Numbers 26:23–65

²³Here are the names of Issachar’s sons. They are listed by their families.

The Tolaite family came from Tola.

The Puite family came from Puah.

²⁴The Jashubite family came from Jashub.

The Shimronite family came from Shimron.

²⁵Those were the families of Issachar. The number of the men was 64,300.

²⁶Here are the names of Zebulun’s sons. They are listed by their families.

The Seredite family came from Sered.

The Elonite family came from Elon.

The Jahleelite family came from Jahleel.

²⁷Those were the families of Zebulun. The number of the men was 60,500.

²⁸Here are the names of Joseph’s sons. They are listed by their families. The families came from Manasseh and Ephraim, the sons of Joseph.

²⁹Here are the names of Manasseh’s sons.

The Makirite family came from Makir. Makir was the father of Gilead.

The Gileadite family came from Gilead.

³⁰Here are the names of Gilead’s sons.

The Iezerite family came from Iezer.

The Helekite family came from Helek.

³¹The Asrielite family came from Asriel.

The Shechemite family came from Shechem.

³²The Shemidaite family came from Shemida.

The Hepherite family came from Hepher.

³³Zelophehad was the son of Hepher. Zelophehad didn’t have any sons. All he had was daughters. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.

³⁴Those were the families of Manasseh. The number of the men was 52,700.

³⁵Here are the names of Ephraim’s sons. They are listed by their families.

The Shuthelahite family came from Shuthelah.

The Bekerite family came from Beker.

The Tahanite family came from Tahan.

³⁶The sons of Shuthelah were the Eranite family.

They came from Eran.

³⁷Those were the families of Ephraim. The number of the men was 32,500.

Those were the sons of Joseph. They are listed by their families.

³⁸Here are the names of Benjamin’s sons. They are listed by their families.

The Belaite family came from Bela.

The Ashbelite family came from Ashbel.

The Ahiramite family came from Ahiram.

³⁹The Shuphamite family came from Shupham.

The Huphamite family came from Hupham.

⁴⁰Bela’s sons came from Ard and Naaman.

The Ardite family came from Ard.

The Naamite family came from Naaman.

⁴¹Those were the families of Benjamin. The number of the men was 45,600.

⁴²Here is the name of Dan’s son. He is listed by his family.

The Shuhamite family came from Shuham.

That was the family of Dan. ⁴³All of the men in Dan’s family were Shuhamites. The number of the men was 64,400.

⁴⁴Here are the names of Asher’s sons. They are listed by their families.

The Imnite family came from Imnah.

The Ishvite family came from Ishvi.

The Beriite family came from Beriah.

⁴⁵Here are the names of the families that came from Beriah’s sons.

The Heberite family came from Heber.

The Malkielite family came from Malkiel.

⁴⁶Asher also had a daughter named Serah.

⁴⁷Those were the families of Asher. The number of the men was 53,400.

⁴⁸Here are the names of Naphtali’s sons. They are listed by their families.

The Jahzeelite family came from Jahzeel.

The Gunite family came from Guni.

⁴⁹The Jezerite family came from Jezer.

The Shillemite family came from Shillem.

⁵⁰Those were the families of Naphtali. The number of the men was 45,400.

⁵¹The total number of the men of Israel was 601,730.

⁵²The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, ⁵³“I will give the land to them. The amount of land each family receives will be based on the number of its men. ⁵⁴Give a larger share to a larger family. Give a smaller share to a smaller family. Each family will receive its share based on the number of men who are listed in it.

⁵⁵“Be sure that you use lots when you give out the land. What each family receives will be based on the number of men listed in its tribe. ⁵⁶Use lots when you give out each share. Use lots for the larger and smaller families alike.”

⁵⁷Here are the names of the Levites. They are listed by their families.

The Gershonite family came from Gershon.

The Kohathite family came from Kohath.

The Merarite family came from Merari.

⁵⁸Here are the names of the other Levite families. They are

the Libnite family,

the Hebronite family,

the Mahlite family,

the Mushite family,

the Korahite family.

Amram came from the Kohathite family.

⁵⁹The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed. She was from the family line of Levi. She was born to the Levites in Egypt. Aaron, Moses and their sister Miriam were born in the family line of Amram and Jochebed.

⁶⁰Aaron was the father of Nadab and Abihu. He was also the father of Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹But Nadab and Abihu made an offering to the Lord by using fire that wasn’t allowed. So they died.

⁶²The number of male Levites who were a month old or more was 23,000. They weren’t listed along with the other men of Israel. That’s because they didn’t receive a share among them.

⁶³Those are the men who were counted by Moses and the priest Eleazar. At that time the people of Israel were on the flatlands of Moab. They were by the Jordan River across from Jericho.

⁶⁴The men of Israel had been counted before in the Sinai Desert by Moses and the priest Aaron. But not one of them was among the men who were counted this time. ⁶⁵The Lord had told the people of Israel at Kadesh Barnea that they would certainly die in the desert. Not one of them was left alive except Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun.