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Numbers 26 — Sermon Preparation

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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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.

Matthew Henry 5 Calvin 1 John Wesley 1

“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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