Numbers 26:42

42 These [were] the descendants of Dan according to their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These [were] the clans of Dan according to their clans.

Numbers 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.

Numbers 26:42 In-Context

40 The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: [of Ard], the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites.

41 These [were] the descendants of Benjamin according to their clans. And the ones counted of them [were] forty-five thousand six hundred.

42 These [were] the descendants of Dan according to their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These [were] the clans of Dan according to their clans.

43 All the clans of the Shuhamites, according to the ones counted of them, [were] sixty-four thousand four hundred.

44 The descendants of Asher according to their clans: of Imnah, the clan of the Imnahites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriahites.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "sons"
• [b] Hebrew "Shuhamite"