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Numbers 26:12 KJV
Numbers · chapter 26 · verse 12
The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:Numbers 26:12 · King James Version
Numbers 26:12 in context
10And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
11Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
12The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
13Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
14These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- NemuelitesNᵉmûwʼêlîya Nemuelite, or descendant of NemuelH5242 →
- JaminitesYᵉmîynîya Jeminite or descendants of JaminH3228 →
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- SimeonShimʻôwnShimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from himH8095 →
- NemuelNᵉmûwʼêlNemuel, the name of two IsraelitesH5241 →
- JachinYâkîynJakin, the name of three Israelites and of a temple pillarH3199 →
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This is the register of the tribes as they were now enrolled, in the same order that they were numbered in ch. 1. Observe, I. The account that is here kept of the families of each tribe, which must not be understood of such as we call families, those that live in a house together, but such as were the descendants of…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-51