Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
among these there was not a man . . . numbered . . . in the wilderness of Sinai—The statement in this verse must not be considered absolute. For, besides Caleb and Joshua, there were alive at this time Eleazar and Ithamar, and in all probability a considerable number of Levites, who had no participation in the popular defections in the wilderness. The tribe of Levi, having neither sent a spy into Canaan, nor being included in the enumeration at Sinai, must be regarded as not coming within the range of the fatal sentence; and therefore it would exhibit a spectacle not to be witnessed in the other tribes of many in their ranks above sixty years of age.
Tribes Chap. 1 Chap. 26 Increase Decrease
Reuben 46,500 43,730 — 2,770
Simeon 59,300 22,200 — 37,100
Gad 45,650 40,500 — 5,150
Judah 74,600 76,500 1,900 —
Issachar 54,400 64,300 9,900 —
Zebulun 57,400 60,500 3,100 —
Ephraim 40,500 32,500 — 8,000
Manasseh 32,200 52,700 20,500 —
Benjamin 35,400 45,600 10,200 —
Dan 62,700 64,400 1,700 —
Asher 41,500 53,400 11,900 —
Naphtali 53,400 45,400 — 8,000
Total 603,550 601,730 59,200 61,020
Total decrease 1,820
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Numbers 26:64:
Numbers 1:20-44
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