Census of Israel in the Plains of Moab, Part 5

Chapter 26 of Numbers had to be separated into many short posts because Blogger limits the number of labels per post.  An important census was being taken at this time and all the names are significant.  Here are the previous posts:

Census of Israel in the Plains of Moab, Part 1

Census of Israel in the Plains of Moab, Part 2

Census of Israel in the Plains of Moab, Part 3

Census of Israel in the Plains of Moab, Part 4

Now continuing with part 5:

(Numbers 26:35) These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites; of Becher, the family of the Bachrites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

The tribe of Joseph's son Manasseh was counted in the previous post.  Here we have Joseph's son Ephraim, and his sons Shuthelah, Becher, and Tahan, and their families.

(36) And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

Only one son of Shuthelah is named, Eran, and from him came the family of the Eranites.

(37) These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph according to their families.

These families of the sons of Ephraim numbered 32,500 able-bodied men of war, twenty years and older.  Ephraim, and Manasseh, from the previous post, were the two sons of Joseph.  Ephraim's numbers had decreased by 8000 since the census that was taken 38 years prior to this one.

(38) The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; (39) Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Ashbel, Ahiram, Shupham, and Hupham, and all their families were counted.

(40) And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

Additionally, two families grew from the sons of Benjamin's son Bela, Ard and Naaman.

(41) These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.

The tribe of Benjamin numbered 45,600 able-bodied men of war twenty years and older.  This was an increase of 10,200 since the census 38 years prior.

(42) 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. (43) All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.

One son from the tribe of Dan, Shuham, and the family that came from him, the Shuhamites, were counted and totaled 64,400 able bodied men of war twenty years and older.  Even though there was only one family within the tribe of Dan, its numbers were large and had even increased 1700 since the first census.

Once again I am forced to end this short post because Blogger limits the number of labels I can have, so this census will again be continued:

 Census of Israel in the Plains of Moab, Part 6