazar and Ithamar, and perhaps others who were above twenty years old then (as appears, ch. 4:16, 28), entered Canaan; and yet this tribe, now at its second numbering, had increased but 1000, and was still one of the smallest tribes. Mention is made here of the death of Nadab and Abihu for offering strange fire, as before of the sin and punishment of Korah, because these things happened to them for ensamples.
Num 26:63-65
That which is observable in this conclusion of the account is the execution of the sentence passed upon the murmurers (ch. 14:29), that not one of those who were numbered from twenty years old and upwards (and that the Levites were not, but either from a month old or from thirty years old to fifty) should enter Canaan, except Caleb and Joshua. In the muster now made particular directions, no doubt, were given to those of each tribe that were employed in taking the account, to compare these rolls with the former, and to observe whether there were any now left of those that were numbered at Mount Sinai, and it appeared that there was not one man numbered now that was numbered then except Caleb and Joshua, v. 64, 65. Herein appeared,