Discovery BoxNumbers 26:5-18 
Context26:5 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from 1 Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites; 26:6 from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 26:7 These were the families of the Reubenites; and those numbered of them were 43,730. 2 26:8 Pallu’s descendant 3 was Eliab. 26:9 Eliab’s descendants were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram who as leaders of the community rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers 4 of Korah when they rebelled against the Lord. 26:10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed 250 men. So they became a warning. 26:11 But the descendants of Korah did not die.
26:12 The Simeonites by their families: from Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; from Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; from Jakin, the family of the Jakinites; 26:13 from Zerah, 5 the family of the Zerahites; and from Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 26:14 These were the families of the Simeonites, 22,200. 6
26:15 The Gadites by their families: from Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; from Haggi, the family of the Haggites; from Shuni, the family of the Shunites; 26:16 from Ozni, 7 the family of the Oznites; from Eri, 8 the family of the Erites; 26:17 from Arod, 9 the family of the Arodites, and from Areli, the family of the Arelites. 26:18 These were the families of the Gadites according to those numbered of them, 40,500. 10
1 tc The Hebrew text has no preposition here, but one has been supplied in the translation for clarity. Cf. vv. 23, 30, 31, 32.
2 sn The Reubenites had decreased from 46,500 to 43,730.
3 tc The MT has “and the sons of Pallu.”
4 tn Or “company” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); Heb “congregation.”
5 tc This is “Zohar” in Exod 6:15 and Gen 46:10.
6 sn Before entering Sinai the tribe numbered 59,300, the third largest. Now it was about one-third its original size.
7 tc The MT of Gen 46:16 reads this as “Ezbon.”
8 tc The Greek version and Smr have “Ad[d]i,” probably by confusion of letters.
9 tc Gen 46:16 and the LXX here read “Arodi.”
10 sn The Gadites decreased from 45,650 to 40,500.
