Numbers 26-27 (New American Standard Bible)

Numbers 26

Census of a New Generation

 ¹Then it came about after the ^(A)plague, that the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

 ²"^(B)Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' households, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel."

 ³So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them ^(C)in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

 ⁴"Take a census of the people from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD has commanded Moses." Now the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were:

 ⁵Reuben, Israel's firstborn, 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 those who were numbered of them were ^(D)43,730.

 ⁸The son of Pallu: Eliab.

 ⁹The sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram who were ^(E)called by the congregation, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the LORD,

 ¹⁰and ^(F)the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, ^(G)when the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a warning.

 ^11(H)The sons of Korah, however, 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, ^(I)22,200.

 ¹⁵The sons of Gad according to 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 are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, ^(J)40,500.

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

 ²⁰The ^(L)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.

 ²¹The 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, ^(M)76,500.

 ²³The ^(N)sons of Issachar according to 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 are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, ^(O)64,300.

 ²⁶The ^(P)sons of Zebulun according to their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; 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, ^(Q)60,500.

 ²⁸The ^(R)sons of Joseph according to their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

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

 ³⁰These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the ^(T)Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

 ³¹and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;

 ³²and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

 ³³Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; and ^(U)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 ^(V)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.

 ³⁶These 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, ^(W)32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to 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.

 ⁴⁰The 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 those who were numbered of them were ^(X)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 those who were numbered of them, were ^(Y)64,400.

 ⁴⁴The ^(Z)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.

 ⁴⁶The 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, ^(AA)53,400.

 ⁴⁸The ^(AB)sons of Naphtali according to their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

 ⁴⁹of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of ^(AC)Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

 ⁵⁰These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were ^(AD)45,400.

 ⁵¹These are those who were numbered of the sons of Israel, ^(AE)601,730.

 ⁵²Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

 ⁵³"Among these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

 ⁵⁴"^(AF)To the larger group you shall increase their inheritance, and to the smaller group you shall diminish their inheritance; each shall be given their inheritance according to those who were numbered of them.

 ⁵⁵"But the land shall be ^(AG)divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

 ⁵⁶"According to the selection by lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller groups."

 ^57(AH)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 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. ^(AI)Kohath became the father of Amram.

 ⁵⁹The name of Amram's wife ^(AJ)was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram: Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.

 ^60(AK)To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

 ^61(AL)But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

 ⁶²Those who were numbered of them were ^(AM)23,000, every male from a month old and upward, for ^(AN)they were not numbered among the sons of Israel ^(AO)since no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel.

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

 ^64(AP)But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

 ⁶⁵For the LORD had said of them, "^(AQ)They shall surely die in the wilderness " And not a man was left of them, ^(AR)except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

Numbers 27

A Law of Inheritance

 ¹Then ^(AS)the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph, came near; and these are ^(AT)the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah and Hoglah and Milcah and Tirzah.

 ²They stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the leaders and all the congregation, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, saying,

 ³"Our father ^(AU)died in the wilderness, yet he was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but he died in his own sin, and ^(AV)he had no sons.

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

 ^5(AW)So Moses brought their case before the LORD.

 ⁶Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

 ⁷"^(AX)The daughters of Zelophehad are right in their statements. You shall surely give them a hereditary possession among their father's brothers, and you shall transfer the inheritance of their father to them.

 ⁸"Further, you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If a man dies and has no son, then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter.

 ⁹'If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

 ¹⁰'If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers.

 ¹¹'If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest relative in his own family, and he shall possess it; and it shall be a ^(AY)statutory ordinance to the sons of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses.'"

 ^12(AZ)Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go up to this ^(BA)mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

 ¹³"When you have seen it, you too ^(BB)will be gathered to your people, ^(BC)as Aaron your brother was;

 ¹⁴for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, ^(BD)you rebelled against My command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

Joshua to Succeed Moses

 ¹⁵Then Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,

 ¹⁶"^(BE)May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

 ¹⁷who ^(BF)will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be ^(BG)like sheep which have no shepherd."

 ¹⁸So the LORD said to Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man ^(BH)in whom is the Spirit, and ^(BI)lay your hand on him;

 ¹⁹and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and ^(BJ)commission him in their sight.

 ²⁰"You shall put some of your authority on him, in order that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey him.

 ²¹"Moreover, he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him ^(BK)by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD. At his command they shall go out and at his command they shall come in, both he and the sons of Israel with him, even all the congregation."

 ²²Moses did just as the LORD commanded him; and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.

 ²³Then he laid his hands on him and ^(BL)commissioned him, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses.