Bamidbar 26:42

42 These are the Bnei Dan after their Mishpekhot: of Shucham, the Mishpakhat HaShuchami. These are the Mishpekhot of Dan after their Mishpekhot.

Bamidbar 26:42 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 42,43. These are the sons of Dan, after their families
Though he had but one son, the plural being put for the singular; or by sons are meant his posterity; his son's name was Shuham, and by transposition Hushim, in ( Genesis 46:23 ) from him was the family of the Shulamite; and yet, though but one, consisted of 64,400 men; there was an increase of 1700 in this tribe.

Bamidbar 26:42 In-Context

40 And the Bnei Bela were Ard and Naaman; of Ard, the Mishpakhat HaAredi; and of Naaman, the Mishpakhat HaNa’ami.
41 These are the Bnei Binyamin after their Mishpekhot; and they were numbered of them 45,600.
42 These are the Bnei Dan after their Mishpekhot: of Shucham, the Mishpakhat HaShuchami. These are the Mishpekhot of Dan after their Mishpekhot.
43 All the Mishpekhot HaShuchami, according to those that were numbered of them, were 64,400.
44 Of the Bnei Asher after their Mishpekhot: of Yimna, the Mishpakhat HaYimnah; of Yishvi, the Mishpakhat HaYishvi; of Beriah, the Mishpakhat HaBeri’i.
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