Numbers 26:12-27:11

New International Version

¹²The descendants of Simeon by their clans were:

through Nemuel,^(A) the Nemuelite clan;

through Jamin,^(B) the Jaminite clan;

through Jakin, the Jakinite clan;

¹³through Zerah,^(C) the Zerahite clan;

through Shaul, the Shaulite clan.

¹⁴These were the clans of Simeon;^(D) those numbered were 22,200.^(E)

¹⁵The descendants of Gad by their clans were:

through Zephon,^(F) the Zephonite clan;

through Haggi, the Haggite clan;

through Shuni, the Shunite clan;

¹⁶through Ozni, the Oznite clan;

through Eri, the Erite clan;

¹⁷through Arodi,^[a] the Arodite clan;

through Areli, the Arelite clan.

¹⁸These were the clans of Gad;^(G) those numbered were 40,500.

¹⁹Er^(H) and Onan^(I) were sons of Judah, but they died^(J) in Canaan.

²⁰The descendants of Judah by their clans were:

through Shelah,^(K) the Shelanite clan;

through Perez,^(L) the Perezite clan;

through Zerah, the Zerahite clan.^(M)

²¹The descendants of Perez^(N) were:

through Hezron,^(O) the Hezronite clan;

through Hamul, the Hamulite clan.

²²These were the clans of Judah;^(P) those numbered were 76,500.

²³The descendants of Issachar by their clans were:

through Tola,^(Q) the Tolaite clan;

through Puah, the Puite^[b] clan;

²⁴through Jashub,^(R) the Jashubite clan;

through Shimron, the Shimronite clan.

²⁵These were the clans of Issachar;^(S) those numbered were 64,300.

²⁶The descendants of Zebulun^(T) by their clans were:

through Sered, the Seredite clan;

through Elon, the Elonite clan;

through Jahleel, the Jahleelite clan.

²⁷These were the clans of Zebulun;^(U) those numbered were 60,500.

²⁸The descendants of Joseph^(V) by their clans through Manasseh and Ephraim^(W) were:

²⁹The descendants of Manasseh:^(X)

through Makir,^(Y) the Makirite clan (Makir was the father of Gilead^(Z));

through Gilead, the Gileadite clan.

³⁰These were the descendants of Gilead:^(AA)

through Iezer,^(AB) the Iezerite clan;

through Helek, the Helekite clan;

³¹through Asriel, the Asrielite clan;

through Shechem, the Shechemite clan;

³²through Shemida, the Shemidaite clan;

through Hepher, the Hepherite clan.

³³(Zelophehad^(AC) son of Hepher had no sons;^(AD) he had only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah.)^(AE)

³⁴These were the clans of Manasseh; those numbered were 52,700.^(AF)

³⁵These were the descendants of Ephraim^(AG) by their clans:

through Shuthelah, the Shuthelahite clan;

through Beker, the Bekerite clan;

through Tahan, the Tahanite clan.

³⁶These were the descendants of Shuthelah:

through Eran, the Eranite clan.

³⁷These were the clans of Ephraim;^(AH) those numbered were 32,500.

These were the descendants of Joseph by their clans.

³⁸The descendants of Benjamin^(AI) by their clans were:

through Bela, the Belaite clan;

through Ashbel, the Ashbelite clan;

through Ahiram, the Ahiramite clan;

³⁹through Shupham,^[c] the Shuphamite clan;

through Hupham, the Huphamite clan.

⁴⁰The descendants of Bela through Ard^(AJ) and Naaman were:

through Ard,^[d] the Ardite clan;

through Naaman, the Naamite clan.

⁴¹These were the clans of Benjamin;^(AK) those numbered were 45,600.

⁴²These were the descendants of Dan^(AL) by their clans:^(AM)

through Shuham,^(AN) the Shuhamite clan.

These were the clans of Dan: ⁴³All of them were Shuhamite clans; and those numbered were 64,400.

⁴⁴The descendants of Asher^(AO) by their clans were:

through Imnah, the Imnite clan;

through Ishvi, the Ishvite clan;

through Beriah, the Beriite clan;

⁴⁵and through the descendants of Beriah:

through Heber, the Heberite clan;

through Malkiel, the Malkielite clan.

⁴⁶(Asher had a daughter named Serah.)

⁴⁷These were the clans of Asher;^(AP) those numbered were 53,400.

⁴⁸The descendants of Naphtali^(AQ) by their clans were:

through Jahzeel, the Jahzeelite clan;

through Guni, the Gunite clan;

⁴⁹through Jezer, the Jezerite clan;

through Shillem, the Shillemite clan.

⁵⁰These were the clans of Naphtali;^(AR) those numbered were 45,400.^(AS)

⁵¹The total number of the men of Israel was 601,730.^(AT)

⁵²The Lord said to Moses, ⁵³“The land is to be allotted to them as an inheritance based on the number of names.^(AU) ⁵⁴To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one; each is to receive its inheritance according to the number^(AV) of those listed.^(AW) ⁵⁵Be sure that the land is distributed by lot.^(AX) What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe. ⁵⁶Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups.”

⁵⁷These were the Levites^(AY) who were counted by their clans:

through Gershon, the Gershonite clan;

through Kohath, the Kohathite clan;

through Merari, the Merarite clan.

⁵⁸These also were Levite clans:

the Libnite clan,

the Hebronite clan,

the Mahlite clan,

the Mushite clan,

the Korahite clan.

(Kohath was the forefather of Amram;^(AZ) ⁵⁹the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed,^(BA) a descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites^[e] in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses^(BB) and their sister^(BC) Miriam.^(BD) ⁶⁰Aaron was the father of Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.^(BE) ⁶¹But Nadab and Abihu^(BF) died when they made an offering before the Lord with unauthorized fire.)^(BG)

⁶²All the male Levites a month old or more numbered 23,000.^(BH) They were not counted^(BI) along with the other Israelites because they received no inheritance^(BJ) among them.^(BK)

⁶³These are the ones counted^(BL) by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab^(BM) by the Jordan across from Jericho.^(BN) ⁶⁴Not one of them was among those counted^(BO) by Moses and Aaron^(BP) the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Desert of Sinai. ⁶⁵For the Lord had told those Israelites they would surely die in the wilderness,^(BQ) and not one of them was left except Caleb^(BR) son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.^(BS)

Zelophehad’s Daughters^(BT)

27 The daughters of Zelophehad^(BU) son of Hepher,^(BV) the son of Gilead,^(BW) the son of Makir,^(BX) the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. They came forward ²and stood before Moses,^(BY) Eleazar the priest, the leaders^(BZ) and the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting^(CA) and said, ³“Our father died in the wilderness.^(CB) He was not among Korah’s followers, who banded together against the Lord,^(CC) but he died for his own sin and left no sons.^(CD) ⁴Why should our father’s name disappear from his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s relatives.”

⁵So Moses brought their case^(CE) before the Lord,^(CF) ⁶and the Lord said to him, ⁷“What Zelophehad’s daughters are saying is right. You must certainly give them property as an inheritance^(CG) among their father’s relatives and give their father’s inheritance to them.^(CH)

⁸“Say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, give his inheritance to his daughter. ⁹If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. ¹⁰If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. ¹¹If his father had no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, that he may possess it. This is to have the force of law^(CI) for the Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.’”

Footnotes

Numbers 26:17 Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also Gen. 46:16); Masoretic Text Arod
Numbers 26:23 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text through Puvah, the Punite
Numbers 26:39 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Shephupham
Numbers 26:40 Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have through Ard.
Numbers 26:59 Or Jochebed, a daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi