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64. among these there was not a man . . . numbered . . . in the wilderness of Sinai--The statement in this verse must not be considered absolute. For, besides Caleb and Joshua, there were alive at this time Eleazar and Ithamar, and in all probability a considerable number of Levites, who had no participation in the popular defections in the wilderness. The tribe of Levi, having neither sent a spy into Canaan, nor being included in the enumeration at Sinai, must be regarded as not coming within the range of the fatal sentence; and therefore it would exhibit a spectacle not to be witnessed in the other tribes of many in their ranks above sixty years of age.
| Tribes | Chap. 1 | Chap. 26 | Increase | Decrease |
| Reuben | 46,500 | 43,730 | -- | 2,770 |
| Simeon | 59,300 | 22,200 | -- | 37,100 |
| Gad | 45,650 | 40,500 | -- | 5,150 |
| Judah | 74,600 | 76,500 | 1,900 | -- |
| Issachar | 54,400 | 64,300 | 9,900 | -- |
| Zebulun | 57,400 | 60,500 | 3,100 | -- |
| Ephraim | 40,500 | 32,500 | -- | 8,000 |
| Manasseh | 32,200 | 52,700 | 20,500 | -- |
| Benjamin | 35,400 | 45,600 | 10,200 | -- |
| Dan | 62,700 | 64,400 | 1,700 | -- |
| Asher | 41,500 | 53,400 | 11,900 | -- |
| Naphtali | 53,400 | 45,400 | -- | 8,000 |
| Total | 603,550 | 601,730 | 59,200 | 61,020 |
| Total decrease | 1,820 | |||
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