Numbers 26-27 (Amplified Bible)

Numbers 26

 ¹AFTER THE plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest,

    ²Take a census of all the [male] congregation of the Israelites from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all in Israel able to go to war.

    ³And Moses and Eleazar the priest told [the people] in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho,

    ⁴A census of the people shall be taken from twenty years old and upward, as the Lord commanded Moses. And the Israelites who came forth out of the land of Egypt were:

    ⁵Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, the sons of Reuben: 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; and their number was 43,730.

    ⁸And the son of Pallu: Eliab.

    ⁹The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram chosen from the congregation who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah when they contended against the Lord.

    ¹⁰And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died and the fire devoured 250 men; and they became a [warning] sign.

    ¹¹But Korah's sons did not die.

    ¹²The sons of Simeon according to their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;

    ¹³Of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

    ¹⁴These are the families of the Simeonites, 22,200.

    ¹⁵The 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;

    ¹⁶Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;

    ¹⁷Of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.

    ¹⁸These, the families of the sons of Gad according to their numbering, totaled 40,500.

    ¹⁹The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

    ²⁰And the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

    ²¹And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

    ²²These, the families of Judah according to their numbering, totaled 76,500.

    ²³The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;

    ²⁴Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

    ²⁵These, the families of Issachar according to their numbering, totaled 64,300.

    ²⁶The 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.

    ²⁷These, the families of the Zebulunites according to their numbering, totaled 60,500.

    ²⁸The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

    ²⁹The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites (and Machir was the father of Gilead); of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

    ³⁰These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; 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; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

    ³³Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters, and their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

    ³⁴These are the families of Manasseh, and their number was 52,700.

    ³⁵These are the sons of Ephraim according to their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

    ³⁶And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

    ³⁷These, the families of the sons of Ephraim according to their number, totaled 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

    ³⁸The sons of Benjamin according to their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

    ³⁹Of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

    ⁴⁰And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman; of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

    ⁴¹These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and their number was 45,600.

    ⁴²These are the sons of Dan according to their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according to their families.

    ⁴³All the families of the Shuhamites according to their number were 64,400.

    ⁴⁴Of the sons of Asher according to their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; 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, the families of the sons of Asher according to their number, totaled 53,400.

    ⁴⁸Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

    ⁴⁹Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

    ⁵⁰These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and their number totaled 45,400.

    ⁵¹This was the number of the Israelites, 601,730.

    ⁵²And the Lord said to Moses,

    ⁵³To these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names.

    ⁵⁴To a larger tribe you shall give the greater inheritance, and to a small tribe the less inheritance; to each tribe shall its inheritance be given according to its numbers.

    ⁵⁵But the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

    ⁵⁶According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the larger and the smaller.

    ⁵⁷And these 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 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. And Kohath was the father of Amram.

    ⁵⁹Amram's wife was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister.

    ⁶⁰And to Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

    ⁶¹But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange and unholy fire before the Lord.

    ⁶²And those numbered of them were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the Israelites, because there was no inheritance given them among the Israelites.

    ⁶³These were those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the Israelites in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

    ⁶⁴But among these there was not a man of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.

    ⁶⁵For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. There was not left a man of them except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

   

Numbers 27

 ¹THEN CAME the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

    ²They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders, and all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying,

    ³Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among those who assembled together against the Lord in the company of Korah, but died for his own sin [as did all those who rebelled at Kadesh], and he had no sons.^(A)

    ⁴Why should the name of our father be removed from his family because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father's brethren.

    ⁵Moses brought their case before the Lord.

    ⁶And the Lord said to Moses,

    ⁷The daughters of Zelophehad are justified and speak correctly. You shall surely give them an inheritance among their father's brethren, and you shall cause their father's inheritance to pass to them.

    ⁸And say to the Israelites, If a man dies and has no son, you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.

    ⁹If he has no daughter, you shall give his inheritance to his brethren.

    ¹⁰If he has no brethren, give his inheritance to his father's brethren.

    ¹¹And if his father has no brethren, then give his inheritance to his next of kin, and he shall possess it. It shall be to the Israelites a statute and ordinance, as the Lord commanded Moses.

    ¹²And the Lord said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim and behold the land I have given to the Israelites.

    ¹³And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your [departed] people as Aaron your brother was gathered,

    ¹⁴For you disobeyed My order in the Wilderness of Zin during the strife of the congregation to uphold My sanctity [by strict obedience to My authority] at the waters before their eyes. [These are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin].^(B)

    ¹⁵And Moses said to the Lord,

    ¹⁶Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation

    ¹⁷Who shall go out and come in before them, leading them out and bringing them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.

    ¹⁸The Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand upon him;

    ¹⁹And set him before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation and give him a charge in their sight.

    ²⁰And put some of your honor and authority upon him, that all the congregation of the Israelites may obey him.

    ²¹He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him before the Lord by the judgment of the Urim [one of two articles in the priest's breastplate worn when asking counsel of the Lord for the people]. At Joshua's word the people shall go out and come in, both he and all the Israelite congregation with him.

    ²²And Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation,

    ²³And he laid his hands upon him and commissioned him, as the Lord commanded through Moses.