Numbers 26
1When the plague was over, GOD said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
2“Take a census of the whole Israelite community from the age of twenty years up, by their ancestral houses, all Israelites able to bear arms.”
3So Moses and Eleazar the priest, on the steppes of Moab, at the Jordan near Jericho, gave instructions about them, namely,
4those from twenty years up, as GOD had commanded Moses.The descendants of the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt were:
5Reuben, Israel’s first-born. Descendants of Reuben: [Of] Enoch, the clan of the Enochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites;
6of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites.
7Those are the clans of the Reubenites. The men enrolled came to 43,730.
8Born to Pallu: Eliab.
9The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, and Dathan and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram, chosen in the assembly, who agitated against Moses and Aaron as part of Korah’s band when they agitated against GOD.
10Whereupon the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with Korah—when that band died, when the fire consumed the two hundred and fifty men—and they became an example.
11The sons of Korah, however, did not die.
12Descendants of Simeon by their clans: Of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites;
13of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Saul, the clan of the Saulites.
14Those are the clans of the Simeonites; [men enrolled:] 22,200.
15Descendants of Gad by their clans: Of Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; of Shuni, the clan of the Shunites;
16of Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; of Eri, the clan of the Erites;
17of Arod, the clan of the Arodites; of Areli, the clan of the Arelites.
18Those are the clans of Gad’s descendants; men enrolled: 40,500.
19Born to Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
20Descendants of Judah by their clans: Of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites.
21Descendants of Perez: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites.
22Those are the clans of Judah; men enrolled: 76,500.
23Descendants of Issachar by their clans: [Of] Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites;
24of Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites.
25Those are the clans of Issachar; men enrolled: 64,300.
26Descendants of Zebulun by their clans: Of Sered, the clan of the Seredites; of Elon, the clan of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites.
27Those are the clans of the Zebulunites; men enrolled: 60,500.
28The sons of Joseph were Manasseh and Ephraim—by their clans.
29Descendants of Manasseh: Of Machir, the clan of the Machirites.—Machir begot Gilead.—Of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites.
30These were the descendants of Gilead: [Of] Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; of Helek, the clan of the Helekites;
31[of] Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; [of] Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites;
32[of] Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; [of] Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites.—
33Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, only daughters. The names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.—
34Those are the clans of Manasseh; men enrolled: 52,700.
35These are the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: Of Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the clan of the Becherites; of Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites.
36These are the descendants of Shuthelah: Of Eran, the clan of the Eranites.
37Those are the clans of Ephraim’s descendants; men enrolled: 32,500.Those are the descendants of Joseph by their clans.
38The descendants of Benjamin by their clans: Of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites;
39of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites.
40The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: [Of Ard,] the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamanites.
41Those are the descendants of Benjamin by their clans; men enrolled: 45,600.
42These are the descendants of Dan by their clans: Of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. Those are the clans of Dan, by their clans.
43All the clans of the Shuhamites; men enrolled: 64,400.
44Descendants of Asher by their clans: Of Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriites.
45Of the descendants of Beriah: Of Heber, the clan of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites.—
46The name of Asher’s daughter was Serah.—
47These are the clans of Asher’s descendants; men enrolled: 53,400.
48Descendants of Naphtali by their clans: Of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites;
49of Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites.
50Those are the clans of the Naphtalites, clan by clan; men enrolled: 45,400.
51This is the enrollment of the Israelites: 601,730.
52GOD spoke to Moses, saying,
53“Among these shall the land be apportioned as shares, according to the listed names:
54with larger groups increase the share, with smaller groups reduce the share. Each is to be assigned its share according to its enrollment.
55The land, moreover, is to be apportioned by lot; and the allotment shall be made according to the listings of their ancestral tribes.
56Each portion shall be assigned by lot, whether for larger or smaller groups.”
57This is the enrollment of the Levites by their clans: Of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites.
58These are the clans of Levi: The clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites.—Kohath begot Amram.
59The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.
60To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
61Nadab and Abihu died when they offered alien fire before GOD.—
62Their enrollment of 23,000 comprised all males from a month up. They were not part of the regular enrollment of the Israelites, since no share was assigned to them among the Israelites.
63These are the ones enrolled by Moses and Eleazar the priest who registered the Israelites on the steppes of Moab, at the Jordan near Jericho.
64Among these there was not one of those enrolled by Moses and Aaron the priest when they recorded the Israelites in the wilderness of Sinai.
65For GOD had said of them, “They shall die in the wilderness.” Not one of them survived, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.