Numbers 26:23–65

²³The ^asons of Issachar according to their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of ¹Puvah, the family of the Punites;

²⁴of ¹Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

²⁵These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, ^a64,300.

²⁶The ^asons of Zebulun according to their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

²⁷These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them, ^a60,500.

²⁸The ^asons of Joseph according to their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

²⁹The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and ^aMachir ¹became the father of Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

³⁰These are the sons of Gilead: of ¹Iezer, the family of the ^aIezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

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

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

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

³⁴These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were ^a52,700.

³⁵These are the sons of Ephraim according to their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of ¹Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

³⁶These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

³⁷These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, ^a32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to their families.

³⁸The sons of Benjamin according to their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of ¹Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

³⁹of ¹Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of ²Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

⁴⁰The sons of Bela were ¹Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

⁴¹These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were ^a45,600.

⁴²These are the sons of Dan according to their families: of ¹Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according to their families.

⁴³All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were ^a64,400.

⁴⁴The ^asons of Asher according to their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

⁴⁵Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

⁴⁶The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

⁴⁷These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them, ^a53,400.

⁴⁸The ^asons of Naphtali according to their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

⁴⁹of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of ^aShillem, the family of the Shillemites.

⁵⁰These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were ^a45,400.

⁵¹These are those who were numbered of the sons of Israel, ^a601,730.

⁵²Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

⁵³“¹Among these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

⁵⁴“^aTo the larger group you shall increase their inheritance, and to the smaller group you shall diminish their inheritance; each shall be given their inheritance according to those who were numbered of them.

⁵⁵“But the land shall be ^adivided by lot. They shall ¹receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

⁵⁶“According to the selection by lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller groups.”

^57aThese are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

⁵⁸These 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. ^aKohath ¹became the father of Amram.

⁵⁹The name of Amram’s wife ^awas Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram: Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.

^60aTo Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

^61aBut Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the Lord.

⁶²Those who were numbered of them were ^a23,000, every male from a month old and upward, for ^bthey were not numbered among the sons of Israel ^csince no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel.

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

^64aBut among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

⁶⁵For the Lord had said ¹of them, “^aThey shall surely die in the wilderness.” And not a man was left of them, ^bexcept Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.