That a comparative view may be easily taken of the state of
   the tribes, we will here produce them, compared with that of
   the second census, (ch. 26,) in their decreasing proportion,
   beginning with the greatest and proceeding to the least.

                             1st Census         2nd Census

      1.  Judah,               74,600;             76,500
      2.  Dan,                 62,700;             64,400
      3.  Simeon,              59,300;             22,200
      4.  Zebulun,             57,400;             60,500
      5.  Issachar,            54,400;             64,300
      6.  Naphtali,            53,400;             45,400
      7.  Reuben,              46,500;             43,730
      8.  Gad,                 45,650;             40,500
      9.  Asher,               41,500;             53,400
     10.  Ephraim,             40,500;             32,500
     11.  Benjamin,            35,400;             45,600
     12.  Manasseh,            32,200;             52,700
                              _______            _______
           Totals:            603,550;            601,730
                              -------            -------

   Thus we find Judah the most populous tribe, and Manasseh the
   least so; the difference between them being as great as
   42,000.  Jacob had given Judah the pre-eminence in his
   prophetic blessing; and that tribe was to have the precedency
   in the encampments of Israel:  accordingly God had increased
   them more than any of their brethren.  Ephraim and Manasseh,
   according to the same prophecy, were numbered as distinct
   tribes, Ephraim having the superiority, as it was foretold;
   and Joseph indeed appears "a fruitful bough."

  2:10,11  26:7