Numbers 26:32-62

32 Shemida and the Shemidaite clan, Hepher and the Hepherite clan.

33 Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, only daughters. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

34 These were the clans of Manasseh. They numbered 52,700.

35 The sons of Ephraim by clans: Shuthelah and the Shuthelahite clan, Beker and the Bekerite clan, Tahan and the Tahanite clan.

36 The sons of Shuthelah: Eran and the Eranite clan.

37 These were the clans of Ephraim. They numbered 32,500. These are all the sons of Joseph by their clans.

38 The sons of Benjamin by clans: Bela and the Belaite clan, Ashbel and the Ashbelite clan, Ahiram and the Ahiramite clan,

39 Shupham and the Shuphamite clan, Hupham and the Huphamite clan.

40 The sons of Bela through Ard and Naaman: Ard and the Ardite clan, Naaman and the Naamite clan.

41 These were the clans of Benjamin. They numbered 45,600.

42 The sons of Dan by clan: Shuham and the Shuhamite clan.

43 all Shuhamite clans. They numbered 64,400.

44 The sons of Asher by clan: Imnah and the Imnite clan, Ishvi and the Ishvite clan, Beriah and the Beriite clan.

45 The sons of Beriah: Heber and the Heberite clan, Malkiel and the Malkielite clan.

46 Asher also had a daughter, Serah.

47 These were the clans of Asher. They numbered 53,400.

48 The sons of Naphtali by clans: Jahzeel and the Jahzeelite clan, Guni and the Gunite clan,

49 Jezer and the Jezerite clan, Shillem and the Shillemite clan.

50 These were the clans of Naphtali. They numbered 45,400.

51 The total number of the People of Israel: 601,730.

52 God spoke to Moses:

53 "Divide up the inheritance of the land based on population.

54 A larger group gets a larger inheritance; a smaller group gets a smaller inheritance - each gets its inheritance based on the population count.

55 "Make sure that the land is assigned by lot.

56 "Each group's inheritance is based on population, the number of names listed in its ancestral tribe, divided among the many and the few by lot."

57 These are the numberings of the Levites by clan: Gershon and the Gershonite clan, Kohath and the Kohathite clan, Merari and the Merarite clan.

58 The Levite clans also included: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, the Korahite clan.

59 Amram's wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, born into the Levite family during the Egyptian years. Jochebed bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam to Amram.

60 Aaron was the father of Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar;

61 however, Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized sacrifice in the presence of God.

62 The numbering of Levite males one month and older came to 23,000. They hadn't been counted in with the rest of the People of Israel because they didn't inherit any land.

Numbers 26:32-62 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 26

In this chapter an order is given to number the people of Israel a second time, Nu 26:1-4 and the account begins with Reuben, the firstborn, and the families that sprung from him, and the number of them, Nu 26:5-7 and Dathan and Abiram being of this tribe, the affair of them and Korah is afresh related, Nu 26:8-11, then the tribe of Simeon, its families and number, Nu 26:12-14, next the tribe of Gad, and their families and number, Nu 26:15-18, after that the tribe of Judah, its families and number, Nu 26:19-22 then follows the tribe of Issachar, its families and number, Nu 26:23-25, next to that the tribe of Zebulun, its families and number, Nu 26:26,27 then the sons of Joseph, and first Manasseh, his families and number, Nu 26:28-34 and then the tribe of Ephraim, its families and number, Nu 26:35-37, after that the tribe of Benjamin, its families and number, Nu 26:38-41 next the tribe of Dan, its families and number, Nu 26:42,43 and which is followed by the tribe of Asher, its families and number, Nu 26:44-47, and the muster is closed with the tribe of Naphtali, its families and number, Nu 26:48-50, and the sum total of all the numbers is given, Nu 26:51 and then follows another order to divide the land of Canaan by lot, when conquered, to the several tribes, according to their names and number, Nu 26:52-56 and an account is given of the number of the Levites and their families, their number being taken not with the other tribes, but by themselves, and which is summed up, Nu 26:57-62 and the chapter is concluded with observing, that it appeared upon this numbering of the people, that there were but two persons living of those that were first numbered among the children of Israel, Nu 26:63-65.