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Numbers 26:42 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. "
Numbers 26:42
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
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Numbers 26:1
"And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,"
Numbers 26:2
"Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel."
Numbers 26:3
"And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,"
Numbers 26:4
"Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt."
Numbers 26:5
"Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:"
Numbers 26:6
"Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites."
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