第二次人口統計

26 瘟疫過後,耶和華對摩西和亞倫祭司的兒子以利亞撒說: 「你們要統計以色列全體會眾,按宗族登記所有二十歲以上、有作戰能力的男子。」 摩西和以利亞撒祭司就在約旦河邊、耶利哥對面的摩押平原對以色列人說: 「你們要按照耶和華的吩咐統計二十歲以上的男子。」

以下是從埃及出來的以色列人。

以色列的長子是呂便,呂便的子孫有哈諾族、法路族、 希斯倫族和迦米族, 共登記了四萬三千七百三十人。 法路的兒子是以利押, 以利押的兒子是尼姆利、大坍和亞比蘭。大坍、亞比蘭原是會眾所推選的首領,他們與可拉一夥一起反叛摩西和亞倫,反叛耶和華, 10 以致大地裂開將他們全部吞了下去,當時大火還燒滅了二百五十人——成了後人的警戒。 11 然而,可拉的子孫沒有被滅絕。

12 西緬的子孫有尼姆利族、雅憫族、雅斤族、 13 謝拉族和掃羅族, 14 共登記了兩萬二千二百人。

15 迦得的子孫有洗分族、哈基族、書尼族、 16 阿斯尼族、以利族、 17 亞律族和亞列利族, 18 共登記了四萬零五百人。

19 猶大的兒子珥和俄南死在迦南。 20 猶大的子孫有示拉族、法勒斯族、謝拉族。 21 法勒斯的子孫有希斯倫族和哈姆勒族。 22 這些是猶大各宗族,共登記了七萬六千五百人。

23 以薩迦的子孫有陀拉族、普瓦族、 24 雅述族和伸崙族, 25 共登記了六萬四千三百人。

26 西布倫的子孫有西烈族、以倫族和雅利族, 27 共登記了六萬零五百人。

28 約瑟的兒子有瑪拿西和以法蓮。 29 瑪拿西的子孫有瑪吉族和基列族。基列是瑪吉的兒子。 30 基列的子孫有伊以謝族、希勒族、 31 亞斯烈族、示劍族、 32 示米大族和希弗族。 33 希弗的兒子西羅非哈沒有兒子,只有女兒瑪拉、挪阿、曷拉、密迦和得撒。 34 這些是瑪拿西各宗族,共登記了五萬二千七百人。

35 以法蓮的子孫有書提拉族、比結族和他罕族。 36 書提拉的子孫有以蘭族。 37 這些是以法蓮各宗族,共登記了三萬二千五百人,都是約瑟的子孫。

38 便雅憫的子孫有比拉族、亞實別族、亞希蘭族、 39 書反族和戶反族。 40 比拉的子孫有亞勒族和乃幔族。 41 這些是便雅憫各宗族,共登記了四萬五千六百人。

42 但的子孫有書含族, 43 共登記了六萬四千四百人。

44 亞設的子孫有音拿族、亦施韋族和比利亞族。 45 比利亞的子孫有希別族和瑪結族。 46 亞設的女兒名叫西拉。 47 這些是亞設各宗族,共登記了五萬三千四百人。

48 拿弗他利的子孫有雅薛族、沽尼族、 49 耶色族和示冷族, 50 共登記了四萬五千四百人。

51 登記的以色列男子共有六十萬一千七百三十人。

52 耶和華對摩西說: 53 「你要按著各支派登記的人數把土地分給他們作產業; 54 人數多的多分產業,人數少的少分產業,要按登記的人數分配。 55 以色列人要按各自的支派抽籤分地,承受產業。 56 無論大小支派,都要用抽籤的方法分配產業。」

57 利未的子孫有革順族、哥轄族和米拉利族。 58 立尼族、希伯崙族、瑪利族、姆示族和可拉族也是利未的子孫。哥轄生暗蘭。 59 暗蘭的妻子叫約基別,是利未女子,出生在埃及。她給暗蘭生了亞倫、摩西和他們的姐姐米利暗。 60 亞倫生拿答、亞比戶、以利亞撒和以他瑪。 61 拿答和亞比戶因用凡火向耶和華獻祭而被擊殺。 62 利未人中一個月以上的男性共登記了兩萬三千人,他們的人數沒有登記在以色列人中,因為他們在以色列人中不分產業。

63 以上是摩西和以利亞撒祭司在約旦河邊、耶利哥對面的摩押平原統計的人數, 64 其中沒有一個是摩西和祭司亞倫從前在西奈曠野登記的人。 65 因為耶和華說過,那批人都要死在曠野。果然,除了耶孚尼的兒子迦勒和嫩的兒子約書亞以外,上次登記的人無一存活。

The Second Census

26 After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, “Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their ancestral houses of those 20 years old or more who can serve in Israel’s army.”(A)

So Moses and Eleazar the priest said to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, “Take a census of those 20 years old or more, as the Lord had commanded Moses and the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt.”(B)

Reuben(C) was the firstborn of Israel.
Reuben’s descendants:
the Hanochite clan from Hanoch;
the Palluite clan from Pallu;
the Hezronite clan from Hezron;
the Carmite clan from Carmi.
These were the Reubenite clans,
and their registered men numbered 43,730.
The son of Pallu was Eliab.
The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram.
(It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the community, who fought against Moses and Aaron; they and Korah’s followers fought against the Lord.(D) 10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men.(E) They serve as a warning sign. 11 The sons of Korah, however, did not die.)

12 Simeon’s descendants by their clans:
the Nemuelite clan from Nemuel;[a](F)
the Jaminite clan from Jamin;
the Jachinite clan from Jachin;
13 the Zerahite clan from Zerah;
the Shaulite clan from Shaul.
14 These were the Simeonite clans, numbering 22,200 men.

15 Gad’s descendants by their clans:
the Zephonite clan from Zephon;
the Haggite clan from Haggi;
the Shunite clan from Shuni;
16 the Oznite clan from Ozni;
the Erite clan from Eri;
17 the Arodite clan from Arod;
the Arelite clan from Areli.
18 These were the Gadite clans numbered by their registered men: 40,500.

19 Judah’s sons included Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.(G) 20 Judah’s descendants by their clans:
the Shelanite clan from Shelah;
the Perezite clan from Perez;
the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
21 The descendants of Perez:
the Hezronite clan from Hezron;
the Hamulite clan from Hamul.
22 These were Judah’s clans numbered by their registered men: 76,500.

23 Issachar’s descendants by their clans:
the Tolaite clan from Tola;
the Punite clan from Puvah;[b](H)
24 the Jashubite clan from Jashub;
the Shimronite clan from Shimron.
25 These were Issachar’s clans numbered by their registered men: 64,300.

26 Zebulun’s descendants by their clans:
the Seredite clan from Sered;
the Elonite clan from Elon;
the Jahleelite clan from Jahleel.
27 These were the Zebulunite clans numbered by their registered men: 60,500.

28 Joseph’s descendants by their clans from Manasseh and Ephraim:
29 Manasseh’s descendants:
the Machirite clan from Machir.
Machir fathered Gilead;
the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
30 These were Gilead’s descendants:
the Iezerite clan from Iezer;
the Helekite clan from Helek;
31 the Asrielite clan from Asriel;
the Shechemite clan from Shechem;
32 the Shemidaite clan from Shemida;
the Hepherite clan from Hepher;
33 Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons—only daughters. The names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.(I)
34 These were Manasseh’s clans, numbered by their registered men: 52,700.
35 These were Ephraim’s descendants by their clans:
the Shuthelahite clan from Shuthelah;
the Becherite clan from Becher;
the Tahanite clan from Tahan.
36 These were Shuthelah’s descendants:
the Eranite clan from Eran.
37 These were the Ephraimite clans numbered by their registered men: 32,500.
These were Joseph’s descendants by their clans.

38 Benjamin’s descendants by their clans:
the Belaite clan from Bela;
the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel;
the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram;
39 the Shuphamite clan from Shupham;[c]
the Huphamite clan from Hupham.
40 Bela’s descendants from Ard and Naaman:
the Ardite clan from Ard;
the Naamite clan from Naaman.
41 These were the Benjaminite clans numbered by their registered men: 45,600.

42 These were Dan’s descendants by their clans:
the Shuhamite clan from Shuham.
These were the clans of Dan by their clans.
43 All the Shuhamite clans numbered by their registered men: 64,400.

44 Asher’s descendants by their clans:
the Imnite clan from Imnah;
the Ishvite clan from Ishvi;
the Beriite clan from Beriah.
45 From Beriah’s descendants:
the Heberite clan from Heber;
the Malchielite clan from Malchiel.
46 And the name of Asher’s daughter was Serah.
47 These were the Asherite clans numbered by their registered men: 53,400.

48 Naphtali’s descendants by their clans:
the Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel;
the Gunite clan from Guni;
49 the Jezerite clan from Jezer;
the Shillemite clan from Shillem.
50 These were the Naphtali clans numbered by their registered men: 45,400.

51 These registered Israelite men numbered 601,730.

52 The Lord spoke to Moses, 53 “The land is to be divided among them as an inheritance based on the number of names. 54 Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one. Each is to be given its inheritance according to those who were registered in it. 55 The land must be divided by lot; they will receive an inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes. 56 Each inheritance will be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”(J)

57 These were the Levites registered by their clans:
the Gershonite clan from Gershon;
the Kohathite clan from Kohath;
the Merarite clan from Merari.
58 These were the Levite family groups:
the Libnite clan,
the Hebronite clan,
the Mahlite clan,
the Mushite clan,
and the Korahite clan.(K)

Kohath was the ancestor of Amram. 59 The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam. 60 Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron, 61 but Nadab and Abihu died when they presented unauthorized fire before the Lord.(L) 62 Those registered were 23,000, every male one month old or more; they were not registered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

63 These were the ones registered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they registered the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. 64 But among them there was not one of those who had been registered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they registered the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.(M) 65 For the Lord had said to them that they would all die in the wilderness. None of them was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 26:12 Syr reads Jemuel (Gn 46:10; Ex 6:15); 1Ch 4:24 reads Nemuel
  2. Numbers 26:23 Sam, LXX, Vg, Syr read Puite clan from Puah; 1Ch 7:1
  3. Numbers 26:39 Some Hb mss, Sam, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read Shephupham