Numbers 26

After the plague, the LORD spoke to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying, “Take a census of the whole congregation of the Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, by their ancestral households, all who can go to war in Israel.” Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, opposite Jericho, saying, “Count those from twenty years old and upward,” as the LORD had commanded Moses and the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt. Reuben was Israel’s firstborn. The sons of Reuben: from Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the clan of the Palluites; from Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; from Carmi, the clan of the Carmites. These were the clans of the Reubenites, and those registered were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty. The sons of Pallu: Eliab. The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These were Dathan and Abiram, those called from the congregation who rebelled against Moses and Aaron in Korah’s congregation, when they rebelled against the LORD. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah when the congregation died, when the fire consumed the two hundred fifty men. They became a sign. But the sons of Korah did not die. The sons of Simeon by their clans: from Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; from Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; from Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites; from Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; from Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites. These were the clans of the Simeonites: twenty-two thousand two hundred. The sons of Gad by their clans: from Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; from Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; from Shuni, the clan of the Shunites; from Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; from Eri, the clan of the Erites; from Arod, the clan of the Arodites; from Areli, the clan of the Arelites. These were the clans of the sons of Gad according to those registered: forty thousand five hundred. The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Judah by their clans: from Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; from Perez, the clan of the Perezites; from Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites. The sons of Perez: from Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; from Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites. These were the clans of Judah according to those registered: seventy-six thousand five hundred. The sons of Issachar by their clans: from Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; from Puvah, the clan of the Punites; from Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; from Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites. These were the clans of Issachar according to those registered: sixty-four thousand three hundred. The sons of Zebulun by their clans: from Sered, the clan of the Seredites; from Elon, the clan of the Elonites; from Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites. These were the clans of the Zebulunites according to those registered: sixty thousand five hundred. The sons of Joseph by their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim. The sons of Manasseh: from Machir, the clan of the Machirites. Machir fathered Gilead; from Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites. These were the sons of Gilead: from Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; from Helek, the clan of the Helekites; from Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; from Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites; from Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; from Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites. Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters. The names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. These were the clans of Manasseh, and those registered were fifty-two thousand seven hundred. These were the sons of Ephraim by their clans: from Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites; from Becher, the clan of the Becherites; from Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites. These were the sons of Shuthelah: from Eran, the clan of the Eranites. These were the clans of the sons of Ephraim according to those registered: thirty-two thousand five hundred. These were the sons of Joseph by their clans. The sons of Benjamin by their clans: from Bela, the clan of the Belaites; from Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; from Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites; from Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; from Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites. The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: the clan of the Ardites; from Naaman, the clan of the Naamites. These were the sons of Benjamin by their clans, and those registered were forty-five thousand six hundred. These were the sons of Dan by their clans: from Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These were the clans of Dan by their clans. All the clans of the Shuhamites according to those registered: sixty-four thousand four hundred. The sons of Asher by their clans: from Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; from Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; from Beriah, the clan of the Beriites. From the sons of Beriah: from Heber, the clan of the Heberites; from Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites. The name of Asher’s daughter was Serah. These were the clans of the sons of Asher according to those registered: fifty-three thousand four hundred. The sons of Naphtali by their clans: from Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; from Guni, the clan of the Gunites; from Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; from Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites. These were the clans of Naphtali by their clans, and those registered were forty-five thousand four hundred. These were those registered of the Israelites: six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty. The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “To these the land shall be divided as an inheritance according to the number of names. To the more numerous you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give a smaller inheritance. Each shall be given his inheritance according to those registered. But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall inherit according to the names of their ancestral tribes. Their inheritance shall be divided according to the lot, between the more numerous and the fewer.” These were those registered of the Levites by their clans: from Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; from Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; from Merari, the clan of the Merarites. These were the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, and the clan of the Korahites. Kohath fathered Amram. The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister. To Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Nadab and Abihu died when they presented unauthorized fire before the LORD. Those registered were twenty-three thousand, every male from one month old and upward. They were not registered among the Israelites, for no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites. These were those registered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who registered the Israelites in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, opposite Jericho. Among these there was not one man from those registered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had registered the Israelites in the wilderness of Sinai. For the LORD had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” Not one man of them remained except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

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