INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS This book has its name from the account it gives of the "numbers" of the children of Israel, twice taken particularly; which name it has with this Greeks and Latins, and so with the Syriac and Arabic versions; but with the Jews it is called sometimes "Vajedabber", from the first word of it, "and the Lord spake"; and sometimes "Bemidbar", from the fifth word of the first …
1Aconteció después de la mortandad, que Jehová habló a Moisés y a Eleazar hijo del sacerdote Aarón, diciendo:
2Tomad el censo de toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel, de veinte años arriba, por las casas de sus padres, todos los que pueden salir a la guerra en Israel.
3Y Moisés y el sacerdote Eleazar hablaron con ellos en los campos de Moab, junto al Jordán frente a Jericó, diciendo:
4Contaréis el pueblo de veinte años arriba, como mandó Jehová a Moisés y a los hijos de Israel que habían salido de tierra de Egipto.
5Rubén, primogénito de Israel; los hijos de Rubén: de Enoc, la familia de los enoquitas; de Falú, la familia de los faluitas;
6de Hezrón, la familia de los hezronitas; de Carmi, la familia de los carmitas.
7Estas son las familias de los rubenitas; y fueron contados de ellas cuarenta y tres mil setecientos treinta.
8Los hijos de Falú: Eliab.
9Y los hijos de Eliab: Nemuel, Datán y Abiram. Estos Datán y Abiram fueron los del consejo de la congregación, que se rebelaron contra Moisés y Aarón con el grupo de Coré, cuando se rebelaron contra Jehová;
10y la tierra abrió su boca y los tragó a ellos y a Coré, cuando aquel grupo murió, cuando consumió el fuego a doscientos cincuenta varones, para servir de escarmiento.
11Mas los hijos de Coré no murieron.
12Los hijos de Simeón por sus familias: de Nemuel, la familia de los nemuelitas; de Jamín, la familia de los jaminitas; de Jaquín, la familia de los jaquinitas;
13de Zera, la familia de los zeraítas; de Saúl, la familia de los saulitas.
14Estas son las familias de los simeonitas, veintidós mil doscientos.
15Los hijos de Gad por sus familias: de Zefón, la familia de los zefonitas; de Hagui, la familia de los haguitas; de Suni, la familia de los sunitas;
16de Ozni, la familia de los oznitas; de Eri, la familia de los eritas;
17de Arod, la familia de los aroditas; de Areli, la familia de los arelitas.
18Estas son las familias de Gad; y fueron contados de ellas cuarenta mil quinientos.
19Los hijos de Judá: Er y Onán; y Er y Onán murieron en la tierra de Canaán.
20Y fueron los hijos de Judá por sus familias: de Sela, la familia de los selaítas; de Fares, la familia de los faresitas; de Zera, la familia de los zeraítas.
21Y fueron los hijos de Fares: de Hezrón, la familia de los hezronitas; de Hamul, la familia de los hamulitas.
22Estas son las familias de Judá, y fueron contados de ellas setenta y seis mil quinientos.
23Los hijos de Isacar por sus familias; de Tola, la familia de los tolaítas; de Fúa, la familia de los funitas;
24de Jasub, la familia de los jasubitas; de Simrón, la familia de los simronitas.
25Estas son las familias de Isacar, y fueron contados de ellas sesenta y cuatro mil trescientos.
26Los hijos de Zabulón por sus familias: de Sered, la familia de los sereditas; de Elón, la familia de los elonitas; de Jahleel, la familia de los jahleelitas.
27Estas son las familias de los zabulonitas, y fueron contados de ellas sesenta mil quinientos.
28Los hijos de José por sus familias: Manasés y Efraín.
29Los hijos de Manasés: de Maquir, la familia de los maquiritas; y Maquir engendró a Galaad; de Galaad, la familia de los galaaditas.
30Estos son los hijos de Galaad: de Jezer, la familia de los jezeritas; de Helec, la familia de los helequitas;
31de Asriel, la familia de los asrielitas; de Siquem, la familia de los siquemitas;
32de Semida, la familia de los semidaítas; de Hefer, la familia de los heferitas.
33Y Zelofehad hijo de Hefer no tuvo hijos sino hijas; y los nombres de las hijas de Zelofehad fueron Maala, Noa, Hogla, Milca y Tirsa.
34Estas son las familias de Manasés; y fueron contados de ellas cincuenta y dos mil setecientos.
35Estos son los hijos de Efraín por sus familias: de Sutela, la familia de los sutelaítas; de Bequer, la familia de los bequeritas; de Tahán, la familia de los tahanitas.
36Y estos son los hijos de Sutela: de Erán, la familia de los eranitas.
37Estas son las familias de los hijos de Efraín; y fueron contados de ellas treinta y dos mil quinientos. Estos son los hijos de José por sus familias.
38Los hijos de Benjamín por sus familias: de Bela, la familia de los belaítas; de Asbel, la familia de los asbelitas; de Ahiram, la familia de los ahiramitas;
39de Sufam, la familia de los sufamitas; de Hufam, la familia de los hufamitas.
40Y los hijos de Bela fueron Ard y Naamán: de Ard, la familia de los arditas; de Naamán, la familia de los naamitas.
41Estos son los hijos de Benjamín por sus familias; y fueron contados de ellos cuarenta y cinco mil seiscientos.
42Estos son los hijos de Dan por sus familias: de Súham, la familia de los suhamitas. Estas son las familias de Dan por sus familias.
43De las familias de los suhamitas fueron contados sesenta y cuatro mil cuatrocientos.
44Los hijos de Aser por sus familias: de Imna, la familia de los imnitas; de Isúi, la familia de los isuitas; de Bería, la familia de los beriaítas.
45Los hijos de Bería: de Heber, la familia de los heberitas; de Malquiel, la familia de los malquielitas.
46Y el nombre de la hija de Aser fue Sera.
47Estas son las familias de los hijos de Aser; y fueron contados de ellas cincuenta y tres mil cuatrocientos.
48Los hijos de Neftalí, por sus familias: de Jahzeel, la familia de los jahzeelitas; de Guni, la familia de los gunitas;
49de Jezer, la familia de los jezeritas; de Silem, la familia de los silemitas.
50Estas son las familias de Neftalí por sus familias; y fueron contados de ellas cuarenta y cinco mil cuatrocientos.
51Estos son los contados de los hijos de Israel, seiscientos un mil setecientos treinta.
52Y habló Jehová a Moisés, diciendo:
53A estos se repartirá la tierra en heredad, por la cuenta de los nombres.
54A los más darás mayor heredad, y a los menos menor; y a cada uno se le dará su heredad conforme a sus contados.
55Pero la tierra será repartida por suerte; y por los nombres de las tribus de sus padres heredarán.
56Conforme a la suerte será repartida su heredad entre el grande y el pequeño.
57Los contados de los levitas por sus familias son estos: de Gersón, la familia de los gersonitas; de Coat, la familia de los coatitas; de Merari, la familia de los meraritas.
58Estas son las familias de los levitas: la familia de los libnitas, la familia de los hebronitas, la familia de los mahlitas, la familia de los musitas, la familia de los coreítas. Y Coat engendró a Amram.
59La mujer de Amram se llamó Jocabed, hija de Leví, que le nació a Leví en Egipto; esta dio a luz de Amram a Aarón y a Moisés, y a María su hermana.
60Y a Aarón le nacieron Nadab, Abiú, Eleazar e Itamar.
61Pero Nadab y Abiú murieron cuando ofrecieron fuego extraño delante de Jehová.
62De los levitas fueron contados veintitrés mil, todos varones de un mes arriba; porque no fueron contados entre los hijos de Israel, por cuanto no les había de ser dada heredad entre los hijos de Israel.
63Estos son los contados por Moisés y el sacerdote Eleazar, los cuales contaron los hijos de Israel en los campos de Moab, junto al Jordán frente a Jericó.
64Y entre estos ninguno hubo de los contados por Moisés y el sacerdote Aarón, quienes contaron a los hijos de Israel en el desierto de Sinaí.
65Porque Jehová había dicho de ellos: Morirán en el desierto; y no quedó varón de ellos, sino Caleb hijo de Jefone y Josué hijo de Nun.
JOHN GILL BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. And it came to pass after the plague,.... Related in the preceding chapter; how long after is not…
And it came to pass after the plague,.... Related in the preceding chapter; how long after is not certain, perhaps before the war with Midian, exhorted to in the latter part of the foregoing chapter, and of which an account is given, Numbers 31:1,
that the Lord spake unto Moses; out of the tabernacle, or out of the cloud:
and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest; the Lord had been used to speak to Moses and to Aaron; but now Aaron being dead, and Eleazar his son succeeding him in the priesthood, is joined with Moses, and the order here given is directed to them both:
saying: as follows.
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Versículo 2
II. Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel,.... Excepting the Levites, who we…
Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel,.... Excepting the Levites, who were to be numbered by themselves, and at a different age; this sum was to be taken, that it might appear that all of the old generation that came out of Egypt, of the age at which this sum was taken, were now dead, excepting two, as the Lord had threatened; and partly that as they were now about to enter the land of Canaan, it might be divided to them according to their number; as well as to show the faithfulness of God to his word and promise, that he would multiply and make them fruitful, notwithstanding all their provoking sins and transgressions:
from twenty years old and upwards, throughout their father's house; all of that age in every tribe, house, and family:
all that are able to go to war in Israel; for which they must prepare, being about to enter the land of Canaan, and dispossess and drive out the inhabitants of it.
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Versículo 3
III. And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them,.... With the children of Israel, with the heads…
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them,.... With the children of Israel, with the heads of them, their chief and principal, to assist in taking the number of the people; as when they were numbered thirty years ago, when a prince out of each tribe was taken to be with Aaron and Moses in doing that business; but those princes were now all dead, and another race succeeded, who were now employed in this service; so the Targum of Jonathan says, they spoke with the rulers, and ordered them to number them:
in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho: or of Jericho, as the same Targum, on the other side of Jordan to that on which Jericho stood; for as yet the children of Israel had not passed that river, nor entered into the land of Canaan, in which Jericho was, but they were now opposite it; See Gill on Numbers 22:1,
saying; as follows.
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Versículo 4
IV. Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward,.... At the same age at which the su…
Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward,.... At the same age at which the sum was taken before, Numbers 1:3 so that there could not be one that was more than sixty years of age, of all those that went into the land of Canaan, except Joshua and Caleb, and besides some few in the tribe of Levi, which did not come into either of these musters:
and the Lord commanded Moses, and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt; as Moses had a command to number the people before, so he had now. The sin of David was, that he numbered the people when he had no command for it; Moses, when he brought the people out of Egypt, had them committed to him by number; and now being about to die, he delivers them up as it were by number again, as Jarchi observes.
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Versículo 5
V. Reuben, the eldest son of Israel,.... the number of his tribe is taken first on that account; the…
Reuben, the eldest son of Israel,.... the number of his tribe is taken first on that account; there were four families that descended from him, the Hanochite, Palluite, Hesronite, and Carmite, and the number of men from twenty years old and upwards, fit for war, were 43,730; so that, since the last numbering, this tribe was decreased 2770; which may in part be accounted for by the families of Dathan and Abiram being cut off for their rebellion, who were this tribe, and whose affair is briefly related in the following verses, and it may be to point out this unto us.
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Versículo 8
VI. And the sons of Pallu,.... Or son, the plural for the singular, Pallu having but one son, whose n…
And the sons of Pallu,.... Or son, the plural for the singular, Pallu having but one son, whose name was Eliab, the father of Dathan and Abiram; Numbers 26:9.
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Versículo 9
VII. And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram,.... Of Nemuel we nowhere else read either …
And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram,.... Of Nemuel we nowhere else read either he died without children, or he and his family perished with his brethren, being concerned with them in the conspiracy; or the family of the Palluite was in his line; one of the same name may be observed in the tribe of Simeon:
this is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation; either before their rebellion, for their power and authority, being heads of their fathers' houses; or for their parts and abilities, being men of great wisdom and sense; or for their zeal, activity, and usefulness; or after it, and became famous, or rather infamous, on account of it, see Numbers 16:2.
who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord; who joined with Korah and his company, and quarrelled with Moses and Aaron about the priesthood; with Moses for putting Aaron into it, and with Aaron for accepting it, and officiating in it; and so with the Lord himself, by whose orders he was invested with it.
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Versículo 10
VIII. And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up,.... Not only Dathan and Abiram, but their …
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up,.... Not only Dathan and Abiram, but their wives and children, their houses and tents, and all their goods, see Numbers 16:32 together with Korah; the words being thus rendered, and standing in such close connection with the preceding, some have concluded from hence that Korah was swallowed up with them in the earth; whereas he seems rather to have been at that time with the two hundred and fifty men that had censers at the door of the tabernacle, and was consumed by fire with them, see Numbers 16:16 and, indeed, it is suggested here, for the phrase may be rendered, "and the things of Korah" (m); what appertained unto him, his men, tents, goods, and substance, which agrees with Numbers 16:32 or, "and as for Korah" (n); with respect to him: "when that company died": he was at the head of, he died also, the same death they died, by fire, as follows:
what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; which was the number his company consisted of, who took censers, and offered incense, and were consumed by fire, Numbers 16:2, and with whom, in all probability, he perished:
and they became a sign, were made an example of, to deter others from the like practices, and particularly usurping any part of the priest's office: some connect the words with the following, and take the sense to be, that this was the sign or miracle, that when they perished, Korah's sons died not, but were preserved; which sense is countenanced by the Vulgate Latin, but the other sense is best.
(m) "et quae erant, Korachi", Junius & Tremellius. (n) So Pool, Patrick; "deinde et Corah (qui periit) in morte congregationis", Tigurine version.
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Versículo 11
IX. Notwithstanding, the children of Korah died not. Neither of the pestilence, nor by fire, nor by t…
Notwithstanding, the children of Korah died not. Neither of the pestilence, nor by fire, nor by the swallowing up of the earth; they not being in the counsel of their father, but followed the doctrine of Moses the prophet, as the Targum of Jonathan; they either disliked their father's scheme, or, if they engaged with him in it, they repented and departed from him, and were not present when the judgments of God came upon him and his company; there were several of his posterity who were singers in the times of David, and to whom many of the psalms were sent to be sung.
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Versículo 12
X. The sons of Simeon, after their families,.... This tribe was next numbered, not only because Sime…
The sons of Simeon, after their families,.... This tribe was next numbered, not only because Simeon was next to Reuben by birth, but because his tribe was under the standard of Reuben; two of his sons are a little differently named here than they are in Genesis 46:10, there the eldest is called Jemuel, here Nemuel; there the youngest but one is named Zohar, here Zerah; and one of them is here omitted, namely Ohad, perhaps because he died without children, and so no family sprang from him; wherefore the families of Simeon were but five, and the number of them were 22,200; by which it appears there was a very great decrease in this tribe since the last muster, even 37,100 which in some measure is to be accounted for by the great number of this tribe supposed to have died of the plague, on account of fornication and idolatry, made mention of in the preceding chapter; a prince in this tribe having set a bad example, it is probable he was followed in it by many of it, for which great numbers were cut off. Jarchi, from Tanchuma, says, that all the 24,000 that died of the plague was of the tribe of Simeon; and so says the Samaritan Chronicle (o); but that is not likely.
(o) Apud Hottinger. ut supra. (Smegma Oriental, l. 1. c. 8. p. 448.)
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Versículo 15
XI. The children of Gad, after their families tribe was numbered next to Simeon,.... because it lay e…
The children of Gad, after their families tribe was numbered next to Simeon,.... because it lay encamped with that under the standard of Reuben. There is a little variation in the names of two or three of his sons, from those by which they are called Genesis 46:16, instead of Ziphion, here Zephon; and for Haggai, here Haggi; and what is much wider, for Ezbon, here Ozni. Seven families sprang from Gad, whose number now was 40,500; they were diminished since their last numbering 5150; it is probable this tribe, being a warlike tribe, suffered very much in their attempt to enter the land of Canaan contrary to the will of God, and were repulsed and defeated by the Amalekites, Numbers 16:40.
XII
Versículo 19
XII. And the sons of Judah were Er and Onan,.... And besides these he had Shelah, Pharez, and Zerah, f…
And the sons of Judah were Er and Onan,.... And besides these he had Shelah, Pharez, and Zerah, from whom families sprang, but none from the two first: for
Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan; where they were born; and that because of their sins, as the Targum of Jonathan adds, see
Genesis 38:7-10 so that there were but three families sprang from Judah, the Shelanites, Pharzites, and Zarhites; only the family of the Pharzites was divided into two families, the Hesronites and the Hamulites, so called from two sons of Pharez; the number of these families amounted to 76,500, so that there was an increase of 1900 since the last muster, which answers to Jacob's blessing, that he should be a praise among his brethren, Genesis 49:8.
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Versículo 23
XIII. Of the sons of Issachar, after their families,.... This tribe was numbered next to Judah, because…
Of the sons of Issachar, after their families,.... This tribe was numbered next to Judah, because it was under his standard. Two of his sons are a little differently named than they are Genesis 46:13 instead of Phuvah one is called Pua, and instead of Job another is called here Jashub; this tribe consisted of four families, and the number of warlike men in it was 64,300; their increase since the last numbering of them is 9900.
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Versículo 26
XIV. Of he sons of Zebulun, after their families,.... This is numbered next to Issachar, because it wa…
Of he sons of Zebulun, after their families,.... This is numbered next to Issachar, because it was encamped under the standard of Judah; it consisted of three families, whose numbers were 60,500, so that this tribe was increased 3100.
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Versículo 28
XV. The sons of Joseph, after their families, were Manasseh and Ephraim. Manasseh is here mentioned f…
The sons of Joseph, after their families, were Manasseh and Ephraim. Manasseh is here mentioned first, though Ephraim was preferred to him by Jacob, and the standard belonged to him; not because he was the firstborn, but because he had now the greater increase, though he had but one son, Machir, of whom was the family of the Machirites, and a grandson, whose name was Gilead, from whom was the family of the Gileadites, and who had six sons; of whom were the families of the Jeezerite, Halekite, Asrielite, Shechemite, Shemidaite, and Hepherite. Hepher, of whom was the last, had a son named Zelophehad, but he had no son, only five daughters, whose names are given; the number of men in this tribe, of twenty years old and upwards, fit for war, was 52,700, so that the increase was 20,500, a large increase indeed!
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Versículo 35
16. These are the sons of Ephrain, after their families,.... Which were but three, the Shuthalhite, t…
These are the sons of Ephrain, after their families,.... Which were but three, the Shuthalhite, the Bachrite, and the Tahanite, only from the former sprung another family, called the Eranite; the number of the whole was 32,500; there was a decrease in this tribe of 8000.
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Versículo 38
17. The sons of Benjamin, after their families,.... This tribe was numbered next to Ephraim, being un…
The sons of Benjamin, after their families,.... This tribe was numbered next to Ephraim, being under his standard. Five of the sons of Benjamin are omitted, perhaps because they died without issue, and so no families sprang from them; the names of the five sons mentioned vary a little from the names of them in Genesis 46:21 instead of Ehi, it is here Ahiram; and instead of Huppim and Muppim, it is here Shupham and Hupham; from these last five were the families of the Belaite, Ashbelite, Ahiramite, Shuphamite, and Huphamite; and from the eldest of them sprang two other families, the Ardite and Naamite, from Ard and Naaman, two sons of Bela; the number of men in these families was 45,600, so that here was an increase of 10,200.
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Versículo 42
18. These are the sons of Dan, after their families,.... Though he had but one son, the plural being …
These are the sons of Dan, after their families,.... Though he had but one son, the plural being put for the singular; or by sons are meant his posterity; his son's name was Shuham, and by transposition Hushim, in Genesis 46:23 from him was the family of the Shulamite; and yet, though but one, consisted of 64,400 men; there was an increase of 1700 in this tribe.
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Versículo 44
19. Of the children of Asher, after their families,.... This tribe was numbered next to Dan, because …
Of the children of Asher, after their families,.... This tribe was numbered next to Dan, because it was under his standard; one of his sons is omitted, very probably dying childless, and so had no family; from the rest sprang the families of the Iimnite, Jesuite, and Benite; and, from the latter, two others, the Heberite and Malchielite; and it is remarked that Asher had a daughter named Serah, and who also is particularly mentioned as a sister of Asher's sons in Genesis 46:17 no doubt but she was a remarkable woman, either for religion, or for wisdom and prudence, or some amiable virtue or grace or another, that she is so particularly taken notice of: according to Maimonides (p) she was an heiress; for though Asher had many sons, this was his wife's daughter by another man, who had no sons, and the inheritance was his daughter's, and therefore is so particularly mentioned; she inheriting as the daughters of Zelophehad did: the number of persons in this tribe was 53,400, the increase was 11,900.
(p) Apud Abendana in loc.
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Versículo 48
20. Of the sons of Naphtali, after their families,.... This tribe, which is the last of them, was num…
Of the sons of Naphtali, after their families,.... This tribe, which is the last of them, was numbered next to Asher, because it was with that under the standard of Dan; it had four families in it, the Jahzeelite, Gunite, Jezerite, and Shillemite, and its number was 45,400, being less by 8000 than it was when first numbered.
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Versículo 51
21. These were the numbered of the children of Israel,.... The twelve tribes, consisting of so many f…
These were the numbered of the children of Israel,.... The twelve tribes, consisting of so many families, as above named; and the sum total of persons in them of twenty years old and upwards, and fit for war, was
six hundred and one thousand and seven hundred and thirty; so that though all those that were numbered thirty years ago were now dead, excepting Joshua and Caleb, yet there wanted but 1820 of that number; so mindful was the Lord of his promise, and so faithful to keep it, notwithstanding the provocations of these people, to increase and multiply them, that they had pretty near the number to go into the land of Canaan which they had when they came out of Egypt.
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Versículo 52
22. And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... After the sum of the people of Israel had been taken:
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... After the sum of the people of Israel had been taken:
saying; as follows.
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Versículo 53
23. Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance,.... That were numbered, and to none else:
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance,.... That were numbered, and to none else:
according to the number of their names; and for this end was the number of them now taken, that the land might be equally divided among them; women and minors, or such as were under twenty years of age, had no share in it; and even only those who were at that age at this time; so Jarchi says, it was not divided to any that were less than twenty years of age, even though they came to be full twenty before the division of the land; for they were seven years subduing it, and seven years dividing it, yet none took any part of it but these 601,730: nay, he says, if a man had six children they took but their father's part only.
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Versículo 54
24. To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance,...…
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance,.... To a tribe more numerous, and consisting of more and larger families, a greater part of the land was to be given to them to possess; and to a smaller tribe, and of the fewer families and persons in them, a lesser share of it: this direction is given to Moses, but is not designed for him personally, for he never entered the land, but died before Israel went into it; but for the chief ruler that would be then in being, namely, Joshua, his successor:
to everyone shall his inheritance be given, according to those that were numbered of him; that is, to every tribe, and so to every family in it, according to the number of men in it, that were of the above age when the sum of them was taken: because it is in the original text, "to a man according to those numbered of him", &c. (q); hence the Jewish writers (r) gather, that the land was distributed not to women, but to men only.
(q) "viro", Montanus. (r) Vid. T. Bab. Bava. Bathra, fol. 122. 1.
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Versículo 55
25. Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot,.... That the division might appear to be accor…
Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot,.... That the division might appear to be according to the determination and will of God, and not left to the judgment and discretion of the chief magistrate, though bound by the above rule:
according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit; that is, according as to whatsoever name of a tribe such a part or portion of the land comes up by lot, that shall their inheritance be: Jarchi says, the names of the twelve tribes were written on twelve scrolls of parchment, and twelve borders or limits of land on twelve others, and they were mixed together in an urn, and the prince put his hand into it and took two scrolls; a scroll came up with the name of a tribe, and a scroll with a border or limit expressed on it; and the lot, he says, was by the Holy Ghost, for Eleazar, at the same time, was clothed with Urim and Thummim (s); so that the people were certain that the disposition and division of the land was of God; but there were but nine tribes and a half, among whom the land of Canaan was divided, two tribes and a half settled on the other side Jordan, namely, the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
(s) Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Biccurim, c. 1. sect. 5.
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Versículo 56
26. According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided,.... It was by the determination of …
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided,.... It was by the determination of the lot that the land was divided by inheritance, and that was by the Lord, according to Proverbs 16:33.
between many and few; it was so ordered of the Lord by the lot, that the many should have a larger share, and the few a lesser.
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27. And these are they that were numbered of the Levites, after their families,.... And they were num…
And these are they that were numbered of the Levites, after their families,.... And they were numbered not with the rest of the tribes of Israel, but by themselves, as they were at the first numbering of the tribes; the three principal families of which were, the Gershonite, the Kohathite, and Merarite, so called from the three sons of Levi; but all their sons are not mentioned, of the sons of Gershon only Libni, from whom was the family of the Libnites; not Shimei, because, as Aben Ezra conjectures, either he had no sons, or, if he had, they died without any, and so there was no family from them; and of the sons of Kohath no mention is made of Uzziel, nor of Izhar, but in the Korhites, only of the Hebronite family from Hebron; and of Amram, whose wife Jochebed is spoken of as a daughter of Levi, whom Levi's wife, as Jarchi rightly supplies it, bore to him in Egypt, and which Jochebed was the mother of Aaron, Moses, and Miriam; and it is observed that Aaron had four sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, the two first of which died for offering strange fire to the Lord, and the two last were now living: from Merari, another son of Levi, sprang two families, the Mahlite, and the Mushite; and the whole number of the Levites at this time taken was 23,000 males of a month old and upward; so that here was an increase of 1,000 males since the former numbering of them: the reason why they were not numbered with the other tribes was, because they had no part of the land of Israel divided to them, and had no inheritance in it.
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28. These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest,.... That is, these were the Le…
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest,.... That is, these were the Levites, their families, and the number of males in them, which was taken by Moses and Eleazar, who might be only concerned in numbering the Levites, of which tribe they were: and
who also numbered the children of Israel; all the tribes of them, with the assistance of their princes:
in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho; as they were commanded by the Lord.
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29. But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered..... About t…
But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered..... About thirty eight years before this time: this, as Aben Ezra observes, respects the numbering of the Israelites, not of the Levites; for there were some of the tribe of Levi numbered then who were living, as Eleazar, and very probably Ithamar, and perhaps some few more, though it may be Eleazar, being now a numberer, was not reckoned among the numbered:
when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai; see Numbers 1:1 for as there were none of the tribe of Levi among the spies, there might be but few of them among the murmurers.
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30. For the Lord had said of them, they shall surely die in the wilderness,.... This was threatened t…
For the Lord had said of them, they shall surely die in the wilderness,.... This was threatened them, Numbers 14:32 and now it was fulfilled:
and there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun; the only two of the spies that brought a good report of the land of Canaan; all the rest of them, and those that murmured on the ill report of theirs, were now dead.
Antiguo Testamento
Numbers — Capítulo 26
INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS This book has its name from the account it gives of the "numbers" of the children of Israel, twice taken particularly; which name it has with this Greeks and Latins, and so with the Syriac and Arabic versions; but with the Jews it is called sometimes "Vajedabber", from the first word of it, "and the Lord spake"; and sometimes "Bemidbar", from the fifth word of the first …
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Aconteció después de la mortandad, que Jehová habló a Moisés y a Eleazar hijo del sacerdote Aarón, diciendo:
2Tomad el censo de toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel, de veinte años arriba, por las casas de sus padres, todos los que pueden salir a la guerra en Israel.
3Y Moisés y el sacerdote Eleazar hablaron con ellos en los campos de Moab, junto al Jordán frente a Jericó, diciendo:
4Contaréis el pueblo de veinte años arriba, como mandó Jehová a Moisés y a los hijos de Israel que habían salido de tierra de Egipto.
5Rubén, primogénito de Israel; los hijos de Rubén: de Enoc, la familia de los enoquitas; de Falú, la familia de los faluitas;
6de Hezrón, la familia de los hezronitas; de Carmi, la familia de los carmitas.
7Estas son las familias de los rubenitas; y fueron contados de ellas cuarenta y tres mil setecientos treinta.
8Los hijos de Falú: Eliab.
9Y los hijos de Eliab: Nemuel, Datán y Abiram. Estos Datán y Abiram fueron los del consejo de la congregación, que se rebelaron contra Moisés y Aarón con el grupo de Coré, cuando se rebelaron contra Jehová;
10y la tierra abrió su boca y los tragó a ellos y a Coré, cuando aquel grupo murió, cuando consumió el fuego a doscientos cincuenta varones, para servir de escarmiento.
11Mas los hijos de Coré no murieron.
12Los hijos de Simeón por sus familias: de Nemuel, la familia de los nemuelitas; de Jamín, la familia de los jaminitas; de Jaquín, la familia de los jaquinitas;
13de Zera, la familia de los zeraítas; de Saúl, la familia de los saulitas.
14Estas son las familias de los simeonitas, veintidós mil doscientos.
15Los hijos de Gad por sus familias: de Zefón, la familia de los zefonitas; de Hagui, la familia de los haguitas; de Suni, la familia de los sunitas;
16de Ozni, la familia de los oznitas; de Eri, la familia de los eritas;
17de Arod, la familia de los aroditas; de Areli, la familia de los arelitas.
18Estas son las familias de Gad; y fueron contados de ellas cuarenta mil quinientos.
19Los hijos de Judá: Er y Onán; y Er y Onán murieron en la tierra de Canaán.
20Y fueron los hijos de Judá por sus familias: de Sela, la familia de los selaítas; de Fares, la familia de los faresitas; de Zera, la familia de los zeraítas.
21Y fueron los hijos de Fares: de Hezrón, la familia de los hezronitas; de Hamul, la familia de los hamulitas.
22Estas son las familias de Judá, y fueron contados de ellas setenta y seis mil quinientos.
23Los hijos de Isacar por sus familias; de Tola, la familia de los tolaítas; de Fúa, la familia de los funitas;
24de Jasub, la familia de los jasubitas; de Simrón, la familia de los simronitas.
25Estas son las familias de Isacar, y fueron contados de ellas sesenta y cuatro mil trescientos.
26Los hijos de Zabulón por sus familias: de Sered, la familia de los sereditas; de Elón, la familia de los elonitas; de Jahleel, la familia de los jahleelitas.
27Estas son las familias de los zabulonitas, y fueron contados de ellas sesenta mil quinientos.
28Los hijos de José por sus familias: Manasés y Efraín.
29Los hijos de Manasés: de Maquir, la familia de los maquiritas; y Maquir engendró a Galaad; de Galaad, la familia de los galaaditas.
30Estos son los hijos de Galaad: de Jezer, la familia de los jezeritas; de Helec, la familia de los helequitas;
31de Asriel, la familia de los asrielitas; de Siquem, la familia de los siquemitas;
32de Semida, la familia de los semidaítas; de Hefer, la familia de los heferitas.
33Y Zelofehad hijo de Hefer no tuvo hijos sino hijas; y los nombres de las hijas de Zelofehad fueron Maala, Noa, Hogla, Milca y Tirsa.
34Estas son las familias de Manasés; y fueron contados de ellas cincuenta y dos mil setecientos.
35Estos son los hijos de Efraín por sus familias: de Sutela, la familia de los sutelaítas; de Bequer, la familia de los bequeritas; de Tahán, la familia de los tahanitas.
36Y estos son los hijos de Sutela: de Erán, la familia de los eranitas.
37Estas son las familias de los hijos de Efraín; y fueron contados de ellas treinta y dos mil quinientos. Estos son los hijos de José por sus familias.
38Los hijos de Benjamín por sus familias: de Bela, la familia de los belaítas; de Asbel, la familia de los asbelitas; de Ahiram, la familia de los ahiramitas;
39de Sufam, la familia de los sufamitas; de Hufam, la familia de los hufamitas.
40Y los hijos de Bela fueron Ard y Naamán: de Ard, la familia de los arditas; de Naamán, la familia de los naamitas.
41Estos son los hijos de Benjamín por sus familias; y fueron contados de ellos cuarenta y cinco mil seiscientos.
42Estos son los hijos de Dan por sus familias: de Súham, la familia de los suhamitas. Estas son las familias de Dan por sus familias.
43De las familias de los suhamitas fueron contados sesenta y cuatro mil cuatrocientos.
44Los hijos de Aser por sus familias: de Imna, la familia de los imnitas; de Isúi, la familia de los isuitas; de Bería, la familia de los beriaítas.
45Los hijos de Bería: de Heber, la familia de los heberitas; de Malquiel, la familia de los malquielitas.
46Y el nombre de la hija de Aser fue Sera.
47Estas son las familias de los hijos de Aser; y fueron contados de ellas cincuenta y tres mil cuatrocientos.
48Los hijos de Neftalí, por sus familias: de Jahzeel, la familia de los jahzeelitas; de Guni, la familia de los gunitas;
49de Jezer, la familia de los jezeritas; de Silem, la familia de los silemitas.
50Estas son las familias de Neftalí por sus familias; y fueron contados de ellas cuarenta y cinco mil cuatrocientos.
51Estos son los contados de los hijos de Israel, seiscientos un mil setecientos treinta.
52Y habló Jehová a Moisés, diciendo:
53A estos se repartirá la tierra en heredad, por la cuenta de los nombres.
54A los más darás mayor heredad, y a los menos menor; y a cada uno se le dará su heredad conforme a sus contados.
55Pero la tierra será repartida por suerte; y por los nombres de las tribus de sus padres heredarán.
56Conforme a la suerte será repartida su heredad entre el grande y el pequeño.
57Los contados de los levitas por sus familias son estos: de Gersón, la familia de los gersonitas; de Coat, la familia de los coatitas; de Merari, la familia de los meraritas.
58Estas son las familias de los levitas: la familia de los libnitas, la familia de los hebronitas, la familia de los mahlitas, la familia de los musitas, la familia de los coreítas. Y Coat engendró a Amram.
59La mujer de Amram se llamó Jocabed, hija de Leví, que le nació a Leví en Egipto; esta dio a luz de Amram a Aarón y a Moisés, y a María su hermana.
60Y a Aarón le nacieron Nadab, Abiú, Eleazar e Itamar.
61Pero Nadab y Abiú murieron cuando ofrecieron fuego extraño delante de Jehová.
62De los levitas fueron contados veintitrés mil, todos varones de un mes arriba; porque no fueron contados entre los hijos de Israel, por cuanto no les había de ser dada heredad entre los hijos de Israel.
63Estos son los contados por Moisés y el sacerdote Eleazar, los cuales contaron los hijos de Israel en los campos de Moab, junto al Jordán frente a Jericó.
64Y entre estos ninguno hubo de los contados por Moisés y el sacerdote Aarón, quienes contaron a los hijos de Israel en el desierto de Sinaí.
65Porque Jehová había dicho de ellos: Morirán en el desierto; y no quedó varón de ellos, sino Caleb hijo de Jefone y Josué hijo de Nun.
JOHN GILL BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. And it came to pass after the plague,.... Related in the preceding chapter; how long after is not…
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II. Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel,.... Excepting the Levites, who we…
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III. And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them,.... With the children of Israel, with the heads…
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IV. Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward,.... At the same age at which the su…
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V. Reuben, the eldest son of Israel,.... the number of his tribe is taken first on that account; the…
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VI. And the sons of Pallu,.... Or son, the plural for the singular, Pallu having but one son, whose n…
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VII. And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram,.... Of Nemuel we nowhere else read either …
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VIII. And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up,.... Not only Dathan and Abiram, but their …
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IX. Notwithstanding, the children of Korah died not. Neither of the pestilence, nor by fire, nor by t…
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X. The sons of Simeon, after their families,.... This tribe was next numbered, not only because Sime…
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XI. The children of Gad, after their families tribe was numbered next to Simeon,.... because it lay e…
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XII. And the sons of Judah were Er and Onan,.... And besides these he had Shelah, Pharez, and Zerah, f…
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XIII. Of the sons of Issachar, after their families,.... This tribe was numbered next to Judah, because…
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XIV. Of he sons of Zebulun, after their families,.... This is numbered next to Issachar, because it wa…
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XV. The sons of Joseph, after their families, were Manasseh and Ephraim. Manasseh is here mentioned f…
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16. These are the sons of Ephrain, after their families,.... Which were but three, the Shuthalhite, t…
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17. The sons of Benjamin, after their families,.... This tribe was numbered next to Ephraim, being un…
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18. These are the sons of Dan, after their families,.... Though he had but one son, the plural being …
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19. Of the children of Asher, after their families,.... This tribe was numbered next to Dan, because …
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20. Of the sons of Naphtali, after their families,.... This tribe, which is the last of them, was num…
Versículo 51
21. These were the numbered of the children of Israel,.... The twelve tribes, consisting of so many f…
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22. And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... After the sum of the people of Israel had been taken:
Versículo 53
23. Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance,.... That were numbered, and to none else:
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24. To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance,...…
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25. Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot,.... That the division might appear to be accor…
Versículo 56
26. According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided,.... It was by the determination of …
Versículo 57
27. And these are they that were numbered of the Levites, after their families,.... And they were num…
Versículo 63
28. These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest,.... That is, these were the Le…
Versículo 64
29. But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered..... About t…
Versículo 65
30. For the Lord had said of them, they shall surely die in the wilderness,.... This was threatened t…