Discovery BoxNumbers 26:33-56 
Context26:33 Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 26:34 These were the families of Manasseh; those numbered of them were 52,700. 1
26:35 These are the Ephraimites by their families: from Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; from Beker, the family of the Bekerites; from Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 26:36 Now these were the Shuthelahites: from Eran, the family of the Eranites. 26:37 These were the families of the Ephraimites, according to those numbered of them, 32,500. 2 These were the descendants of Joseph by their families.
26:38 The Benjaminites by their families: from Bela, the family of the Belaites; from Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; from Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; 26:39 from Shupham, 3 the family of the Shuphamites; from Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 26:40 The descendants of Bela were Ard 4 and Naaman. From Ard, 5 the family of the Ardites; from Naaman, the family of the Naamanites. 26:41 These are the Benjaminites, according to their families, and according to those numbered of them, 45,600. 6
26:42 These are the Danites by their families: from Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These were the families of Dan, according to their families. 26:43 All the families of the Shuhahites according to those numbered of them were 64,400. 7
26:44 The Asherites by their families: from Imnah, the family of the Imnahites; from Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; from Beriah, the family of the Beriahites. 26:45 From the Beriahites: from Heber, the family of the Heberites; from Malkiel, the family of the Malkielites. 26:46 Now the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. 8 26:47 These are the families of the Asherites, according to those numbered of them, 53,400. 9
26:48 The Naphtalites by their families: from Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; from Guni, the family of the Gunites; 26:49 from Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; from Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 26:50 These were the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those numbered of them were 45,400. 10
26:51 These were those numbered of the Israelites, 601,730. 11
26:52 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 26:53 “To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names. 26:54 To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, 12 and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. 13 To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it. 14 26:55 The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes. 26:56 Their inheritance must be apportioned 15 by lot among the larger and smaller groups.
1 sn The Manassehites increased from 32,200 to 52,700.
2 sn This is a significant reduction from the first count of 40,500.
3 tc With the exception of a few manuscripts the MT has Shephupham. The spelling in the translation above is supported by Smr and the ancient versions.
4 tc The LXX has Adar. Cf. 1 Chr 8:3.
5 tc “From Ard” is not in the Hebrew text.
6 sn The Benjaminites increased from 35,400 to 45,600. The Greek version has here 35,500.
7 sn The Danites increased from 62,700 to 64,400.
8 tn Also mentioned in 1 Chr 7:30.
9 sn The Asherites increased from 41,500 to 53,400.
10 sn The Naphtalites decreased from 53,400 to 45,400.
11 sn This number shows only a slightly smaller total in the second census; the first was 603,550.
12 tn Heb “to many you will multiply his inheritance.”
13 tn Heb “to a few you will lessen his inheritance.”
14 tn Heb “according to those that were numbered of him,” meaning, in accordance with the number of people in his clan.
15 tn Heb “divided.”
