Numbers 26:5

Following The tribes are mentioned in the same order as in the earlier censusNumbers 1:0, except that Manasseh here precedes Ephraim; probably as being now the larger tribe. The following table shows the numbers of the tribes at each census; at Sinai, and in the Plains of Moab: Seven of the tribes, of which three are tribes belonging to the camp of Judah, show an increase of numbers; and five, among whom are the three belonging to the camp of Reuben, show a decrease. The greatest increase of any one tribe is in Manasseh. The most remarkable decrease is in Simeon, which now shows less than half its former strength.