Numbers 26:1

Now after the disease was over, the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,

Numbers 26:2

Let all the children of Israel be numbered, by the names of their fathers' families, all those of twenty years old and over who are able to go to war in Israel.

Numbers 26:3

So Moses and Eleazar the priest gave them the order in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho, saying,

Numbers 26:4

Let all the people of twenty years old and over be numbered, as the Lord has given orders to Moses and the children of Israel who have come out of Egypt.

Numbers 26:5

Reuben, the first son of Israel: the sons of Reuben by their families: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:

Numbers 26:6

Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

Numbers 26:7

These are the families of the Reubenites: their number was forty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty.



Numbers 26:8

And the sons of Pallu, Eliab

Numbers 26:9

And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram who had a place in the meeting of the people, who together with Korah made an outcry against Moses and Aaron and against the Lord:

Numbers 26:10

And they went down into the open mouth of the earth, together with Korah, when death overtook him and all his band; at the time when two hundred and fifty men were burned in the fire, and they became a sign.

Numbers 26:11

But death did not overtake the sons of Korah.

Numbers 26:12

The sons of Simeon by their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:

Numbers 26:13

Of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

Numbers 26:14

These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand, two hundred.



Numbers 26:15

The sons of Gad by their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:

Numbers 26:16

Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:

Numbers 26:17

Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.

Numbers 26:18

These are the families of the sons of Gad as they were numbered, forty thousand, five hundred.

Numbers 26:19

The sons of Judah, Er and Onan: and Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan.

Numbers 26:20

And the sons of Judah by their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelahites: of Perez, the family of the Perezites: of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

Numbers 26:21

And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.



Numbers 26:22

These are the families of Judah as they were numbered, seventy-six thousand, five hundred.

Numbers 26:23

The sons of Issachar by their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Puvah, the family of the Punites:

Numbers 26:24

Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

Numbers 26:25

These are the families of Issachar, as they were numbered, sixty-four thousand, three hundred.

Numbers 26:26

The sons of Zebulun by their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

Numbers 26:27

These are the families of the Zebulunites as they were numbered, sixty thousand, five hundred.

Numbers 26:28

The sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.



Numbers 26:29

The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir was the father of Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

Numbers 26:30

These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:

Numbers 26:31

And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:

Numbers 26:32

And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

Numbers 26:33

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

Numbers 26:34

These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand, seven hundred.

Numbers 26:35

These are the sons of Ephraim by their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites: of Becher, the family of the Becherites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.



Numbers 26:36

And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites:

Numbers 26:37

These are the families of Ephraim as they were numbered, thirty-two thousand, five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph by their families.

Numbers 26:38

The sons of Benjamin by their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:

Numbers 26:39

Of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites: and of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

Numbers 26:40

And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

Numbers 26:41

These are the sons of Benjamin by their families: and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand, six hundred.

Numbers 26:42

These are the sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan by their families.

Numbers 26:43

All the families of the Shuhamites, as they were numbered, were sixty-four thousand, four hundred.

Numbers 26:44

The sons of Asher by their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites: of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

Numbers 26:45

Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites:

Numbers 26:46

And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

Numbers 26:47

These are the families of the sons of Asher as they were numbered, fifty-three thousand, four hundred.

Numbers 26:48

The sons of Naphtali by their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:

Numbers 26:49

Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

Numbers 26:50

These are the families of Naphtali by their families: and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand, four hundred.

Numbers 26:51

Those who were numbered of the children of Israel were six hundred and one thousand, seven hundred and thirty.

Numbers 26:52

And the Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 26:53

Let there be a division of the land among these, for their heritage, in relation to the number of names.

Numbers 26:54

To those families who are more in number, give a greater heritage; to those who are less in number, a smaller part: to every one let the heritage be given in relation to the number in his family.

Numbers 26:55

But let the distribution of the land be made by the decision of the Lord: by the names of the tribes of their fathers let their heritage be given them.

Numbers 26:56

As it is ordered by the decision of the Lord, let distribution be made between those who are more in number and those who are less.

Numbers 26:57

These were those of the Levites who were numbered by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

Numbers 26:58

These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram.

Numbers 26:59

Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom he had in Egypt: by Amram she had Moses and Aaron and their sister Miriam.

Numbers 26:60

Aaron's sons were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Numbers 26:61

Death overtook Nadab and Abihu when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord.

Numbers 26:62

Of these, twenty-three thousand males, from one month old and over, were numbered: they were not numbered with the rest of the children of Israel, for they had no heritage among the children of Israel.

Numbers 26:63

All these were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when the children of Israel were numbered in the lowlands of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

Numbers 26:64

But among all these was not one of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when the children of Israel were numbered in the waste land of Sinai.

Numbers 26:65

For the Lord had said of them, Death will certainly overtake them in the waste land. And of them all, only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun, were still living.


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