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:

Aftir that the blood of gilti men was sched out, the Lord seide to Moises and to Eleasar,

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.

preest, sone of Aaron, Noumbre ye al the summe of the sones of Israel, fro twenti yeer and aboue, bi her housis, and kynredis, alle men that mowen go forth to batels.

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

And so Moises and Eleasar, preest, spaken in the feeldi places of Moab, ouer Jordan, ayens Jerico, to hem that weren of twenti yeer and aboue,

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.

as the Lord comaundide; of whiche this is the noumbre.

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 firste gendrid of Israel; the sone of hym was Enoch, of whom was the meynee of Enochitis; and Phallu, of whom the meynee of Phalluytis; and Esrom,

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

of whom the meynee of Esromytis; and Charmy, of whom the meynee of Charmytis.

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.

Thes weren the meynees of the generacioun of Ruben, of whiche meynees the noumbre was foundun thre and fourti thousand seuene hundrid and thretti.

8 Now, the sons of Pallu, were Eliab;

The sone of Phallu was Heliab;

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;

the sones of hym weren Namuel, and Dathan and Abiron. `These weren Dathan and Abiron, prynces of the puple, that riseden ayens Moises and Aaron, in the rebelte of Chore, whanne thei rebelliden ayens 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 erthe openyde his mouth, and deuouride Chore, while ful many men dieden, whanne the fier brente two hundrid men and fifti; and a greet myracle was maad,

11 But, the sons of Korah, died not.

that whanne Chore perischide, hise sones perischiden not.

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 sones of Symeon bi her kynredis; Namuel, of hym was the meynee of Namuelitis; Jamyn, of hym was the meynee of Jamynytis; Jachin, of hym was the meynee of Jachynytis;

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

Zare, of hym the meynee of Zarenytis; Saul, of hym the meynee of Saulitis.

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

These weren the meynees of Symeon, of whiche all the noumbre was two and twenti thousynde and two hundrid.

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 sones of Gad bi her kynredis; Sephon, of hym the meynee of Sephonytis; Aggi, of hym the meynee of Aggitis; Sumy, of hym the meynee of Sumytis;

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

Ozny, of hym the meynee of Oznytis; Heri, of hym the meynee of Hereytis;

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

Arod, of hym the meynee of Aroditis; Ariel, of hym the meynee of Arielitis.

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

These weren the meynees of Gad, of whiche al the noumbre was fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.

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

The sones of Juda weren Her and Onan, whiche bothe weren deed in the lond of Canaan.

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 sones of Juda weren bi her kynredis; Sela, of whom the meynee of Selaitis; Phares, of whom the meynee of Pharesitis; Zare, of whom the meynee of Zareitis.

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:

Sotheli the sones of Phares weren Esrom, of whom the meynee of Esromytis; and Amul, of whom the meynee of Amulitis.

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

These weren the meynees of Juda, of whiche al the noumbre was seuenty thousynde and fyue hundrid.

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

The sones of Isachar bi her kynredis; Thola, of whom the meynee of Tholaitis; Phua, of whom the meynee of Phuitis;

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

Jasub, of whom the meynee of Jasubitis; Semran, of whom the meynee of Semranytis.

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

These weren the kynredis of Isachar, of whiche the noumbre was foure and sixti thousynd and three hundrid.

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 sones of Zabulon bi her kinredis; Sarad, of whom the meynee of Sareditis; Helon, of whom the meynee of Helonytis; Jalel, of whom the meynee of Jalelitis.

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

These weren the kynredis of Zabulon, of whiche the noumbre was sixti thousynde and fyue hundrid.

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

The sones of Joseph bi her kynredis weren Manasses and Effraym.

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 borun Machir, of whom the meynee of Machiritis. Machir gendride Galaad, of whom the meynee of Galaditis.

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

Galaad hadde sones; Hizezer, of whom the meynee of Hizezeritis; and Helech, of whom the meynee of Helechitis;

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

and Ariel, of whom the meynee of Arielitis; and Sechem, of whom the meynee of Sechemytis;

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

and Semyda, of whom the meynee of Semydaitis; and Epher, of whom the meynee of Epheritis.

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.

Forsothe Epher was the fadir of Salphath, that hadde not sones, but oneli douytris; of whiche these weren the names; Maala, and Noha, and Egla, 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 weren the meynees of Manasse, and the noumbre of hem was two and fifty thousynde and seuene hundrid.

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.

Forsothe the sones of Effraym bi her kynredis weren these; Suthala, of whom the meynee of Suthalaitis; Bether, of whom the meynee of Betherytis; Tehen, of whom the meynee of Thehenytis.

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

Forsothe the sone of Suthala was Heram, of whom the meynee of Heramytis.

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 weren the kynredis `of the sones of Effraym, of whiche the noumbre was two and thretti thousynde and fyue hundrid.

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 weren the sones of Joseph, bi her meynees. The sones of Beniamyn in her kynredis; Bale, of whom the meynee of Baleytis; Azbel, of whom the meynee of Azbelitis; Ahiram, of whom the meynee of Ahiramitis;

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

Suphan, of whom the meynee of Suphanitis; Huphan, of whom the meynee of Huphanitis.

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 sones of Bale, Hered and Noeman; of Hered, the meyne of Hereditis; of Noeman, the meynee of Noemanitis.

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

Thes weren the sones of Beniamyn bi her kynredis, of whiche the noumbre was fyue and fourti thousynde and sixe hundrid.

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 sones of Dan bi her kynredis; Suphan, of whom the meynee of Suphanytis. These weren the kynredis of Dan bi her meynees;

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

alle weren Suphanytis, of whiche the noumbre was foure and sixti thousynde and foure hundrid.

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 sones of Aser bi her kynredis; Jemma, of whom the meynee of Jemmaytis; Jesuy, of whom the meynee of Jesuytis; Brie, of whom the meynee of Brieitis.

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

The sones of Brie; Haber, of whom the meynee of Haberitis; and Melchiel, of whom the meynee of Melchielitis.

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

Sotheli the name of `the douytir of Azer was Zara.

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 weren the kynredis of the sones of Aser, and the noumbre of hem was foure and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid.

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

The sones of Neptalym bi her kynredis; Jesehel, of whom the meynee of Jeselitis; Guny, of whom the meynee of Gunytis;

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

Jeser, of whom the meynee of Jeserytis; Sellem, of whom the meynee of Sellemytis.

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

Thes weren the kynredis of the sones of Neptalym bi her meynees, of whiche the noumbre was fyue and fourti thousynde and foure hundrid.

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

This is the summe of the sones of Israel, that weren noumbrid, sixe hundrid thousynde and a thousynde seuene hundrid and thretti.

52 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide,

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

The lond schal be departid to these, bi the noumbre of names in to her possessiouns;

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.

thou schalt yyue the grettere part to mo men, and the lesse part to fewere men; possessioun schal be youun to alle bi hem silf, as thei ben noumbrid now;

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

so oneli that lot departe the lond to lynagis and meynees.

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

What euer thing bifallith bi lot, ethir mo ether fewere men take this.

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.

Also this is the noumbre of the sones of Leuy bi her meynees; Gerson, of whom the meynee of Gersonytis; Caath, of whom the meynee of Caathitis; Merary, of whom the meynee of Meraritis.

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 weren the meynees of Leuy; the meynee of Lobny, the meynee of Ebron, the meynee of Mooli, the meynee of Musi, the meynee of Chori. And sotheli Caath gendride 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:

which hadde a wijf, Jocabeth, douyter of Leuy, which douyter was borun to hym in Egipt. This Jocabeth gendride to hir hosebonde `Amram sones, Aaron, and Moyses, and Marie, `the sister of hem.

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

Nadab, and Abyu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar weren bigetun of Aaron;

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

of whiche Nadab and Abyu weren deed, whanne thei hadden offrid alien fier bifor 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 alle that weren noumbrid weren thre and twenti thousynde of male kynde, fro o monethe and aboue, whiche weren not noumbrid among the sones of Israel, nether possessioun was youun to hem with othir men.

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 noumbre of the sones of Israel, that weren discryued of Moises and Eleasar, preest, in the feeldi places of Moab, ouer Jordan, ayen Jerico;

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 whiche noon of hem was that weren noumbrid bifor of Moises and Aaron, in the deseert of Synay;

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 bifore seide, that alle schulden die in `the wildirnesse; and noon of hem dwellide, no but Caleph, `the sone of Jephone, and Josue, the sone of Nun.