Numbers 26:8

Study note

Setting — The narrator records a genealogical entry during Moses' second census of Israel at the plains of Moab, immediately following the headcount of the Reubenite clans (Numbers 26:7).

The words — The Hebrew phrase וּבְנֵי פַלּוּא אֱלִיאָב (u.Ve.Nei Pallu Eliab) translates literally as "and the sons of Pallu [were] Eliab."

The thread — This verse operates as a structural link within the Reubenite registration, transitioning from the patriarch Pallu to his son Eliab and his three descendants (Numbers 26:9).

Why it lands — The text demands recognition of the exact family line that precedes the recorded rebellion, establishing the historical and genealogical framework for the subsequent narrative.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.