Numbers 26

1 It came about after the plague that Yahweh spoke to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest. He said,

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

2 “Count all the community of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and up, by their ancestor's families, all who are able to go to war for 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 Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho and said,

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

4 “Count the people, from twenty years old and up, as Yahweh commanded Moses and the people of Israel, who came 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 was the firstborn of Israel. From his son Hanok came the clan of the Hanokites. From Pallu came the clan 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 From Hezron came the clan of the Hezronites. From Karmi came the clan of the Karmites.

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

7 These were the clans of Reuben, who numbered 43,730 men.

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

8 Eliab was a son of Pallu.

The son of Phallu was Eliab.

9 Eliab's sons were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These were the same Dathan and Abiram who followed Korah when they challenged Moses and Aaron and rebelled 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 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when all his followers died. At that time, fire devoured 250 men, who became a warning sign.

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 Korah's line did not die out.

That when Core perished, his sons did not perish.

12 The clans of Simeon's descendants were these: Through Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites, through Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites, through Jakin, the clan of the Jakinites,

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 through Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites, through Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites.

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

14 These were the clans of Simeon's descendants, who numbered 22,200 men.

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

15 The clans of Gad's descendants were these: Through Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites, through Haggi, the clan of the Haggites, through Shuni, the clan 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 through Ozni, the clan of the Oznites, through Eri, the clan of the Erites,

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

17 through Arod, the clan of the Arodites, through Areli, the clan of the Arelites.

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

18 These were the clans of Gad's descendants, who numbered 40,500 men.

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

19 Judah's sons were Er and Onan, but these men died in the land of Canaan.

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

20 The clans of Judah's other descendants were these: through Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites, through Perez, the clan of the Perezites, and through Zerah, the clan 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 The descendants of Perez were these: Through Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites, through Hamul, the clan 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 were the clans of Judah's descendants, who numbered 76,500 men.

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

23 The clans of Issachar's descendants were these: Through Tola, the clan of the Tolaites, through Puah, the clan of the Puites,

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 through Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites, through Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites.

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

25 These were the clans of Issachar, who numbered 64,300 men.

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

26 The clans of Zebulun's descendants were these: Through Sered, the clan of the Seredites, through Elon, the clan of the Elonites, through Jahleel, the clan 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 were the clans of the Zebulunites, who numbered 60,500 men.

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

28 The clans of Joseph's descendants were Manasseh and Ephraim.

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

29 The descendants of Manasseh were these: through Makir, the clan of the Makirites (Makir was Gilead's father), through Gilead, the clan 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 Gilead's descendants were these: Through Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites, through Helek, the clan 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 through Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites, through Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites,

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

32 through Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites, through Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites.

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

33 Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, 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 were the clans of Manasseh, who numbered 52,700 men.

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

35 The clans of Ephraim's descendants were these: Through Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites, through Beker, the clan of the Bekerites, through Tahan, the clan 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 The descendants of Shuthelah were, by Eran, the clan of the Eranites.

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

37 These were the clans of Ephraim's descendants, who numbered 32,500 men. These were Joseph's descendants, counted in each of their clans.

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

38 The clans of Benjamin's descendants were these: Through Bela, the clan of the Belaites, through Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites, through Ahiram, the clan 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 through Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites, through Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites.

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

40 Bela's sons were Ard and Naaman. From Ard came the clan of the Ardites, and from Naaman came the clan 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 were the clans of Benjamin's descendants. They numbered 45,600 men.

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

42 The clans of Dan's descendants were, by Shuham, the clans of the Shuhamites. These were the clans of Dan's descendants.

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 clans of the Shuhamites numbered 64,400 men.

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

44 The clans of Asher's descendants were these: Through Imnah, the clan of the Imnites, through Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites, through Beriah, the clan 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 The descendants of Beriah were these: Through Heber, the clan of the Heberites, through Malkiel, the clan of the Malkielites.

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

46 The name of Asher's daughter was Serah.

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

47 These were the clans of Asher's descendants, who numbered 53,400 men.

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

48 The clans of Naphtali's descendants were these: Through Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites, through Guni, the clan 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 through Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites, through Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites.

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

50 These were the clans of Naphtali's descendants, who numbered 45,400 men.

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

51 This was the complete count of men among the people of Israel: 601,730.

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

52 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

53 “The land must be divided among these men as an inheritance according to the number of their names.

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

54 To the larger clans you must give more inheritance, and to the smaller clans you must give less inheritance. To every family you must give an inheritance according to the number of men who were counted.

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 However, the land must be divided by random lots. They must inherit the land as it will be divided among their ancestors' tribes.

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

56 Their inheritance must be divided among the larger and the smaller clans, distributed to them by random lot.”

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

57 The Levite clans, counted clan by clan, were these: Through Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites, through Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites, through Merari, the clan 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 The clans of Levi were these: 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 was the Amram's ancestor.

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 The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born to Levites in Egypt. She bore to Amram their children, who were Aaron, 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 To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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

61 Nadab and Abihu died when they offered before Yahweh unacceptable fire.

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

62 The males who were counted among them numbered twenty-three thousand, all males one month old and up. But they were not counted among Israel's descendants because no inheritance was given to them among the people 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 the ones who were counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest. They counted the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at 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 But among these there was no man who had been counted by Moses and Aaron the priest when the descendants of Israel were counted in the wilderness 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 that all of those people would certainly die in the wilderness. There was not a man left among them, except 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.