Numbers 1:28
in Numbers 1From the sons of Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
KJV
Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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This verse in Numbers 1
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel
on Numbers 1:20-31
Judah is the largest tribe at 74,600, which John Calvin reads beside Genesis 49:10, “The scepter will not depart from Judah”. Chapter 2 sets Judah first on the march.
This site's exposition
From the sons of Issachar
Leah named Issachar for reward at Genesis 30:18. Jacob's word at Genesis 49:15 pictures him bending his shoulder to labor in a pleasant land. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the size of every tribe here as the dying patriarch's blessing worked out.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Of the children of Issachar, by their generations,.... See Gill on Num 1:20.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Of the two half-tribes of Joseph, who is seen to be "a fruitful bough" [Ge 49:22], that of Ephraim was the larger, as had been predicted. The relative increase of all, as in the two just mentioned, was owing to the special blessing of God, conformably to the prophetic declaration of the dying patriarch.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לִבְנֵ֣י | livnei | of [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר | yisoshkhar | Issachar | H3485 → | 43 times |
| תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם | toldotam | genealogies their | H8435 → | 39 times |
| לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם | lemishpechotam | to clans their | H4940 → | 303 times |
| לְבֵ֣ית | leveit | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֑ם | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר | bemispar | by [the] number of | H4557 → | 134 times |
| שֵׁמֹ֗ת | shemot | names | H8034 → | 864 times |
| מִבֶּ֨ן | miben | from a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֤ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| שָׁנָה֙ | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וָמַ֔עְלָה | vama'lah | and up -wards | H4605 → | 140 times |
| כֹּ֖ל | kol | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יֹצֵ֥א | yotze' | [one who] goes forth | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| צָבָֽא׃ | tzava' | warfare | H6635 → | 485 times |
לִבְנֵ֣יof [the] descendants of
livneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשָּׂשכָ֔רIssachar
yisoshkharH3485 →43 times
תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םgenealogies their
toldotamH8435 →39 times
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖םto clans their
lemishpechotamH4940 →303 times
לְבֵ֣יתto [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
אֲבֹתָ֑םancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 times
בְּמִסְפַּ֣רby [the] number of
bemisparH4557 →134 times
שֵׁמֹ֗תnames
shemotH8034 →864 times
מִבֶּ֨ןfrom a son of
mibenH1121 →4930 times
עֶשְׂרִ֤יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
שָׁנָה֙year[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וָמַ֔עְלָהand up -wards
vama'lahH4605 →140 times
כֹּ֖לevery
kolH3605 →5413 times
יֹצֵ֥א[one who] goes forth
yotze'H3318 →1067 times
צָבָֽא׃warfare
tzava'H6635 →485 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 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
Genesis 46:13The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 12:32
From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 1:8
from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
- Numbers 26:23–25
These were the descendants of Issachar by their clans: The Tolaite clan from Tola, the Punite clan from Puvah,
- 1 Chronicles 12:32
Through
Genesis 30:18Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
it leads to
- Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 33:18
Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 46:13
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.
- Genesis 49:14–15
Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
- Genesis 35:23
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).