Numbers 1:22

From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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Study note

Setting — The text records a military census commanded for the tribe of Simeon during the Israelites' wilderness encampment before the conquest of Canaan.

The words — תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥/ם (tol.do.Ta/m) denotes the genealogies or family records, while פְּקֻדָ֗י/ו (pe.ku.Da/v) refers to the enrolled men counted for service.

The thread — This tribal lineage and census pattern reappears in Numbers 26:12, which lists Simeon's clans, and traces back to Genesis 29:33 and Genesis 34:25, which identify Simeon as Jacob's second son.

Why it lands — The verse demands precise, individual accounting of able-bodied men for military organization, establishing that tribal identity and communal readiness are recorded systematically rather than by approximation.

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The Hebrew words

לִבְנֵ֣יli/v.Neiof/ [the] descendants of שִׁמְע֔וֹןshim.'onSimeon תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥םtol.do.Ta/mgenealogies/ their לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖םle./mish.pe.cho.Ta/mto/ clans/ their לְבֵ֣יתle./Veitto/ [the] house of אֲבֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.Ta/mancestors/ their פְּקֻדָ֗יוpe.ku.Da/venrolled [men]/ its בְּמִסְפַּ֤רbe./mis.Parby/ [the] number of שֵׁמוֹת֙she.mOtnames לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָ֔םle./gul.ge.lo.Ta/mto/ heads/ their כָּל־kol-every זָכָ֗רza.Kharmale מִבֶּ֨ןmi./Benfrom/ a son of עֶשְׂרִ֤ים'es.Rimtwenty שָׁנָה֙sha.Nahyear[s]וָמַ֔עְלָהva./Ma'.la/hand/ up/ -wards כֹּ֖לkolevery יֹצֵ֥אyo.Tze'[one who] goes forth צָבָֽא׃tza.Va'warfare

King James Version

Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Cross-references

Numbers 26:12 These were the descendants of Simeon by their clans: The Nemuelite clan from Nemuel, the Jaminite clan from Jamin, the Jachinite clan from Jachin,
Genesis 29:33 Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
Genesis 34:25 Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
Genesis 42:24 And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.
Genesis 46:10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
Genesis 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
Numbers 2:12 The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,