Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 26:37
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.
[See comments on Nu 26:35]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(37) Thirty and two thousand and five hundred.This shows a decrease of 8,000. Jacob foretold that Ephraim should be greater than Manasseh (Gen. 48:19); and at the former census the number of the Ephraimites was considerably greater than that of the Manassites (Num. 1:33; Num. 1:35), and Ephraim was made a standard-bearer (Num. 2:18). At the present census, however, the number of the Manassites exceeded that of the Ephraimites by 20,200; and yet, in the face of the great increase of Manasseh and the diminution of Ephraim, Moses renewed and confirmed the prediction of Jacob as to the ultimate superiority of Ephraim, and whilst ascribing only thousands to Manasseh, he speaks of the ten thousands of Ephraim (Deu. 33:17).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Num 1:32, Num 1:33, Num 2:18, Num 2:19
Reciprocal: Gen 48:16 – grow into Deu 33:17 – the ten thousands Jdg 12:6 – forty
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 26:37-38. The sons of Ephraim Ephraim, though in future times a tribe flourishing much more than its brother-tribe Manasseh, (Deu 33:17,) was now, for some cause, it appears, upon the declension, their poll being decreased eight thousand. See Num 1:33. The sons of Benjamin When they went into Egypt the sons of Benjamin were ten, Gen 46:21. Half of these, it seems, had no children, or their families were become extinct, as only five are here named. In amends for the rest, two of his grand-children by the eldest, Bela, namely, Ard and Naaman, became heads of very large families; so that, upon the whole, the sons of Benjamin had increased since the last poll ten thousand two hundred. Compare Num 26:41 with chap Num 1:37.