Numbers 26:23

Of the children of Asher, after their families,.... This tribe was numbered next to Dan, because it was under his standard; one of his sons is omitted, very probably dying childless, and so had no…

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…

The twelve secular tribes are numbered, the sacred tribe of Levi being omitted. The names are based upon Gen 46:8-27, but with the addition of Ephraim and Manasseh, who, having been born in Egypt,…