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Numbers • Chapter 26

1 And the LORD said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying. 2 "Take a census of the entire congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their paternal houses, all who go out to the army in Israel." 3 And Moses spoke to Eleazar the priest concerning them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying. 4 From twenty years old and upward, as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel who come out of the land of Egypt. 5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: the descendants of Reuben, Hanokh, the family of the Hanochites; Pallu, the family of the Palluites. 6 To the family of Hezron, the Hezronites; to the family of Carmi, the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites, and their counted men were three and forty thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu were Eliab. 9 And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram; Dathan and Abiram are the ones called by the congregation who rose up against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah when they contended against the LORD. 10 And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign. 11 And the sons of Korah did not die. 12 The sons of Simeon by their families: Nemuel the family of the Nemuelites, Jamin the family of the Jaminites, and Jachin the family of the Jachinites. 13 To the Zerahite family of Zerah, to the family of Shaul the Shaulite. 14 These are the families of the Shimonite: two and twenty thousand and two hundred. 15 The descendants of Gad, according to their families, were the family of Zephon, the family of Haggi, the family of Shuni. 16 To my ears, the family of the ears; to my city, the family of the city. 17 To the family of Arod, that is the family of the Arodite; to the family of Ariel, that is the family of the Arielite. 18 These are the families of the sons of Gad, who were numbered at forty thousand and five hundred. 19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the sons of Judah were to their families: to Shelah, the family of the Shelanite; to Perez, the family of the Perizzite; to Zerah, the family of the Zaraite. 21 And the sons of Perez were Hezron, the family of the Hezronites, according to the clan of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Judah, according to their numbers: six and seventy thousand and five hundred. 23 The sons of Issachar, according to their families: the family of the Tolaite, and the family of the Punites. 24 To the family of the Yashuvi shall return, to the family of the Shimroni. 25 These are the families of Issachar, registered for warfare, four and sixty thousand and three hundred. 26 The sons of Zebulun, according to their families: for Sered, the family of the Sardites; for Elon, the family of the Elonites; for Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites, according to their numbered men, sixty thousand and five hundred. 28 The children of Joseph, of the families of Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 The sons of Manasseh, from Machir, the family of Machir, and Machir fathered Gilead. To Gilead belonged the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: Jezer, the family of the Jezerites, for the part of the family of the Helekites. 31 And the family of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites, and the family of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites. 32 And the family of Shemida and the family of Hefer 33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Manasseh and their numbered men, two and fifty thousand and seven hundred. 35 These are the sons of Ephraim, according to their families: Shutelach, the family of the Shutelachites; Becher, the family of the Becherites; and Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36 And these are the sons of Shuthalach, to Eran, the family of the Erani. 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim, according to their heads: two and thirty thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph, according to their families. 38 The sons of Benjamin, by their families: Belo of the family of the Belaites, Ashbel of the family of the Ashbelites, Ahirom of the family of the Ahiromites. 39 For the Shupham family, the family of the Shuphamites, to the Hupham family, the family of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman, the family of the Ardites; and Naaman, the family of the Naamani. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin by their families, and their numbered men were forty-five thousand and six hundred. 42 These are the sons of Dan, according to their families: Shuham, the family of the Shuhamite. These are the families of Dan, according to their families. 43 All the families of the Shuchami, their numbered ones, were four and sixty thousand and four hundred. 44 The sons of Asher, by their families: to Jimnah, the family of the Jimnah; to Ishi, the family of the Ishi; to Beriah, the family of the Beriah. 45 To the sons of Beriah, for the family of the Hebrites, to Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serach. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher, according to their numbered men: three and fifty thousand and four hundred. 48 The sons of Naphtali, according to their families: to Jaziel, the family of the Jazielites; to Guni, the family of the Gunites. 49 To the family of the Yitzri to pay the family of the Shilemi. 50 These are the families of Naphtali, according to their families, and their numbered men were forty-five thousand and four hundred. 51 These are the counts of the sons of Israel: six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 53 To these shall the land be divided as a heritage according to the number of names. 54 To the many, you will increase his inheritance, and to the few, you will diminish his inheritance; each will be given his inheritance according to his count. 55 But by lot, the land shall be divided according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot, the inheritance will be divided between the many and the few. 57 And these are the counts of the Levites, by their families: to Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; to Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; to Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of Levi: the family of Libni, the family of Hebron, the family of Mahlhi, the family of Mushi, the family of Korah, and Kohath fathered Amram. 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister. 60 And Aaron was born Nadab and Abihu, and Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the Lord. 62 And the number of them was thirty and two thousand, all males from a month old and upward, because they were not counted among the sons of Israel, for they were not given an inheritance among the sons of Israel. 63 These are the counts of Moses and Eleazar the priest who counted the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho. 64 And among these there was no man from the numbering of Moses and Aaron the priest who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the LORD said to them, "They shall die in the wilderness, and not a man of them shall remain, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun."