70 And outof the half-tribe of Manaſſeh, Aner with her ſuburbs, and Bileam with herſuburbs, for the family of the remnant of the ſons of Kohath. _
71 Unto the ſons of Gerſhom were g:ven out of the family. of the half-cribe of Manaſſeh, Golan 1n Baſhan with herſuburbs, and Aſhtaroth with her ſuburbs.
72 And out of the tribe of Ifſachar, Kadeſh with her fuburbs, Daberath with her ſuburbs,
73 And Ramoth with her ſuburbs, her ſuburbs: ;
74 And out of the tribe of Aſher, Maſhal with her
uburbs, and Abdon with her ſuburbs, "25 And Hukok with her ſuburbs, and Rehob with
her ſuburbs. = £Þ 26 And out of the tribe of Naphthali, Kedeſh in
Galilee with her ſuburbs,and Hammon with her ſuburbs,
and Anem with
77 Unto ths reſt of the children of Merari, were gives out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her ſuburbs, Tabor with her ſuburbs. 1].
78 And on the other ſide Jordan by Jericho, on the ealt-iide of Jordan were given them out of the tribe of
en, Bezer in the wilderneſs with her ſuburbs, and ahzah with her ſuburbs, -
79 Kedemoth alſo with her ſuburbs, and Mephaath
with her ſuburbs. 8o And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gileaq
- '$x And Heſhbon with ker ſuburbs, and Jazarc with her ſuburbs. : | H A ÞP. VIL
The Sons of Iſſachar, 1 5. Of Benjamin, 6——12. Of Nephtali, 13. Of Manaſſeh, 14——19. Of Ephraim : Their Calamity : and Habitations, 29——29. Of Aſber, 30 40.
'T.Ow the ſons of Iffachar were, * Tola, and [|Puah, |
N. Jaſhbub 2, and Shimron, four. © g Called by way of contradiQtion, Job, Gen. 46- 13. _
2' And the fons of Tola ; Uzzi, and Rephajah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, Jibſam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers houſe, ro wit, of Tola : hey were valiant men of might in their generations, * whole number was in the days of David b, two and twenty thouſand and ſix hundred.
"*þ When he numbred the People, 2 Sam. 24. 1, &c-
3 And the ſons c of Uzzi, Izrabiah : and the ſonsof Erahiah ; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Iſhiah, five &: all of them chief men.
c For, the ſom ; for he names but one Son, 4 Including their Father &rakiah.
4 And with them by their generarions, after the houſe of their fathers were bands of ſouldiers for war, ſix and thirty thouſand wer e: for they had many wives and ſons.
e To wir, of the Poſterity of Uzz?, as the other 22600, v. 2. were the Poſteriry of Tobab.
'5 And their brethren among all the families of Iſſa- char, were men of might, reckoned in all by cheir ge- nealopies fourſcore and ſeven thouſand.
6 The ſons of * Benjamin ; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three f.
* f They were Ten, Gen. 46. 21+ and five of themare named, cþ.8. 7. but here only three are mentioned, either becauſe theſe were moſt Eminent for Courage or Fruitfulneſs ; or becauſe the other Familes were now extinCt.
7 And the ſons of Bela ; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five ; heads of the houſe of their fathers g, mighty men of valour, and were rec- koned by their genealogies, twenty and two thouſand and thirty and four. |
g Exch of them Head, or Chief, or Commander ofthat Houſe or Family from which he was deſcended, or to which he belonged. For it may ſeem by comparing this with chap. 8. 3, 8c» that theſe were not the immediate ſons of Belah, but his Grandchildren de- ſcended each from a ſeveral Father ; and their Fathers are here omitted, peradventure becauſe they were obſcure Perſons, as their Sons are mentioned for their Eminency.
8 And the ſons of Becher ; Zemira, and Joa(b, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Aiameth, All theſe are che ſons of Becher. - | 9 And the number of them afrer their genealogy by their generations, heads of the houſe of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thouſand and ewo hundred.
x0 The ſonsalſo of Jediael, Bilhan : and the ſons of Bilhan, Jeuſh, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah,
FC & BS
1x All theſe the ſons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were ſeventeen thouſand and two hundred ſouldjers fit to go out for war and battel.
and Huſhim, the ſens of |] Aher 5,
gathered, 1. from Gen. 46. 23. where Huſhimis mentioned as the only Son of Dan, where alſo the word ſons is uſed of that one Man
as it 15 here. 2. From the Clauſe ofthe next Verſe, the ſons of Bilhah, who was Mother both to Dan and Naprhali, ;. Becauſe otherwiſe the Genealogy of Dan is quite left out- 4. From the word another, which 15 uſed in theHebrew Writers to deſign an Abominable thing which the Writer diſdained tu mention ; whence they call a Swine, which ro them was a very unclean and loathſome Creature, another thimg
And it muſt be remembred that the Tribe of Dan had made them- ſelves and their Memory Infamous and Deteſtable by that groſs Idolatry which began firſt and continued longeſt in that Tribe
Juag. 18. For which reaton many Interpreters conceive this Tribe is omitted in the numbering of the ſealed Perſons, Rev. 7.
1 3 The ſons of Naphtali ; Jahziel, and Guni Jezer, and * Shallum, the ſons & of Bilhah. wm
and to Dan, See on v. 12.
14 The ſons of Manaſleh; Aſhriel, whom ſhe bare
m, ( but his concubine the Aramiteſs bare Machir the facher of Gilead x. z. e. Grandchildren, as v. 13. For both 4(brie!
the Grandchildren of Machir ow of —_ 0g vr 27 1, m: To wit, his Wife, as may be thought, becauſe his Concubine 'S here oppoſed to her. Or, whom hegot ; for the Hebrew Word yalad is ſom2rimes uſed of Mens begetting, as Gen.5.18,&c. Compare P/al. 24 7. But theſe and the following words may be otherwiſo rendied according to the Hebrew Text, whom his Concubine the Aramiteſs bare, who bare him ( which Ellipſesare very frequent in che Hebrew ) for merh, of, or by Machir; So this was a differing Ajbriel from him named Num. 26. 31. for that was Gil-ads Son, and
this his Brothzr. n A Perſon ſo called war fr 3 peg » as 1S manifeſt from v. 17.
I5 And Machir took to wife the Fer o of Huppim, and Shuppim, whoſe ſiſters name as Maacah _ che name ofthe ſecond p was Zelophehad : and Zelophe- had had daughters q. |
o Which Word is here fitly underſtood out of the follow l | where it is expreikd, and ſhe is called Maacah, who alſo eds: wif- of Ma hir, v. 16. p Of the ſecond Son or Grandſon of Mach ; » for ſo Zelophehai was, Numb. 26 29. &c. Or, Zelophehad is here called zhejecona, becauſe he was the younger Brother of 4ſbriel, who was the eldeſt ton of Hepher, the Son of Gilead, the Son of Machir q 3. e. Onely Daughters, and no Sons. :