Bible Strands
Numbers 26:14
These were the clans of Simeon, and there were 22,200 men.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records a second census of Israel in the plains of Moab, listing tribal counts by family division before the conquest of Canaan. This verse concludes the enumeration of Simeon’s descendants.
The words — מִשְׁפְּחֹת (mishpeḥōt) denotes “clans” or family subdivisions, while שְׁנַיִם עֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף וּמָאתַיִם (shnayim ‘esrîm ’elef ûmāṯayim) literally renders “two twenty thousand and two hundred.”
The thread — The text repeats the Simeonite count first established in Numbers 1:22 and directly precedes the tribal camping instructions in Numbers 2:12.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to track Simeon’s precise numerical strength and clan structure within the broader census record.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
Cross-references
- 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,
- Numbers 2:12 The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,