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Numbers 26
The Second Census
261After the plague, the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest. He said, 2“Take a census of the entire Israelite community, twenty years old and up, according to their fathers' houses, all who are of age to serve in Israel's army.”
3Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them on the Plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. They said, 4“Take a census of the men twenty years old and up, just as the Lord commanded Moses.”
These are the Israelites who came out from the land of Egypt:
5Reuben was Israel's firstborn. The male descendants[] of Reuben were: from Hanok, the Hanokite clan; from Pallu, the Palluite clan; 6from Hezron, the Hezronite clan; from Karmi, the Karmite clan. 7These were the Reubenite clans. Those who were registered totaled 43,730.
(These were the same Dathan and Abiram who were chosen leaders of the community who fought against Moses and Aaron along with the followers of Korah, when they fought against the Lord. 10The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when his followers died and when the fire consumed the two hundred fifty men. So they became a warning sign. 11However, the sons of Korah did not die out.)
12The male descendants of Simeon according to their clans were: from Nemuel, the Nemuelite clan; from Jamin, the Jaminite clan; from Jakin, the Jakinite clan; 13from Zerah, the Zerahite clan; from Shaul, the Shaulite clan. 14These Simeonite clans totaled 22,200.
15The male descendants of Gad according to their clans were: from Zephon, the Zephonite clan; from Haggi, the Haggite clan; from Shuni, the Shunite clan; 16from Ozni, the Oznite clan; from Eri, the Erite clan; 17from Arodi,[] the Arodite clan; from Areli, the Arelite clan. 18These clans of the descendants of Gad who were registered totaled 40,500.
19Er and Onan were sons of Judah. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20The male descendants of Judah according to their clans were: from Shelah, the Shelanite clan; from Perez, the Perezite clan; from Zerah, the Zerahite clan. 21The male descendants of Perez were: from Hezron, the Hezronite clan; from Hamul, the Hamulite clan. 22These clans of Judah who were registered totaled 76,500.
23The male descendants of Issachar according to their clans were: from Tola, the Tolaite clan; from Puah, the Puite clan;[] 24from Jashub, the Jashubite clan; from Shimron, the Shimronite clan. 25These clans of Issachar who were registered totaled 64,300.
26The male descendants of Zebulun according to their clans were: from Sered, the Seredite clan; from Elon, the Elonite clan; from Jahle'el, the Jahle'elite clan. 27These Zebulunite clans who were registered totaled 60,500.
28The sons of Joseph who established clans were Manasseh and Ephraim.
29The male descendants of Manasseh were: from Makir, the Makirite clan (Makir was the father of Gilead); from Gilead, the Gileadite clan. 30These were the male descendants of Gilead: from Iezer, the Iezerite clan; from Helek, the Helekite clan; 31from Asriel, the Asrielite clan; from Shechem, the Shechemite clan; 32from Shemida, the Shemidaite clan; and from Hepher, the Hepherite clan.
33Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, only daughters. The names of Zelophehad's daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirzah. 34These were the clans of Manasseh. Those who were registered totaled 52,700.
35These were the male descendants of Ephraim according to their clans: from Shuthelah, the Shuthelahite clan; from Beker, the Bekerite clan; from Tahan, the Tahanite clan. 36These were the male descendants of Shuthelah: from Eran, the Eranite clan. 37These clans from the descendants of Ephraim who were registered totaled 32,500.
These were the male descendants of Joseph according to their clans.
38The male descendants of Benjamin according to their clans were: from Bela, the Belaite clan; from Ashbel, the Ashbelite clan; from Ahiram, the Ahiramite clan; 39from Shupham,[] the Shuphamite clan; from Hupham, the Huphamite clan. 40The sons of Bela were Ard and Na'aman: from Ard, the Ardite clan; from Na'aman, the Na'amanite clan. 41These were the male descendants of Benjamin according to their clans. Those who were registered totaled 45,600.
42These were the male descendants of Dan according to their clans: from Shuham, the Shuhamite clan. These were the clans of Dan according to their clans. 43All the Shuhamite clans who were registered totaled 64,400.
44The male descendants of Asher according to their clans were: from Imnah, the Imnite clan; from Ishvi, the Ishvite clan; from Beriah, the Beri'ite clan. 45From the male descendants of Beriah: from Heber, the Heberite clan; from Malkiel, the Malkielite clan. 46The name of Asher's daughter was Serah. 47These clans for the descendants of Asher who were registered totaled 53,400.
48The male descendants of Naphtali according to their clans were: from Jahze'el, the Jahze'elite clan; from Guni, the Gunite clan; 49from Jezer, the Jezerite clan; from Shillem, the Shillemite clan. 50These were the clans of Naphtali according to their clans. Those who were registered totaled 45,400.
51Those who were registered from the Israelites totaled 601,730.
52The Lord spoke to Moses: 53“The land is to be divided among these tribes, with the size of the possession for each tribe based on the number of names. 54For a larger tribe, increase its possession. For a smaller tribe, decrease its possession. Each tribe is to be given its inheritance based on the total of those registered. 55The land must be divided by lot. They will receive their possession according to the names of their father's tribes. 56Their possession is to be divided between the larger and the smaller tribes as the lots determine.”
57Those who were registered from the Levites according to their clans were: from Gershon, the Gershonite clan; from Kohath, the Kohathite clan; from Merari, the Merarite clan. 58These were the Levite clans: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, the Korahite clan.
(Kohath was the forefather[] of Amram. 59The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites in Egypt. For Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam. 60Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar were born to Aaron. 61Nadab and Abihu died when they presented unauthorized fire before the Lord.)
62Those who were registered totaled 23,000, every male a month old and up. But they were not registered with the other Israelites, because they were not given a possession[] among the Israelites.
63These were the men who were registered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, when they registered the Israelites on the Plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. 64But among them there was not even one man left from those who had been registered by Moses and Aaron the priest, when they registered the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai. 65For the Lord had said about them, “They will surely die in the wilderness.” There was not even one man left from them except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Footnotes
- 26:5 Literally sons
- 26:9 The four generations of fathers and sons listed in verses 5–9 cover over four hundred years, so son in some cases may mean a more distant descendant.
- 26:17 The translation follows the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Greek and Syriac versions; the Hebrew reads Arod. Compare Genesis 46:16.
- 26:23 The translation follows the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions; the Hebrew has Puvah, the Punite. Compare 1 Chronicles 7:1.
- 26:39 The translation follows a few Hebrew manuscripts, the Samaritan Pentateuch, and the Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions; most Hebrew texts have Shephunham.
- 26:58 Literally father, but the time span from Gershon through Kohath to Amram, father of Moses, is over three hundred years. It is possible that this sentence belongs to the previous paragraph, and that it does in fact refer to an Amram, who is a son of Kohath, who is the ancestor of Moses' father Amram. See Exodus 6:18-20.
- 26:62 That is, a tribal territory