Numbers 26:23

23 The descendants of Issachar according to their clans: [of] Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites;

Numbers 26:23 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 23-25. Of the sons of Issachar, after their families
This tribe was numbered next to Judah, because it was under his standard. Two of his sons are a little differently named than they are ( Genesis 46:13 ) instead of Phuvah one is called Pua, and instead of Job another is called here Jashub; this tribe consisted of four families, and the number of warlike men in it was 64,300; their increase since the last numbering of them is 9900.

Numbers 26:23 In-Context

21 The children of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites.

22 These [were] the clans of Judah according to the ones counted of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.

23 The descendants of Issachar according to their clans: [of] Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites;

24 of Jashub, the clans of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites.

25 These [were] the clans of Issachar according to the ones counted of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "sons"
• [b] Hebrew "Tolaite"
• [c] Hebrew "Punite"