Bible Strands
Numbers 26:30
These were the descendants of Gilead: the Iezerite clan from Iezer, the Helekite clan from Helek,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses records a second census of Israel’s tribes before the conquest, continuing the lineage list of Manasseh’s descendants introduced in Numbers 26:29.
The words — The text uses בְּנֵי (benei) for “descendants” and מִשְׁפָּחָת (mishpaḥat) for “clan,” establishing a hierarchical structure from patriarch to family group.
The thread — These same family lines reappear in Joshua 17:2 during the land allotment and in Judges 6:11 when identifying Gideon’s Abiezrite (Iezerite) ancestry.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to recognize that tribal identity and inheritance rights are preserved through precise genealogical recording rather than abstract promise.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
Cross-references
- Judges 6:11 Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
- Joshua 17:2 So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.
- Judges 6:24 So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Judges 6:34 So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.
- Judges 8:2 But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?