Numbers 26:12
in Numbers 26These were the descendants of Simeon by their clans: The Nemuelite clan from Nemuel, the Jaminite clan from Jamin, the Jachinite clan from Jachin,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;
KJV
The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
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This verse in Numbers 26
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The sons of Simeon after their families
on Numbers 26:12-18
Simeon comes out of the wilderness at twenty and two thousand and two hundred, down from fifty and nine thousand and three hundred at Sinai. That is a loss of more than thirty seven thousand men and the heaviest fall of any tribe, and 25:14 had just named Zimri, the man slain at Peor, as a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites. Gad falls too, by about five thousand. The chapter reports both numbers and says nothing about either.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The sons of Simeon, after their families,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Thus God's justice and holiness, as well as His truth and faithfulness, were strikingly displayed: His justice and holiness in the sweeping judgments that reduced the ranks of some tribes; and His truth and faithfulness in the extraordinary increase of others so that the posterity of Israel continued a numerous people.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
“He is [identical with] ‘Tzochar’ [Zohar — mentioned in Genesis: 10 as one of the sons of Simeon who went down to Egypt], and it [the name Zerach (Zerah)] is an expression meaning tzohar [‘shining,’ which is also the meaning of Zerach ].
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שִׁמְעוֹן֮ | shimon | Simeon | H8095 → | 44 times |
| לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ | lemishpechotam | to clans their | H4940 → | 303 times |
| לִנְמוּאֵ֗ל | linmuel | of Nemuel | H5241 → | |
| מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ | mishpachat | [the] clan of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| הַנְּמ֣וּאֵלִ֔י | hanemueli | the Nemuelite[s] | H5242 → | |
| לְיָמִ֕ין | leyamin | of Jamin | H3226 → | |
| מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת | mishpachat | [the] clan of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| הַיָּמִינִ֑י | haiyamini | the Jaminite[s] | H3228 → | |
| לְיָכִ֕ין | leyakhin | of Jakin | H3199 → | |
| מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת | mishpachat | [the] clan of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| הַיָּכִינִֽי׃ | haiyakhini | the Jakinite[s] | H3200 → |
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
שִׁמְעוֹן֮Simeon
shimonH8095 →44 times
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒to clans their
lemishpechotamH4940 →303 times
לִנְמוּאֵ֗לof Nemuel
linmuelH5241 →
מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙[the] clan of
mishpachatH4940 →303 times
הַנְּמ֣וּאֵלִ֔יthe Nemuelite[s]
hanemueliH5242 →
לְיָמִ֕יןof Jamin
leyaminH3226 →
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת[the] clan of
mishpachatH4940 →303 times
הַיָּמִינִ֑יthe Jaminite[s]
haiyaminiH3228 →
לְיָכִ֕יןof Jakin
leyakhinH3199 →
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת[the] clan of
mishpachatH4940 →303 times
הַיָּכִינִֽי׃the Jakinite[s]
haiyakhiniH3200 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 4:24The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
it leads to
- Genesis 46:10
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 26:12–14
These were the descendants of Simeon by their clans: The Nemuelite clan from Nemuel, the Jaminite clan from Jamin, the Jachinite clan from Jachin,
- Genesis 46:10
Through
Genesis 46:10The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
it leads to
- Exodus 6:15
The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 29:33
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
- Exodus 6:15
Through
1 Kings 7:21Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 3:17
Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north…
- 1 Kings 6:3
The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
- Matthew 16:18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
- 2 Chronicles 3:17
Through
Exodus 6:15The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 4:24
The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
- 1 Chronicles 4:24
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).