Numbers 26:31
in Numbers 26the Asrielite clan from Asriel, the Shechemite clan from Shechem,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
KJV
And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
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This verse in Numbers 26
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
These were the descendants of Manasseh
on Numbers 26:29-34
Manasseh's roll reaches Hepher and Zelophehad, then records five daughters a muster of men who "can serve in the army" had no need of. In chapter 27 they ask a share of the inheritance this census is taken to divide.
This site's exposition
the Shechemite clan from Shechem
Asriel and Shechem continue the clans of Gilead. John Wesley explains that the share falling to a tribe by lot was then given to its families in proportion to their numbers. A clan name in this roll was therefore a title to land.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַ֨שְׂרִיאֵ֔ל | veasriel | and Asriel | H844 → | |
| מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת | mishpachat | [the] clan of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| הָֽאַשְׂרִֽאֵלִ֑י | haasrieli | the Asrielite[s] | H845 → | |
| וְשֶׁ֕כֶם | veshekhem | and Shechem | H7928 → | |
| מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת | mishpachat | [the] clan of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| הַשִּׁכְמִֽי׃ | hashikhmi | the Shechemite[s] | H7930 → |
וְאַ֨שְׂרִיאֵ֔לand Asriel
veasrielH844 →
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת[the] clan of
mishpachatH4940 →303 times
הָֽאַשְׂרִֽאֵלִ֑יthe Asrielite[s]
haasrieliH845 →
וְשֶׁ֕כֶםand Shechem
veshekhemH7928 →
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת[the] clan of
mishpachatH4940 →303 times
הַשִּׁכְמִֽי׃the Shechemite[s]
hashikhmiH7930 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.