Numbers Chapter 26 Back Next{26:1} It happened after the plague, that Yahweh spoke to Moses and to
Eleazar the son of
Aaron the priest, saying,
{26:2} "Take a
census of all the
congregation of the children of
Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their
fathers' houses, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel."
{26:3} Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the
Jordan at
Jericho, saying,
{26:4} "Take a census, from twenty years old and upward; as Yahweh commanded Moses and the children of Israel." These are those that came out of the land of
Egypt.
{26:5} Reuben, the
firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
{26:6} of
Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of
Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
{26:7} These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.
{26:8} The sons of Pallu:
Eliab.
{26:9} The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and
Dathan, and
Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of
Korah, when they strove against Yahweh,
{26:10} and the
earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the
fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign.
{26:11} Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn't die.
{26:12} The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of
Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;
{26:13} of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
{26:14} These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred.
{26:15} The sons of
Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
{26:16} of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;
{26:17} of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
{26:18} These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
{26:19} The sons of
Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of
Canaan.
{26:20} The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
{26:21} The sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of
Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
{26:22} These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
{26:23} The sons of
Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;
{26:24} of
Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
{26:25} These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred.
{26:26} The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of
Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
{26:27} These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them, sixty thousand five hundred.
{26:28} The sons of
Joseph after their families:
Manasseh and
Ephraim.
{26:29} The sons of Manasseh: of
Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
{26:30} These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of
Helek, the family of the Helekites;
{26:31} and Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
{26:32} and Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and
Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
{26:33} Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were
Mahlah, and Noah,
Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
{26:34} These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
{26:35} These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of
Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
{26:36} These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
{26:37} These 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 after their families.
{26:38} The sons of
Benjamin after their families: of
Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
{26:39} of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
{26:40} The sons of Bela were
Ard and Naaman: the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
{26:41} These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.
{26:42} These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
{26:43} All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.
{26:44} The sons of
Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of
Beriah, the family of the Berites.
{26:45} Of the sons of Beriah: of
Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
{26:46} The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
{26:47} These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them, fifty-three thousand and four hundred.
{26:48} The sons of Naphtali after their families: of
Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;
{26:49} of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
{26:50} These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.
{26:51} These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
{26:52} Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
{26:53} "To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
{26:54} To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: to everyone according to those who were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.
{26:55} Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
{26:56} According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer."
{26:57} These are those who were numbered of the
Levites after their families: of
Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of
Kohath, the family of the
Kohathites; of
Merari, the family of the
Merarites.
{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. Kohath became the father of
Amram.
{26:59} The 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.
{26:60} To Aaron were born Nadab and
Abihu, Eleazar and
Ithamar.
{26:61} Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh.
{26:62} Those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
{26:63} These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
{26:64} But among these there was not a man of them who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
{26:65} For Yahweh had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. There was not left a man of them, except
Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, and
Joshua the son of Nun.
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