Numbers 26

The Second Census of Israel

26And it came to pass, after the ^aplague, that the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying: ^2b“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel ^cfrom twenty years old and above, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go to war in Israel.” ³So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them ^din the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying: ⁴“Take a census of the people from twenty years old and above, just as the Lord ^ecommanded Moses and the children of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt.”

^5fReuben was the firstborn of Israel. The children of Reuben were: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; ⁶of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. ⁷These are the families of the Reubenites: those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty. ⁸And the son of Pallu was Eliab. ⁹The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, ^grepresentatives of the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord; ^10hand the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; ⁱand they became a sign. ¹¹Nevertheless ^jthe children of Korah did not die.

¹²The sons of Simeon according to their families were: of ¹Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of ²Jachin, the family of the Jachinites; ¹³of ³Zerah, the family of the Zarhites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. ¹⁴These are the families of the Simeonites: twenty-two thousand two hundred.

¹⁵The sons of Gad according to their families were: of ⁴Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites; ¹⁶of ⁵Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; ¹⁷of ⁶Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites. ¹⁸These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them: forty thousand five hundred.

^19kThe sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰And ^lthe sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Parzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. ²¹And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. ²²These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them: seventy-six thousand five hundred.

²³The sons of Issachar according to their families were: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of ⁷Puah, the family of the ⁸Punites; ²⁴of ⁹Jashub, 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: sixty-four thousand three hundred.

^26mThe sons of Zebulun according to their families were: of Sered, the family of the Sardites; 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: sixty thousand five hundred.

²⁸ⁿThe sons of Joseph according to their families, by Manasseh and Ephraim, were: ²⁹The sons of ^oManasseh: of ^pMachir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. ³⁰These are the sons of Gilead: of ¹Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; ³¹of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; ³²of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. ³³Now ^qZelophehad 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 families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.

³⁵These are the sons of Ephraim according to their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites; of ²Becher, the family of the Bachrites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. ³⁶And these 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: thirty-two thousand five hundred.

These are the sons of Joseph according to their families.

^38rThe sons of Benjamin according to their families were: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of ^sAhiram, the family of the Ahiramites; ³⁹of ^tShupham, ³the family of the Shuphamites; of ⁴Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. ⁴⁰And the sons of Bela were ⁵Ard and Naaman: ^uof 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 forty-five thousand six hundred.

⁴²These are the sons of Dan according to their families: of ⁶Shuham, 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 sixty-four thousand four hundred.

^44vThe sons of Asher according to their families were: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites; of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites; 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. ⁴⁶And the 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: fifty-three thousand four hundred.

^48wThe sons of Naphtali according to their families were: of ⁷Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; ⁴⁹of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of ^xShillem, the family of the Shillemites. ⁵⁰These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.

^51yThese are those who were numbered of the children of Israel: six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.

⁵²Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ^53z“To these the land shall be ^adivided as an inheritance, according to the number of names. ^54bTo a large tribe you shall give a larger inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a smaller inheritance. Each shall be given its inheritance according to those who were numbered of them. ⁵⁵But the land shall be ^cdivided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. ⁵⁶According to the lot their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller.”

^57dAnd these 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 the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, and the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begot Amram. ⁵⁹The name of Amram’s wife was ^eJochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam. ^60fTo Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹And ^gNadab and Abihu died when they offered profane fire before the Lord.

^62hNow those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above; ⁱfor they were not numbered among the other children of Israel, because there was ^jno inheritance given to them among the children of Israel.

⁶³These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel ^kin the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. ^64lBut among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the children of Israel in the ^mWilderness of Sinai. ⁶⁵For the Lord had said of them, “They ⁿshall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man of them, ^oexcept Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.