Numbers 26

1 And it came to pass, after the plague, that Yahweh spake unto Moses, and unto Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying:

After the blood of the guilty was shed, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest:

2 Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upwards, by their ancestral houses, —every one able to go forth to war in Israel.

Number the whole sum of the children of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their houses and kindreds, all that are able to go forth to war.

3 So then Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them, in the waste plains of Moab, —by the Jordan near Jericho saying:

Moses therefore and Eleazar the priest, being in the plains of Moab upon the Jordan over against Jericho, spoke to them that were

4 From twenty years old and upwards, As Yahweh commanded Moses, and the sons of Israel, who had come forth out of the land of Egypt.

From twenty years old and upward, as the Lord had commanded: and this is the number of them:

5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, —the sons of Reuben, To Hanoch, pertained the family of the Hanochites; To Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

Ruben the firstborn of Israel. His sons were Henoch, of whom is the family of the Henochites: and Phallu, of whom is the family of the Phalluites:

6 To Hezron, the family of the Hezronites, —To Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

And Hesron, of whom is the family of the Hesronites: and Charmi, of whom is the family of the Charmites.

7 These, are the families of the Reubenites, —and they who were numbered of them were found to be—forty-three thousand, and seven hundred, and thirty.

These are the families of the stock of Ruben: whose number was found to be forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.

8 Now, the sons of Pallu, were Eliab;

The son of Phallu was Eliab.

9 and the sons of Eliab, Nemuel, and Dathan and Abiram, —The same, Dathan and Abiram, notable men of the assembly, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the assembly of Korah, when they contended against Yahweh;

His sons, were Namuel and Dathan and Abiron. These are Dathan and Abiron the princes of the people, that rose against Moses and Aaron in the sedition of Core, when they rebelled against the Lord:

10 and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up—with Korah also, when the assembly died, —when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a warning;

And the earth opening her mouth swallowed up Core, many others dying, when the fire burned two hundred and fifty men. And there was a great miracle wrought,

11 But, the sons of Korah, died not.

That when Core perished, his sons did not perish.

12 The sons of Simeon, by their families, To Nemuel, pertained the family of the Nemuelites, To Jamin, the family of the Jaminites, —To Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:

The sons of Simeon by their kindreds: Namuel, of him is the family of the Namuelites: Jamin, of him is the family of the Jaminites: Jachin, of him is the family of the Jachinites:

13 To Zerah, the family of the Zerahites, —To Shaul, the family of the Shaulites:

Zare, of him is the family of the Zarites: Saul, of him is the family of the Saulites.

14 These, are the families of the Simeonites, —two and twenty thousand and two hundred.

These are the families of the stock of Simeon, of which the whole number was twenty-two thousand two hundred.

15 The sons of Gad, by their families, To Zephon, pertained the family of the Zephonites; To Haggi, the family of the Haggites, —To Shuni, the family of the Shunites;

The sons of Gad by their kindreds: Sephon, of hin; Is the family of the Sephonites: Aggi, of him is the family of the Aggites: Suni, of him is the family of the Sunites:

16 To Ozni, the family of the Oznites, —To Eri, the family of the Erites;

Ozni, of him is the family of the Oznites: Her, of him is the family of the Herites:

17 To Arod, the family of the Arodites, —To Arelites, the family of the Arelites:

Arod, of him is the family of the Arodites: Ariel, of him is the family of the Arielites.

18 These, are the families of the sons of Gad, as to them who were numbered of them, —forty thousand and five hundred.

These are the families of Gad, of which the whole number was forty thousand five hundred.

19 The sons of Judah, Er and Onan, —but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

The sons of Juda, Her and Onan, who both died in the land of Chanaan.

20 And so, as to the sons of Judah, by their families, it was found that—To Shelah, pertained the family of the Shelanites, To Perez, the family of the Perezites, —To Zerah, the family of the Zerahites;

And the sons of Juda by their kindreds were: Sela, of whom is the family of the Selaites: Phares, of whom is the family of the Pharesites: Zare, of whom is the family of the Zarites.

21 And, as to the sons of Perez, it was found that—To Hezron, pertained the family of the Hezronites, —To Hamul, the family of the Hamulites:

Moreover the sons of Phares were: Hesron, of whom is the family of the Hesronites: and Hamul, of whom is the family of the Hamulites.

22 These, are the families of Judah, as to them who were numbered of them, —seventy-six thousand, and five hundred,

These are the families of Juda, of which the whole number was seventy-six thousand five hundred.

23 The sons of Issachar, by their families, Unto Tola, pertained the family of the Tolaites, —To Puvah, the family of the Puvites;

The sons of Issachar, by their kindreds: Thola, of whom is the family of the Tholaites: Phua, of whom is the family of the Phuaites:

24 To Jashub, the family of the Jashubites, —To Shimron, the family of the Shimronites:

Jasub, of whom is the family of the Jasubites: Semran, of whom is the family of the Semranites.

25 These, are the families of Issachar. as to them who were numbered of them, —sixty-four thousand, and three hundred.

These are the kindreds of Issachar, whose number was sixty-four thousand three hundred.

26 The sons of Zebulun, by their families, To Sered, pertained the family of the Seredites, To Elon, the family of the Elonites, —To Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites:

The sons of Zabulon by their kindreds: Sared, of whom is the family of the Saredites: Elon, of whom is the family of the Elonites: Jalel, of whom is the family of the Jalelites.

27 These are the families of the Zebulunites as to them who were numbered of them, —sixty thousand, and five hundred.

These are the kindreds of Zabulon, whose number was sixty thousand five hundred.

28 The sons of Joseph by their families, —Manasseh, and Ephraim.

The sons of Joseph by their kindred, Manasses and Ephraim.

29 The sons of Manasseh, To Machir, pertained the family of the Machirites, and, Machir, begat Gilead, —To Gilead, pertained the family of the Gileadites.

Of Manasses was born Machir, of whom is the family of the Machirites. Machir beget Galaad, of whom is the family of the Galaadites.

30 These are the sons of Gilead: Iezer, the family of the Iezerites, —To Helek, the family of the Helekites;

Galaad had sons: Jezer, of whom is the family of the Jezerites: and Helec, of whom is the family of the Helecites:

31 And Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; And, Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;

And Asriel, of whom is the family of the Asrielites: and Sechem, of whom is the family of the Sechemites:

32 And Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; And, Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

And Semida, of whom is the family of the Semidaites: and Hepher, of whom is the family of the Hepherites.

33 Now Zelophehad, son of Hepher, had no sons, but only, daughters, —and, the names of the daughters of Zelophehad, were Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah Milcah, and Tirzah.

And Hepher was the father of Salphaad, who had no sons, but only daughters, whose names are these: Maala, and Noa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and Thersa.

34 These, are the families of Manasseh, —and, they who were numbered of them, —fifty-two thousand, and seven hundred.

These are the families of Manasses, and the number of them fifty-two thousand seven hundred.

35 These are the sons of Ephraim by their families, To Shuthelah, pertained the family of the Shuthelahites, To Becher, the family of the Becherites, —To Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

And the sons of Ephraim by their kindreds were these: Suthala, of whom is the family of the Suthalaites: Becher, of whom is the family of the Becherites: Thehen, of whom is the family of the Thehenites.

36 And, these, are the sons of Shuthelah, To Eran, pertained the family of the Eranites.

Now the son of Suthala was Heran, of whom is the family of the Heranites.

37 These, are the families of the sons of Ephraim, as to them who were numbered of them, —thirty-two thousand, and five hundred, These, are the sons of Joseph by their families.

These are the kindreds of the sons of Ephraim: whose number was thirty-two thousand five hundred.

38 The sons of Benjamin by their families, To Bela, pertained the family of the Belaites, To Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites, —To Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

These are the sons of Joseph by their families. The sons of Benjamin in their kindreds: Bela, of whom is the family of the Belaites: Asbel, of whom is the family of the Asbelites: Ahiram, of whom is the family of the Ahiramites:

39 To Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites, —To Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

Supham, of whom is the family of the Suphamites: Hupham, of whom is the family of the Huphamites.

40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman, —[To Ard, pertained] the family of the Ardites, To Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

The sons of Bela: Hered, and Noeman. Of Hered, is the family of the Heredites: of Noeman, the family of tile Noemanites.

41 These, are the sons of Benjamin by their families, —and they who were numbered of them, —were forty-five thousand and six hundred.

These are the sons of Benjamin by their kindreds, whose number was forty-five thousand six hundred.

42 These, are the sons of Dan, by their families: To Shuham, pertained the family of the Shuhamites, —These, are the families of Dan by their families:

The sons of Dan by their kindreds: Suham, of whom is the family of the Suhamites: These are the kindreds of Dan by their families.

43 All the families of the Shuhamites, as to them who were numbered of them, were, sixty-four thousand, and four hundred.

All were Suhamites, whose number was sixty-four thousand four hundred.

44 The sons of Asher, by their families: To Imnah, pertained the family of the Imnites, To Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites, —To Beriah, the family of the Beriites;

The sons of Aser by their kindreds: Jemna, of whom is the family of the Jemnaites: Jessui, of whom is the family of the Jessuites: Brie, of whom is the family of the Brieites.

45 To the sons of Beriah, To Heber, pertained the family of the Heberites, To Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites;

The sons of Brie: Heber, of whom is the family of the Heberites: and Melchiel, of whom is the family of the Melchielites.

46 And, the name of the daughter of Asher, was Serah.

And the name of the daughter of Aser, was Sara.

47 These, are the families of the sons of Asher as to them who were numbered of them, —fifty-three thousand and four hundred.

These are the kindreds of the sons of Aser, and their number fifty-three thousand four hundred.

48 The sons of Naphtali, by their families, To Jahzeel, pertained the family of the Jahzeelites; To Guni, the family of the Gunites:

The sons of Nephtali by their kindreds: Jesiel, of whom is the family of the Jesielites: Guni, of whom is the family of the Gunites:

49 To Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; To Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

Jeser, of whom is the family of the Jeserites: Sellem, of whom is the family of the Sellemites.

50 These are the families of Naphtali, by their families, —and they who were numbered of them, were forty-five thousand and four hundred.

These are the kindreds of the sons of Nephtali by their families: whose number was forty-five thousand four hundred.

51 These, are they who were numbered of the sons of Israel, six hundred and one thousand, —seven hundred and thirty,

This is the sum of the children of Israel, that were reckoned up, six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.

52 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

53 Unto these, shall be apportioned the land as an inheritance by the number of names.

To these shall the land be divided for their possessions according to the number of names.

54 For the large one, thou shalt make large his inheritance, and for the small one, thou shalt make small his inheritance, —unto each one, in proportion to them who were numbered of him, shall be given his inheritance.

To the greater number thou shalt give a greater portion, and to the fewer a less: to every one, as they have now been reckoned up, shall a possession be delivered:

55 Nevertheless by lot, shall the land be apportioned, —by the names of the tribes of their fathers, shall they inherit.

Yet so that by lot the land be divided to the tribe and families.

56 At the bidding of the lot, shall be apportioned his inheritance, —between large and small.

Whatsoever shall fall by lot, that shall be taken by the more, or the fewer.

57 And these, are they who were numbered of the Levites by their families, To Gershon, pertained the family of the Gershonites, To Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; To Merari, the family of the Merarites.

This also is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gerson, of whom is the family of the Gersonites: Caath, of whom is the family of the Caathites: Merari, of whom is the family of the Merarites.

58 These, are the families of Levi—The family of the Libnites, The family of the Hebronites, The family of the Mahlites, The family of the Mushites, The family of the Korahites, —And, Kohath, begat Amram;

These are the families of Levi: The family of Lobni, the family of Hebroni, the family of Moholi, the family of Musi, the family of Core. Now Caath beget Amram:

59 and the name of the wife of Amram, was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt, —and she bare to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister:

Who had to wife Jochabed the daughter of Levi, who was horn to him in Egypt. She bore to her husband Amram sons, Aaron and Moses, and Mary their sister.

60 And, there were born to Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, —Eleazar and Ithamar;

Of Aaron were born Nadab and Abiu, and Eleazar and Ithamar:

61 But Nadab and Abihu died, —when they brought near strange fire before Yahweh:

Of whom Nadab and Abiu died, when they had offered the strange fire before the Lord.

62 And they who were numbered of them were found to be—twenty-three thousand, all the males from one month old and upwards—for they had not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, because there was given unto them no inheritance, in the midst of the sons of Israel.

And all that were numbered, were twenty-three thousand males from one month old and upward: for they were not reckoned up among the children of Israel, neither was a possession given to them with the rest.

63 These, are they who were numbered by Moses, and Eleazar, the priest, —when they numbered the sons of Israel, in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho.

This is the number of the children of Israel, that were enrolled by Moses and Eleazar the priest, in the plains of Moab upon the Jordan, over against Jericho.

64 And among these, was there not found a man of them who had been numbered by Moses, and Aaron the priest, —when they numbered the sons of Israel in the desert of Sinai.

Among whom there was not one of them that were numbered before by Moses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai.

65 For Yahweh had said of them, They shall surely die, in the desert. And there was not left of them a man, save only, Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun.

For the Lord had foretold that they should die in the wilderness. And none remained of them, but Caleb the son of Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun.