Numbers 26

¹After the plague , the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron , the priest ,

²Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel , from twenty years old and upward , by their fathers ’ houses , all in Israel who are able to go to war .

³And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho , saying ,

⁴Take a census of the people, from twenty years old and upward , as the Lord commanded Moses . The people of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were:

⁵Reuben , the firstborn of Israel ; the sons of Reuben : of Hanoch , the clan of the Hanochites ; of Pallu , the clan of the Palluites ;

⁶of Hezron , the clan of the Hezronites ; of Carmi , the clan of the Carmites .

⁷These are the clans of the Reubenites , and those listed were 43,730 .

⁸And the sons of Pallu : Eliab .

⁹The sons of Eliab : Nemuel , Dathan , and Abiram . These are the Dathan and Abiram , chosen from the congregation , who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah , when they contended against the Lord

¹⁰and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah , when that company died , when the fire devoured 250 men , and they became a warning .

¹¹But the sons of Korah did not die .

¹²The sons of Simeon according to 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 Shaul , the clan of the Shaulites .

¹⁴These are the clans of the Simeonites , 22,200 .

¹⁵The sons of Gad according to 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 .

¹⁸These are the clans of the sons of Gad as they were listed , 40,500 .

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

²⁰And the sons of Judah according to their clans were: of Shelah , the clan of the Shelanites ; of Perez , the clan of the Perezites ; of Zerah , the clan of the Zerahites .

²¹And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron , the clan of the Hezronites ; of Hamul , the clan of the Hamulites .

²²These are the clans of Judah as they were listed , 76,500 .

²³The sons of Issachar according to 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 .

²⁵These are the clans of Issachar as they were listed , 64,300 .

²⁶The sons of Zebulun , according to their clans : of Sered , the clan of the Seredites ; of Elon , the clan of the Elonites ; of Jahleel , the clan of the Jahleelites .

²⁷These are the clans of the Zebulunites as they were listed , 60,500 .

²⁸The sons of Joseph according to their clans : Manasseh and Ephraim .

²⁹The sons of Manasseh : of Machir , the clan of the Machirites ; and Machir was the father of Gilead ; of Gilead , the clan of the Gileadites .

³⁰These are the sons of Gilead : of Iezer , the clan of the Iezerites ; of Helek , the clan of the Helekites ;

³¹and of Asriel , the clan of the Asrielites ; and of Shechem , the clan of the Shechemites ;

³²and of Shemida , the clan of the Shemidaites ; and of Hepher , the clan of the Hepherites .

³³Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons , but daughters . And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah , Noah , Hoglah , Milcah , and Tirzah .

³⁴These are the clans of Manasseh , and those listed were 52,700 .

³⁵These are the sons of Ephraim according to their clans : of Shuthelah , the clan of the Shuthelahites ; of Becher , the clan of the Becherites ; of Tahan , the clan of the Tahanites .

³⁶And these are the sons of Shuthelah : of Eran , the clan of the Eranites .

³⁷These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were listed , 32,500 . These are the sons of Joseph according to their clans .

³⁸The sons of Benjamin according to 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 .

⁴⁰And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman : of Ard, the clan of the Ardites ; of Naaman , the clan of the Naamites .

⁴¹These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans , and those listed were 45,600 .

⁴²These are the sons of Dan according to their clans : of Shuham , the clan of the Shuhamites . These are the clans of Dan according to their clans .

⁴³All the clans of the Shuhamites , as they were listed , were 64,400 .

⁴⁴The sons of Asher according to 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 sons of Beriah : of Heber , the clan of the Heberites ; of Malchiel , the clan of the Malchielites .

⁴⁶And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah .

⁴⁷These are the clans of the sons of Asher as they were listed , 53,400 .

⁴⁸The sons of Naphtali according to 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 .

⁵⁰These are the clans of Naphtali according to their clans , and those listed were 45,400 .

⁵¹This was the list of the people of Israel , 601,730 .

⁵²The Lord spoke to Moses , saying ,

⁵³Among these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names .

⁵⁴To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance , and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance ; every tribe shall be given its inheritance in proportion to its list .

⁵⁵But the land shall be divided by lot . According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit .

⁵⁶Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller .

⁵⁷This was the list of the Levites according to 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 . And Kohath was the father of Amram .

⁵⁹The 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 .

⁶⁰And to Aaron were born Nadab , Abihu , Eleazar , and Ithamar .

⁶¹But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord.

⁶²And those listed were 23,000 , every male from a month old and upward . For they were not listed among the people of Israel , because there was no inheritance given to them among the people of Israel .

⁶³These were those listed by Moses and Eleazar the priest , who listed the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho .

⁶⁴But among these there was not one of those listed by Moses and Aaron the priest , who had listed the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai .

⁶⁵For the Lord had said of them, They shall die in the wilderness . Not one of them was left , except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun .