26:12–14 Simeon’s numbers had declined far more than those of any other tribe (from nearly 60,000 to a little over 22,000), probably indicating that the Simeonite leader killed during the Midianite seduction shortly before this census was taken (25:14) was but one of thousands of Simeonites involved in the Midianite seduction (25:1–9). See note Gen. 49:7.