Passage Research
Numbers 26 — Sermon Preparation
A second census is taken on the plains of Moab; the numbers differ from forty years earlier, and the land of Canaan is to be divided proportionally by tribe size. Below is a research summary for Numbers 26, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Numbers 26 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִשְׁפָּחָה | mishpâchâh | H4940 | 94 | family, circle of relatives |
| פָּקַד | pâqad | H6485 | 20 | visit, oversee |
| אֶלֶף | ʼeleph | H505 | 15 | thousand |
| מֵאָה | mêʼâh | H3967 | 15 | hundred |
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 8 | Mosheh |
| נַחֲלָה | nachălâh | H5159 | 6 | inherited, occupancy |
| חָמֵשׁ | châmêsh | H2568 | 6 | five |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 26, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Moses did not number the people but when God commanded him. We have here the families registered, as well as the tribes. The total was nearly the same as when numbered at mount Sinai. Notice is here taken of the children of Korah; they died not, as the children of Dathan and Abiram; they seem not to have joined even their own father in rebellion. If we partake not of the sins of sinners, we shall not partake of their plagues. (Nu 26:52-56)”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Numbers 26:1–51 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Canaan— Num 26:19
- Jericho 1— Num 26:3
- Jordan— Num 26:3
- Moab 2— Num 26:3
- Egypt— Num 26:4
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