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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Numbers 26:51
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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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The following comparative statement will show how much some of the tribes had increased, and others had diminished, since the enumeration in chapter 1. Thus we find there was the following increase and decrease in the several tribes: Population Changes Tribe Now Before Change + / - 1. Judah 76,500 74,600 1,900 increase 2. Dan 64,400 62,700 1,700 increase 3. Simeon 22,200 59,300 37,100 decrease 4. Zebulun 60,500 57,400 3,100 increase 5. Issachar 64,300 54,400 9,900 increase 6. Naphtali 45,400 53,400 8,000 decrease 7. Reuben 43,730 46,500 2,770 decrease 8. Gad 40,500 45,650 5,150 decrease 9. Asher 53,400 41,500 11,900 increase 10. Ephraim 32,500 40,500 8,000 decrease 11. Benjamin 45,600 35,400 10,200 increase 12. Manasseh 52,700 32,200 20,500 increase Totals: 601,730 603,550 Decreases 61,020 Increases 59,200 Change -1,820 It should be observed, that among these there was not one of the former census, except Joshua and Caleb. (See note on Num 26:64, and see note on Num 26:65.) Thus, though there was such an amazing increase in seven tribes, yet so great was the decrease in the other five tribes, that the balance against the present census is 1,820, as appears above. Notwithstanding the amazing increase in some, and decrease in other tribes, the same sort of proportion is kept in their several divisions; so as to keep the division in the front the largest, and that in the rear the next. Num 1:46, Num 2:32; Neh 9:23; Job 12:9, Job 12:10, Job 12:14, Job 12:20-23; Psa 77:20 Numbers 26:53
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