Numbers · Chapter 26

Numbers 26:38

¹And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,²Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.³And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,⁴Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.⁵Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:⁶Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.⁷These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.⁸And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.⁹And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:¹⁰And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.¹¹Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.¹²The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:¹³Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.¹⁴These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.¹⁵The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:¹⁶Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:¹⁷Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.¹⁸These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.¹⁹The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.²⁰And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.²¹And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.²²These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.²³Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:²⁴Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.²⁵These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.²⁶Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.²⁷These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.²⁸The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.²⁹Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.³⁰These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:³¹And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:³²And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.³³And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.³⁴These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.³⁵These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.³⁶And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.³⁷These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.³⁸The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:³⁹Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.⁴⁰And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.⁴¹These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.⁴²These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.⁴³All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.⁴⁴Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.⁴⁵Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.⁴⁶And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.⁴⁷These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.⁴⁸Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:⁴⁹Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.⁵⁰These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.⁵¹These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.⁵²And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,⁵³Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.⁵⁴To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.⁵⁵Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.⁵⁶According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.⁵⁷And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.⁵⁸These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.⁵⁹And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.⁶⁰And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.⁶¹And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.⁶²And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.⁶³These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.⁶⁴But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.⁶⁵For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

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38	The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:	These were the descendants of Benjamin by their clans: The Belaite clan from Bela, the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel, the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram,	The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
[the] descendants of	בְּנֵ֣י	be-NEI	H1121A	son: child בֵּן (ben) : child/son
Benjamin	בִנְיָמִן֮	vin-ya-MIN	H1144G	Ben-oni בֶּן־אוֹנִ֑י (ben-o.ni) A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.35.18; son of: Israel (H3478) and Rachel (H7354); brother of: Joseph (H3130); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); …
to clans their	לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒	le-mish-pe-cho-TAM	H4940	family מִשְׁפָּחָה (mish.pa.chah) 1) clan, family 1a) clan 1a1) family 1a2) tribe 1a3) people, nation 1b) guild 1c) species, kind 1d) aristocrats
of Bela	לְבֶ֗לַע	le-VE-la'	H1106A	Bela בֶּ֫לַע (be.la) A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.21; son of: Benjamin (H1144); brother of: Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H0788), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043); father of: Ard (H0714H), Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H0675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Iri (H5901), Addar (H0146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H0031), Abishua (H0050H) and Ahoah (H0265) Also named: bal.i (בַּלְעִי "Belaite" H1108) § Bela = "destruction" …
[the] clan of	מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙	mish-PA-chat	H4940	family מִשְׁפָּחָה (mish.pa.chah) 1) clan, family 1a) clan 1a1) family 1a2) tribe 1a3) people, nation 1b) guild 1c) species, kind 1d) aristocrats
the Belaite[s]	הַבַּלְעִ֔י	ha-bal-'I	H1108	Belaite בַּלְעִי (bal.i) Someone descended from Bela who was a man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.21; son of: Benjamin (H1144); brother of: Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H0788), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043); father of: Ard (H0714H), Naaman (H5283H), Ezbon (H0675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Iri (H5901), Addar (H0146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H0031), Abishua (H0050H) and Ahoah (H0265) Group of be.la (בֶּ֫לַע "Bela" H1106A) …
of Ashbel	לְאַשְׁבֵּ֕ל	le-'ash-BEL	H0788	Ashbel אַשְׁבֵּל (ash.bel) A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.21; son of: Benjamin (H1144); brother of: Bela (H1106A), Becher (H1071), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043) Also named: ash.be.li (אַשְׁבֵּלִי "Ashbelite" H0789) § Ashbel = "a man in God: a man of Baal: fire of Bel: I will make a path" second son of Benjamin
[the] clan of	מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת	mish-PA-chat	H4940	family מִשְׁפָּחָה (mish.pa.chah) 1) clan, family 1a) clan 1a1) family 1a2) tribe 1a3) people, nation 1b) guild 1c) species, kind 1d) aristocrats
the Ashbelite[s]	הָֽאַשְׁבֵּלִ֑י	ha-'ash-be-LI	H0789	Ashbelite אַשְׁבֵּלִי (ash.be.li) Someone descended from Ashbel, a man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.21; son of: Benjamin (H1144); brother of: Bela (H1106A), Becher (H1071), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043) Group of ash.bel (אַשְׁבֵּל "Ashbel" H0788) § Ashbelites = "a man in God: a man of Baal: fire of Bel: I will make a path" descendants of Ashbel
of Ahiram	לַאֲחִירָ֕ם	la-'a-chi-RAM	H0297	Ahiram אֲחִירָם (a.chi.ram) A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.26.38; son of: Benjamin (H1144); brother of: Bela (H1106A), Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H0788), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714) and Jediael (H3043) Also named: a.chi.ra.mi (אֲחִירָמִי "Ahiramite" H0298) § Ahiram = "my brother is exalted" or "brother or (the) lofty" a Benjamite, son of Benjamin
[the] clan of	מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת	mish-PA-chat	H4940	family מִשְׁפָּחָה (mish.pa.chah) 1) clan, family 1a) clan 1a1) family 1a2) tribe 1a3) people, nation 1b) guild 1c) species, kind 1d) aristocrats
the Ahiramite[s]	הָאֲחִירָמִֽי׃	ha-'a-chi-ra-MI	H0298	Ahiramite אֲחִירָמִי (a.chi.ra.mi) Someone descended from Ahiram, a man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.26.38; son of: Benjamin (H1144); brother of: Bela (H1106A), Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H0788), Gera (H1617), Naaman (H5283), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714) and Jediael (H3043) Group of a.chi.ram (אֲחִירָם "Ahiram" H0297) § Ahiramite = "brother of mother" one of the clan of Ahiram

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