Numbers 26

¹After the blood of the guilty was shed, the Lord said to Moses, and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest

²“Number the entire sum of the sons of Israel, from twenty years and above, by their houses and kinships, all who are able to go forth to war.

³And so, Moses and Eleazar the priest, who were in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho, spoke to those who wer

⁴from twenty years and above, just as the Lord had commanded. And this is their number

⁵Ruben, the firstborn of Israel; his son, Hanoch, from whom is the family of the Hanochites; and Pallu, from whom is the family of the Palluites

⁶and Hezron, from whom is the family of the Hezronites; and Carmi, from whom is the family of the Carmites

⁷These are the families of the stock of Ruben, whose number was found to be forty-three thousand and seven hundred thirty

⁸The son of Phallu: Eliab

⁹his sons, Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are Dathan and Abiram, the leaders of the people, who rose up against Moses and Aaron in the sedition at Korah, when they rebelled against the Lord

¹⁰And the earth, opening its mouth, devoured Korah, with many others dying, when the fire burned two hundred fifty men. And a great miracle was wrought

¹¹so that, when Korah perished, his sons did not perish

¹²The sons of Simeon, by their kinships: Nemuel, from him is the family of the Nemuelites; Jamin, from him is the family of the Jaminites; Jachin, from him is the family of the Jachinites

¹³Sohar, from him is the family of the Soharites; Shaul, from him is the family of the Shaulites

¹⁴These are the families of the stock of Simeon, whose entire number was twenty-two thousand two hundred

¹⁵The sons of Gad, by their kinships: Zephon, from him is the family of the Zephonites; Haggi, from him is the family of the Haggites; Shuni, from him is the family of the Shunites

¹⁶Ozni, from him is the family of the Oznites; Eri, from him is the family of the Erites

¹⁷Arod, from him is the family of the Arodites; Areli, from him is the family of the Arelites

¹⁸These are the families of Gad, whose entire number was forty thousand five hundred

¹⁹The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, who both died in the land of Canaan

²⁰And these were the sons of Judah, by their kinships: Shelah, from whom is the family of the Shelahites; Perez, from whom is the family of the Perezites; Zerah, from whom is the family of the Zerahites

²¹Moreover, the sons of Phares were: Hezron, from whom is the family of the Hezronites; and Hamul, from whom is the family of the Hamulites

²²These are the families of Judah, whose entire number was seventy-six thousand five hundred

²³The sons of Issachar, by their kinships: Tola from whom is the family of the Tolaites; Puvah, from whom is the family of the Puvahites

²⁴Jashub, from whom is the family of the Jashubites; Shimron, from whom is the family of the Shimronites

²⁵These are the kinships of Issachar, whose number was sixty-four thousand three hundred

²⁶The sons of Zebulon by their kinships: Sered, from whom is the family of the Seredites; Elon, from whom is the family of the Elonites; Jahleel, from whom is the family of the Jahleelites

²⁷These are the kinships of Zebulun, whose number was sixty thousand five hundred

²⁸The sons of Joseph by their kinships: Manasseh and Ephraim

²⁹From Manasseh was born Machir, from whom is the family of the Machirites. Machir conceived Gilead, from whom is the family of the Gileadites

³⁰Gilead had sons: Jezer, from whom is the family of the Jezerites; and Helek, from whom is the family of the Helekites

³¹and Asriel, from whom is the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, from whom is the family of the Shechemites

³²and Shemida, from whom is the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, from whom is the family of the Hepherites

³³Now Hepher was the father of Zelophehad, who had no sons, but only daughters, whose names are these: Mahlah, and Noa, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah

³⁴These are the families of Manasseh, and their number was fifty-two thousand seven hundred

³⁵Now the sons of Ephraim by their kinships were these: Shuthelah, from whom is the family of the Shuthelahites; Becher, from whom is the family of the Becherites; Tahan, from whom is the family of the Tahanites

³⁶Furthermore, the son of Shuthelah was Eran, from whom is the family of the Eranites

³⁷These are the kinships of the sons of Ephraim, whose number was thirty-two thousand five hundred

³⁸These are the sons of Joseph by their families: the sons of Benjamin in their kinships: Bela, from whom is the family of the Belaites; Ashbel, from whom is the family of the Ashbelites; Ahiram, from whom is the family of the Ahiramites

³⁹Shupham, from whom is the family of the Shuphamites; Hupham, from whom is the family of the Huphamites

⁴⁰The sons of Bela: Arad and Naaman. From Arad, the family of the Aradites; from Naaman, the family of the Naamanites

⁴¹These are the sons of Benjamin by their kinships, whose number was forty-five thousand six hundred

⁴²The sons of Dan by their kinships: Shuham, from whom is the family of the Shuhamites. These are the kinships of Dan by their families

⁴³All these were Shuhamites, whose number was sixty-four thousand four hundred

⁴⁴The sons of Asher by their kinships: Imnah, from whom is the family of the Imnahites; Ishvi, from whom is the family of the Ishvites; Beriah, from whom is the family of the Beriahites

⁴⁵The sons of Beriah: Heber, from whom is the family of the Heberites; and Malchiel, from whom is the family of the Malchielites

⁴⁶Now the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah

⁴⁷These are the kinships of the sons of Asher, and their number was fifty-three thousand four hundred

⁴⁸The sons of Naphtali by their kinships: Jahzeel, from whom is the family of the Jahzeelites; Guni, from whom is the family of the Gunites

⁴⁹Jezer, from whom is the family of the Jezerites; Shillem, from whom is the family of the Shillemites

⁵⁰These are the kinships of the sons of Naphtali by their families, whose number was forty-five thousand four hundred

⁵¹This is the sum of the sons of Israel, who were counted: six hundred thousand and one thousand seven hundred thirty

⁵²And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying

⁵³“The land shall be divided to these, as their possessions, according to the number of their names

⁵⁴To the greater number you shall give a greater portion, and to the lesser number, a lesser portion. To each one, just as they have now been counted, a possession shall be delivered

⁵⁵Yet only in so far as the land is divided by lot to a tribe and to families

⁵⁶Whatever the lot will happen to be, it shall be accepted, either by the greater, or by the lesser

⁵⁷Likewise, this is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gershon, from whom is the family of the Gershonites; Kohath, from whom is the family of the Kohathites; Merari, from whom is the family of the Merarites

⁵⁸These are the families of Levi: The family of Libni, the family of Hebroni, the family of Mahli, the family of Mushi, the family of Korah. Yet truly, Kohath conceived Amram

⁵⁹who had a wife, Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to him in Egypt. She bore, to her husband Amram: sons, Aaron and Moses, as well as their sister, Miriam

⁶⁰From Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, and Eleazar and Ithamar

⁶¹Of these, Nadab and Abihu died, when they had offered strange fire before the Lord

⁶²And these were all who were numbered: twenty-three thousand of the male gender, from one month and above. For they were not counted among the sons of Israel, neither was a possession given to them with the others

⁶³This is the number of the sons of Israel, who were enrolled by Moses and by Eleazar the priest, in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho

⁶⁴Among these, not one of them was numbered before, by Moses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai

⁶⁵For the Lord had foretold that all would die in the wilderness. And not one of them remained, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun