Numbers 26

¹ After this plague, Yahweh spoke to Moses and to the priest Eleazar son of Aaron and said:

² 'Take a census of the whole community of Israelites, by families: al those of twenty years and over, fitto bear arms in Israel.'

³ So Moses and the priest Eleazar took a census of them on the Plains of Moab, near the Jordan byJericho. They counted

⁴ (as Yahweh had ordered Moses and the Israelites after leaving Egypt) men of twenty years and over:

⁵ Reuben, the first-born of Israel. The sons of Reuben: for Hanoch, the Hanochite clan; for Pal u, thePal uite clan;

⁶ for Hezron, the Hezronite clan; for Carmi, the Carmite clan.

⁷ These were the Reubenite clans. They numbered forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty men.

⁸ The sons of Pallu: Eliab.

⁹ The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. These two, Dathan and Abiram, men of repute in thecommunity, were the ones who revolted against Moses and Aaron; they belonged to Korah's group when itrevolted against Yahweh.

¹⁰ The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them (with Korah when that group perished), when fireconsumed the two hundred and fifty men. They were a sign.

¹¹ Korah's sons, however, did not perish.

¹² The sons of Simeon by clans: for Nemuel, the Nemuelite clan; for Jamin, the Jaminite clan; forJachin, the Jachinite clan;

¹³ for Zerah, the Zerahite clan; for Shaul, the Shaulite clan.

¹⁴ These were the Simeonite clans. They numbered twenty-two thousand two hundred men.

¹⁵ The sons of Gad by clans: for Zephon, the Zephonite clan; for Haggi, the Haggite clan; for Shuni, theShunite clan;

¹⁶ for Ozni, the Oznite clan; for Eri, the Erite clan;

¹⁷ for Arod, the Arodite clan; for Areli, the Arelite clan.

¹⁸ These were the clans of the sons of Gad. They numbered forty thousand five hundred men.

¹⁹ The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

²⁰ The other sons of Judah became clans: for Shelah, the Shelahite clan; for Perez, the Perezzite clan;for Zerah, the Zerahite clan.

²¹ The sons of Perez were: for Hezron, the Hezronite clan; for Hamul, the Hamulite clan.

²² These were the clans of Judah. They numbered seventy-six thousand five hundred men.

²³ The sons of Issachar by clans: for Tola, the Tolaite clan; for Puvah, the Puvahite clan;

²⁴ for Jashub, the Jashubite clan; for Shimron, the Shimronite clan.

²⁵ These were the clans of Issachar. They numbered sixty-four thousand three hundred men.

²⁶ The sons of Zebulun by clans: for Sered, the Seredite clan; for Elon, the Elonite clan; for Jahleel, theJahleelite clan.

²⁷ These were the clans of Zebulun. They numbered sixty thousand five hundred men.

²⁸ The sons of Joseph by clans: Manasseh and Ephraim.

²⁹ The sons of Manasseh: for Machir, the Machirite clan; Machir fathered Gilead: for Gilead, theGileadite clan.

³⁰ These were the sons of Gilead: for Iezer, the Iezerite clan; for Helek, the Helekite clan;

³¹ Asriel, the Asrielite clan; Shechem, the Shechemite clan;

³² Shemida, the Shemidaite clan; Hepher, the Hepherite clan.

³³ Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, only daughters; the names of Zelophehad's daughterswere Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.

³⁴ These were the clans of Manasseh. They numbered fifty-two thousand seven hundred men.

³⁵ These were the sons of Ephraim by clans: for Shuthelah, the Shuthelahite clan; for Becher, theBecherite clan; for Tahan, the Tahanite clan.

³⁶ These were the sons of Shuthelah: for Eran, the Eranite clan.

³⁷ These were the clans of Ephraim. They numbered thirty-two thousand five hundred men. Thesewere the sons of Joseph by clans.

³⁸ The sons of Benjamin by clans: for Bela, the Belaite clan; for Ashbel, the Ashbelite clan; for Ahiram,the Ahiramite clan;

³⁹ for Shephupham, the Shephuphamite clan; for Hupham, the Huphamite clan.

⁴⁰ Bela's sons were Ard and Naaman; for Ard, the Ardite clan; for Naaman, the Naamanite clan.

⁴¹ These were the sons of Benjamin by clans. They numbered forty-five thousand six hundred men.

⁴² These were the sons of Dan by clans: for Shuham, the Shuhamite clan. These were the sons of Danby clans.

⁴³ All the Shuhamite clans numbered sixty-four thousand four hundred men.

⁴⁴ The sons of Asher by clans: for Imnah, the Imnahite clan; for Ishvi, the Ishvihite clan; for Beriah, theBeriahite clan.

⁴⁵ For the sons of Beriah: for Heber, the Heberite clan; for Malchiel, the Malchielite clan.

⁴⁶ The daughter of Asher was called Serah.

⁴⁷ These were the clans of Asher. They numbered fifty-three thousand four hundred men.

⁴⁸ The sons of Naphtali by clans: for Jahzeel, the Jahzeelite clan; for Guni, the Gunite clan;

⁴⁹ for Jezer, the Jezerite clan; for Shil em, the Shil emite clan.

⁵⁰ These were the clans of Naphtali as divided into clans. The sons of Naphtali numbered forty-fivethousand four hundred men.

⁵¹ Of the Israelites thus numbered, there were six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirtymen.

⁵² Yahweh then spoke to Moses and said,

⁵³ 'The country must be shared out among these as a heritage, proportionately to the number of thoseinscribed.

⁵⁴ To the large in number you wil give a large area of land, to the smal in number a small area; toeach the heritage wil be in proportion to the number registered.

⁵⁵ The sharing out of the country must, however, be done by lot. Each wil receive a heritageproportionate to the number of names in their patriarchal tribes;

⁵⁶ the heritage of each tribe wil be shared out by lot, depending on its larger or smal er numbers.'

⁵⁷ These, by clans, are the Levites that were registered: for Gershon, the Gershonite clan; for Kohath,the Kohathite clan; for Merari, the Merarite clan.

⁵⁸ These are the Levite clans: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan,the Korahite clan. Kohath fathered Amram.

⁵⁹ Amram's wife was cal ed Jokebed daughter of Levi, born to him in Egypt. To Amram she boreAaron, Moses and Miriam their sister.

⁶⁰ Aaron fathered Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

⁶¹ Nadab and Abihu died when they brought unauthorised fire before Yahweh.

⁶² Altogether twenty-three thousand males of one month and over were registered. They were notregistered with the Israelites, since they were given no heritage with the Israelites.

⁶³ Such were the men registered by Moses and the priest Eleazar who took a census of the Israeliteson the Plains of Moab near the Jordan by Jericho.

⁶⁴ Not one of them was among those whom Moses and the priest Aaron had registered when theycounted the Israelites in the desert of Sinai;

⁶⁵ for Yahweh had told them that these were to die in the desert and that none of them would be leftexcept Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.