NumbersChapter 26

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¹After the plague was over, the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest. He said, ²"Count the whole community of Israel by their families. Count all those twenty years old or older who can serve in Israel's army." ³So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to the people. They were on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. They said, ⁴"Count the men twenty years old or older, as the LORD commanded Moses." These are the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt: ⁵Reuben was Israel's firstborn son. These were Reuben's descendants: the Hanochite clan from Hanoch and the Palluite clan from Pallu, ⁶the Hezronite clan from Hezron, and the Carmite clan from Carmi. ⁷These were the clans of Reuben. They counted 43,730 men. ⁸Pallu's son was Eliab. ⁹Eliab's sons were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. The people had chosen Dathan and Abiram as leaders. But these two rebelled against Moses and Aaron. They joined Korah's followers when they rebelled against the LORD. ¹⁰Then the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, along with Korah. His followers died when fire burned up 250 men. They became a warning sign. ¹¹But Korah's family line did not die out. ¹²These were Simeon's descendants by their clans: the Nemuelite clan from Nemuel, the Jaminite clan from Jamin, the Jachinite clan from Jachin, ¹³the Zerahite clan from Zerah, and the Shaulite clan from Shaul. ¹⁴These were the clans of Simeon. There were 22,200 men. ¹⁵These were Gad's descendants by their clans: the Zephonite clan from Zephon, the Haggite clan from Haggi, the Shunite clan from Shuni, ¹⁶the Oznite clan from Ozni, the Erite clan from Eri, ¹⁷the Arodite clan from Arod, and the Arelite clan from Areli. ¹⁸These were the clans of Gad. They counted 40,500 men. ¹⁹Judah's sons were Er and Onan. But they died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰These were Judah's descendants by their clans: the Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah. ²¹These were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the Hamulite clan from Hamul. ²²These were the clans of Judah. They counted 76,500 men. ²³These were Issachar's descendants by their clans: the Tolaite clan from Tola, the Punite clan from Puvah, ²⁴the Jashubite clan from Jashub, and the Shimronite clan from Shimron. ²⁵These were the clans of Issachar. They counted 64,300 men. ²⁶These were Zebulun's descendants by their clans: the Seredite clan from Sered, the Elonite clan from Elon, and the Jahleelite clan from Jahleel. ²⁷These were the clans of Zebulun. They counted 60,500 men. ²⁸Joseph's descendants were the clans of Manasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹These were Manasseh's descendants: the Machirite clan from Machir, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead. Machir was Gilead's father. ³⁰These were Gilead's descendants: the Iezerite clan from Iezer, the Helekite clan from Helek, ³¹the Asrielite clan from Asriel, the Shechemite clan from Shechem, ³²the Shemidaite clan from Shemida, and the Hepherite clan from Hepher. ³³Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons. He had only daughters. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ³⁴These were the clans of Manasseh. They counted 52,700 men. ³⁵These were Ephraim's descendants by their clans: the Shuthelahite clan from Shuthelah, the Becherite clan from Becher, and the Tahanite clan from Tahan. ³⁶These were Shuthelah's descendants: the Eranite clan from Eran. ³⁷These were the clans of Ephraim. They counted 32,500 men. These clans were Joseph's descendants. ³⁸These were Benjamin's descendants by their clans: the Belaite clan from Bela, the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel, the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram, ³⁹the Shuphamite clan from Shupham, and the Huphamite clan from Hupham. ⁴⁰Bela's descendants through Ard and Naaman were the Ardite clan from Ard and the Naamite clan from Naaman. ⁴¹These were the clans of Benjamin. They counted 45,600 men. ⁴²These were Dan's descendants by their clans: the Shuhamite clan from Shuham. These were the clans of Dan. ⁴³All of them were Shuhamite clans. They counted 64,400 men. ⁴⁴These were Asher's descendants by their clans: the Imnite clan from Imnah, the Ishvite clan from Ishvi, and the Beriite clan from Beriah. ⁴⁵These were Beriah's descendants: the Heberite clan from Heber and the Malchielite clan from Malchiel. ⁴⁶Asher had a daughter named Serah. ⁴⁷These were the clans of Asher. They counted 53,400 men. ⁴⁸These were Naphtali's descendants by their clans: the Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel, the Gunite clan from Guni, ⁴⁹the Jezerite clan from Jezer, and the Shillemite clan from Shillem. ⁵⁰These were the clans of Naphtali. They counted 45,400 men. ⁵¹All together, the men of Israel numbered 601,730. ⁵²Then the LORD said to Moses, ⁵³"Divide the land among the tribes as their inheritance. Divide it by the number of names counted. ⁵⁴Give a large tribe more land, and give a small tribe less. Each tribe will get land based on the number of people counted in it. ⁵⁵But the land must be divided by casting lots. Each tribe will get its share by the name of its father's tribe. ⁵⁶Each share is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes." ⁵⁷These were the Levites counted by their clans: the Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari. ⁵⁸These were the families of the Levites: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Kohath was the father of Amram. ⁵⁹Amram's wife was named Jochebed. She was also from Levi's family. She was born to Levi in Egypt. She had three children with Amram: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam. ⁶⁰Aaron's sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁶¹But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered fire before the LORD that he had not allowed. ⁶²The Levites counted 23,000 in all. This was every male one month old or older. They were not counted with the other Israelites. That is because they were not given any land as an inheritance among the Israelites. ⁶³These are the people counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest. They counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. ⁶⁴But not one of these people had been counted before by Moses and Aaron the priest. That was when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai. ⁶⁵That was because the LORD had told those people that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one of them was left, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.