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ACCORDING TO THE LOT ... - This method was adopted not only in order
to preclude jealousies and disputes, but also that the several tribes
might regard the territories as determined for them by God Hi...
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3. THE SECOND NUMBERING
CHAPTER 26
_ 1. The command to number (Numbers 26:1)_
2. The census taken (Numbers 26:5)
3. The total number (Numbers 26:51)
4. The inheritance ...
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NUMBERS 26. PARTICULARS OF A SECOND CENSUS TAKEN 38 YEARS AFTER THE
FIRST.
Numbers 26:1. The Numbers of the Twelve Secular Tribes. The census
was again confined to men over twenty. The total is Numbe...
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THE LOT. Hebrew "the mouth of the lot", as though the "lot" spoke and
was personified, by the Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia_ (App-6)....
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The manner in which Canaan is to be divided among the tribes. The
territories are to be proportionate to the size of the several tribes....
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E. INSTRUCTIONS FOR LAND ALLOTMENT vv. 52-56
TEXT
Numbers 26:52. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 53. Unto these
the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number
of names. 54...
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_ACCORDING TO THE LOT SHALL THE POSSESSION THEREOF BE DIVIDED BETWEEN
MANY AND FEW._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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26:56 number. (b-17) Or 'be it much or little.'...
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THE SECOND NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE
The first took place thirty-eight years before (see Numbers 1) at Mt.
Sinai. The people are shortly to enter Canaan, and this second
enumeration is made in view of t...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 26
THE SECOND *CENSUS – NUMBERS 26:1-65
V1 After the disease had stopped, the *LORD spoke to Moses and Elea
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(53-56) UNTO THESE THE LAND SHALL BE DIVIDED... — The general
apportionment of the land, as regarded the relative position of each
tribe, was to be decided by lot, which was commonly looked upon as th...
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עַל ־פִּי֙ הַ גֹּורָ֔ל תֵּחָלֵ֖ק
נַחֲלָתֹ֑ו ב
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A NEW GENERATION
Numbers 26:1; Numbers 27:1
THE numbering at Sinai before the sojourn in the Desert of Paran has
its counterpart in the numbering now recorded. In either case those
reckoned are the m...
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At this point we begin the third and last movement in the Book of
Numbers, that which is devoted to the second numbering of the people
and their preparation for taking possession of the land from whic...
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Observe, how the LORD appoints the boundaries of his people's
habitation. Yes! all our resting places, and all our movements, our
tents in this life, and our mansions of glory in another, are all
grac...
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The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their
neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a
striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 26, 27, 28, AND 29.
The journey being now ended, God numbers afresh His people, and counts
them by name, as heirs ready to take possession of the inheritance....
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ACCORDING TO THE LOT SHALL THE POSSESSION THEREOF BE DIVIDED,.... It
was by the determination of the lot that the land was divided by
inheritance, and that was by the Lord, according to Proverbs 16:33...
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_Between many and few_ The share that shall by lot fall to each tribe,
shall be distributed to the several families and persons in such
proportions as their numbers shall require....
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1 The summe of all Israel is taken in the plaines of Moab.
52 The law of diuiding among them the inheritance of the land.
57 The families and number of the Leuites.
63 None were left of them which...
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A SECOND CENSUS OF ISRAEL
(vs.1-50)
As at the first of the wilderness journey a census of the nation was
taken (ch.1:46), now as they near the end of that journey another
census is required by God. A...
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52-56 In distributing these tribes, the general rule of equity is
prescribed; that to many should be given more, and to fewer less.
Though it seems left to the prudence of their prince, the matter at...
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i.e. That share which shall by lot fall to each tribe, shall be
distributed to the several families and persons in such proportions as
their numbers shall require....
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This, though one of the longest Chapter s in our book, does not call
for much in the way of remark or exposition. In it we have the record
of the second numbering of the people, as they were about to...
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Numbers 26:56 According H6310 lot H1486 inheritance H5159 divided
H2505 (H8735) larger H7227 smaller H4592...
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THE LAND WAS TO BE DIVIDED BY LOT AS AN INHERITANCE (NUMBERS 26:55).
Dividing land by lots was an ancient practise in use in many
civilisations. It was especially important in this case so that the
p...
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CONTENTS: The new generation of Israel numbered.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Eleazar, Caleb, Joshua.
CONCLUSION: God is faithful to His threatenings as well as to His
promises. Millions may fall to the...
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The genealogies here labour under the usual difficulties arising from
variation of orthography, or from the omission of a name. The five or
six names omitted here of those who went down into Egypt, ar...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 26:1__ The first census (ch. Numbers 1:1)
established the number of fighting men in Israel. This second census
establishes the size of each tribe, so that each may receive the
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
Numbers 26:1. _The plague_. See Numbers 25:9.
Numbers 26:4. _Take the sum of the people_. These words are supplied
in the A. V. to fill up an ellipsis; and it seems to...
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EXPOSITION
THE SECOND MUSTERING (Numbers 26:1).
NUMBERS 26:1
IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THE PLAGUE. This plague was the last event which
seriously diminished the numbers of the Israelites; perhaps it was...
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Now in chapter twenty-six we again have the tribes numbered off. Now
remember this is at the end of the forty years of wandering. At the
beginning of the forty years of wandering they numbered the tri...
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1 Corinthians 12:4; Romans 11:7...
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Many and few — That share, which shall by lot fall to each tribe,
shall be distributed to the several families and persons in such
proportions as their numbers shall require....