Person Old Testament
Becher
Also known as Becher =ESV, KJV; Beker =NIV, Becherite =ESV, KJV; Bekerite =NIV
The Becherites, descendants of Becher, were a clan of the tribe of Ephraim during the wilderness census. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Numbers 26:35.
Why it matters. An Ephraimite clan head in the wilderness census.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Becher
Becher is mentioned in Num.26.35 as a descendant of Ephraim and the ancestor of the Becherite clan. The context of the passage is the census taken by Moses and Eleazar in the plains of Moab, near the end of the Israelites' wilderness wanderings. The purpose of the census was to determine the military strength of each tribe and to allocate the land of Canaan among the tribes. In the listing of the clans of Ephraim, the Becherites are named as one of the clans descended from Ephraim's sons. This mention of Becher and the Becherite clan highlights the importance of family lineage and tribal organization in Israelite society, especially in relation to military service and land inheritance.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Numbers (1 verse)