Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
Numbers 26:24 stands in the second numbering of Israel in chapter 26, with the host numbered at the beginning of the book and numbered again at the end, which gives the book of Numbers its fitting name. That census was taken by Moses at the Lord's command near the close of the forty years of wandering, nearly forty years after leaving Egypt, after the events in the wilderness, just before entering Canaan, in the plains of Moab, and the chapter records the tribes and their families. The verse records the families descended from Jashub and Shimron, the families of Jashub and Shimron belonging to Issachar.
The second census is to be compared with the first census in Numbers 1 to see how the tribes changed during the wilderness journey, noting the difference in the tribes, how some fell off or declined and others increased or grew greatly. Issachar counted in that numbering totaled 64,300 adult males, an increase of 9,900 over the 54,400 counted soon after leaving Egypt, while the total number of adult males in the nation changed little, from 603,550 to 601,730, though the numbers of the separate tribes changed considerably. The census makes manifest that God fulfilled His threatened judgments: after wickedness broke out in open, wanton rebellion, He by solemn oath excluded that generation from the land of promise and doomed them to die in the wilderness, so that the generation counted in the first census perished, with not one rebel left alive save Caleb and Joshua.
The verse warns those upon whom the ends of the world are come, whose hopes of entering the kingdom of God cannot be stronger than Israel's hopes at the first numbering and who cannot have greater tokens of God's favor, presence, and willingness to save, that like Israel they can come short of the promise, teaching that sin cannot be carried in the heart without bringing inevitable ruin. Unlike David's census, this commanded count brought no trouble. The verse stands together with various laws and ordinances containing valuable instruction, forming a diversified reading that is both interesting and profitable.
Numbers 26:24 stands in the second numbering of Israel in chapter 26, with the host numbered at the beginning of the book and numbered again at the end, which gives the book of Numbers its fitting name. That census was taken by Moses at the Lord's command near the close of the forty years of wandering, nearly forty years after leaving Egypt, after the events in the wilderness, just before entering Canaan, in the plains of Moab, and the chapter records the tribes and their families. The verse records the families descended from Jashub and Shimron, the families of Jashub and Shimron belonging to Issachar.
The second census is to be compared with the first census in Numbers 1 to see how the tribes changed during the wilderness journey, noting the difference in the tribes, how some fell off or declined and others increased or grew greatly. Issachar counted in that numbering totaled 64,300 adult males, an increase of 9,900 over the 54,400 counted soon after leaving Egypt, while the total number of adult males in the nation changed little, from 603,550 to 601,730, though the numbers of the separate tribes changed considerably. The census makes manifest that God fulfilled His threatened judgments: after wickedness broke out in open, wanton rebellion, He by solemn oath excluded that generation from the land of promise and doomed them to die in the wilderness, so that the generation counted in the first census perished, with not one rebel left alive save Caleb and Joshua.
The verse warns those upon whom the ends of the world are come, whose hopes of entering the kingdom of God cannot be stronger than Israel's hopes at the first numbering and who cannot have greater tokens of God's favor, presence, and willingness to save, that like Israel they can come short of the promise, teaching that sin cannot be carried in the heart without bringing inevitable ruin. Unlike David's census, this commanded count brought no trouble. The verse stands together with various laws and ordinances containing valuable instruction, forming a diversified reading that is both interesting and profitable.