ThenurrlEers NUMBERS XXVI. 1166 39', Ahiratn, the family of the Ahiramites. Of Slcphupham, the familie of the Shupha- ' mites; ofHupham,the family of the Hupha- 4o mitts. And the fonnes of Bela were Ard and Naaman, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman , the family of the Naamites. 41 Thefe are the fonnes of Benjamin,accerding to their familes, and thofe that were multe- red of them five and forty thoufand and fix hundred. 42 Thefe are the fonnes of Dan, according to their families; of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites : thefe are the families of Dan, 43 according to their families. All the families of the Shuhamites, according to thofe that were muftered of them, fixty and foure thoufand and foure hundred. 44 The formes of Afer, according to their fa- milies; of Jimnah, the family of the Jim- flakes; of Jifvi, the family of the Jifvites; of 45 Beriah, the family of the I3eriites. Of the fonnes of Beriah; of Cheber, the family of the Chebrites ; of Malchiel, the family of 46 the Malchielites. And the name of the 47 daughter of Afer was Serah. Thefe are the families ofthe fonnes of Afer, according to thofe that were muttered of them, three and fifty thoufand and foure hundred. 4$ ! The tons of Naphtali,.according to their families; of Jachzeel, the family of the Jach- zeelites; of Guni,the family ofthe Gunites. 49 Of Jezer, the family of Jifrites : of Sil - 5o lem, the family of the Sillemites. Thefe are the families of Naphtali, according to their families, and they that were mulle- red of them , five and forcie thoufand and loure hundred. 5 t Thefe were the muftered of the fonnes of Ifrael; fix hundred thoufand,and a thoufand feven hundred and thirtie. 5 a And Jehovah fpake unto Mofes , laying; 53 Vnto thefe the land (hall be divided for an inheritance , according to the number of 54 names. To the many thou (halt give them the more inheritance, and to the few thou (halt give them the leffe inheritance: to every man according to thofe that were muttered 55 of him, (hall his inheritance be given. Not - withilanding, the land (hall be divided by lot; according to the names ofthe Tribes, of 56 their fathers they (hall inherit. According to the lot, (hall the inheritance thereof be divided betweene many and few. 57 And thefe are they that were muttered of the Le vires,according to their families; of Gerfhon , the family of the Gerfhonites; of of the Tribes. Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. Thefe 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 Mufhites, the family of the Korathites: and Kohath begat Amram. And the name of Amrams wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, whom thee bare to Levi in Egypt: and the bare unto Amram , Aaron and Mo- fes, and Mary their fitter. And unto Aaron 6o was borne Nadab and Ahihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. And Nadab and Abihu died, 6z when they offered ftrange fire before Jeho- vah. And thofe that were muftered of them, 6z were three and twentie thoufand , all males, from a moneth old and upward, for they were not muftered among the fonnes of If- rael, becaufe there was no inheritance given te them among the fonnes of Ifrael. Thefe are they that were muftered by Mo- 63 les and Eleazar the Prieft,who muftered the fonnes of Ifrael in the plaines of Moab by Jordan , Deere Jericho. And among thefe, 164 there Was not a man of thole that were mu- ftered by Mofes and Aaron the Prieft, who {puttered the fonnes of Ifrael in the wilder - nelfe of Sinai. For Jehovah had faid of, 65 them, Dying they (hall die in the wilder - neffe: and there was not lefta man of them, fave Caleb the fonne of Jephunneh, and Jofhua the fouine of Nun. 5$ 59 Annotations. AFier the plague] after the death of the 24. thoufand that perifited for the fin of Peor, (Num.25.9,) the Lord commandeth the people to be numbred,which fhould have inheritance in his land; to lignifie his love and care of thofe that cleaved unto him, Dent. 4.3, 4. The He- brews explaine it by the femilitude of a Shepherd, who when wolves have gotten among bit flock, and worried fome e them, he counteth them, to know the num- ber of tbofe that are left. Againe, As when they came out of Egypt, and were delivered to Mofes, they were delivered him by tale ,(Exo.38.26.) fo nowwhen Mofes was ready to die,and to delizerbit fioche again, he delive- red them by tale. Sol.Iarchi on Num.26. Eleazar] who now was high Priefc after the death of Aa- ron his father, who had before numbred them with Mofet, Num. 1.3. And this Eleazarwas he, who after with lofua divided the land of Canaan to this people, Jof.14. t, &c. Verte 2. the femme] febr. the head; which the Chaldee expoundetb, the count,or femme: fee Exo. 30. 12. This was the third time that Ifrael was numbred for to fight the Lords battels againlî the E
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