Num 26:1-4 | Clarke | STEP | Moses and Eleazar are commanded to take the sum of the Israelites, in the plains of Moab, . Reuben and his posterity, 43,730, . Simeon and his posterity, 22,200, . Gad and his posterity, 40,500, . Judah and his posterity, 76,500, . Issachar and his posterity, 64,300, . Zebulun and his posterity, 60,500, , . Manasseh and his posterity, 52,700, . Ephraim and his posterity, 32,500, . Benjamin and his posterity, 45,600, . Dan and his posterity, 64,400, , . Asher and his posterity, 53,400, . Naphtali and his posterity, 45,400, . Total amount of the twelve tribes, 601,730, . The land is to be divided by lot, and how, . The Levites and their families, , . Their genealogy, . Their number, ,000, . In this census or enumeration not one man was found, save Joshua and Caleb, of all who had been reckoned 38 years before, the rest having died in the wilderness, .

Numbers 26:1-4

Introduction

Moses and Eleazar are commanded to take the sum of the Israelites, in the plains of Moab, Num 26:1-4. Reuben and his posterity, 43,730, Num 26:5-11. Simeon and his posterity, 22,200, Num 26:12-14. Gad and his posterity, 40,500, Num 26:15-18. Judah and his posterity, 76,500, Num 26:19-22. Issachar and his posterity, 64,300, Num 26:23-25. Zebulun and his posterity, 60,500, Num 26:26, Num 26:27. Manasseh and his posterity, 52,700, Num 26:28-34. Ephraim and his posterity, 32,500, Num 26:35-37. Benjamin and his posterity, 45,600, Num 26:38-41. Dan and his posterity, 64,400, Num 26:42, Num 26:43. Asher and his posterity, 53,400, Num 26:44-47. Naphtali and his posterity, 45,400, Num 26:48-50. Total amount of the twelve tribes, 601,730, Num 26:51. The land is to be divided by lot, and how, Num 26:52-56. The Levites and their families, Num 26:57, Num 26:58. Their genealogy, Num 26:59-61. Their number, Num 26:23,000, Num 26:62. In this census or enumeration not one man was found, save Joshua and Caleb, of all who had been reckoned 38 years before, the rest having died in the wilderness, Num 26:63-65. Verse 2

Take the sum of all the congregation - After thirty-eight years God commands a second census of the Israelites to be made, to preserve the distinction in families, and to regulate the tribes previously to their entry into the promised land, and to ascertain the proportion of land which should be allowed to each tribe. For though the whole was divided by lot, yet the portions were so disposed that a numerous tribe did not draw where the lots assigned small inheritances. See Num 26:53-56, and also see the note on Num 1:1.