Numbers 26:26 says, Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. Next to be counted was the tribe of Zebulun, from his three sons. Verse twenty-seven adds, These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. There were sixty thousand five hundred of the men men over twenty who were able to go to war, an increase of three thousand, one hundred in the wilderness wanderings. Verse twenty-eight states, The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. Joseph's sons were Manasseh and Ephraim and they were counted in his place. Verse twenty-nine adds, Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. Verse thirty says, These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: Evidently, the grandsons were named in the count as well. Verse thirty-one adds, And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: Verse thirty-two continues, And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. Verse thirty-three states, And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. We even have daughters named in thectribe of Zebulun, which is unusual. Verse thirty-four adds, These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. There was a total of fifty-two thousand seven hundred men twenty or over who were able to fight in the tribe of Manasseh, an increase of twenty thousand five hundred. Verse thirty-five says, These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. Now we have the sons of Ephraim listed. Verse thirty-six adds, And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. Verse thirty-seven continues, These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. There were thirty-two thousand, five hundred men over twenty who were able to go to war in the tribe of Ephraim, a decrease of eight thousand. We are again reminded that Manasseh and Ephraim were the sons of Joseph. Joseph had not been left out of the people of Israel, even though he couldn't go with them physically to the Promised Land. and neither will we be left out of God's kingdom as followers of Christ, even if we cannot go physically to heaven, our promised land.
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