King James Version
What Does Numbers 26:28 Mean?
“The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.”
Context
26
Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
27
These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
28
The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
29
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
30
These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**33. they turned and went up by the way of Bashan--**a name given to that district from the richness of the soil--now Batanea or El-Bottein--a hilly region east of the Jordan lying between the mountains of Hermon on the north and those of Gilead on the south.
**Og--**a giant, an Amoritish prince, who, having opposed the progress of the Israelites, was defeated.
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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