Numbers 26
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Second Census
26 After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, 2 “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)
3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest said to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, 4 “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)
5 Reuben(C) was the firstborn of Israel.
Reuben’s descendants:
the Hanochite clan from Hanoch;
the Palluite clan from Pallu;
6 the Hezronite clan from Hezron;
the Carmite clan from Carmi.
7 These were the Reubenite clans,
and their registered men numbered 43,730.
8 The son of Pallu was Eliab.
9 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
- Numbers 26:12 Syr reads Jemuel (Gn 46:10; Ex 6:15); 1Ch 4:24 reads Nemuel
- Numbers 26:23 Sam, LXX, Vg, Syr read Puite clan from Puah; 1Ch 7:1
- Numbers 26:39 Some Hb mss, Sam, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read Shephupham
Numbers 26
Legacy Standard Bible
Census of the Sons of Israel
26 [a]Then it happened after the (A)plague, [b]that Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 “(B)Take a [c]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.” 3 So 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 Yahweh has commanded Moses.”
Now the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were:
5 Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, the sons of Reuben:
of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites;
of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
6 of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites;
of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
7 These are the families of the Reubenites, and those who were numbered of them were (D)43,730.
8 And the son of Pallu: Eliab.
9 And the sons of Eliab:
Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram who were (E)called upon by the congregation, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the congregation of Korah, when they contended against Yahweh,
10 and (F)the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that congregation died, (G)when the fire consumed 250 men, so that they became a [d]warning.
11 (H)The sons of Korah, however, did not die.
12 The sons of Simeon according to their families:
of [e]Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites;
of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites;
of [f]Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;
13 of [g]Zerah, the family of the Zerahites;
of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
14 These are the families of the Simeonites, (I)22,200.
15 The sons of Gad according to their families:
of [h]Zephon, the family of the Zephonites;
of Haggi, the family of the Haggites;
of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
16 of [i]Ozni, the family of the Oznites;
of Eri, the family of the Erites;
17 of [j]Arod, the family of the Arodites;
of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
18 These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, (J)40,500.
19 The (K)sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
20 And the (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.
21 And the sons of Perez were:
of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites;
of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
22 These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, (M)76,500.
23 The (N)sons of Issachar according to their families:
of Tola, the family of the Tolaites;
of [k]Puvah, the family of the Punites;
24 of [l]Jashub, the family of the Jashubites;
of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
25 These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, (O)64,300.
26 The (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.
27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them, (Q)60,500.
28 The (R)sons of Joseph according to their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 The sons of Manasseh:
of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and (S)Machir [m]became the father of Gilead:
of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
30 These are the sons of Gilead:
of [n]Iezer, the family of the (T)Iezerites;
of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
31 and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites;
and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
32 and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites;
and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
33 Now 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.
34 These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were (V)52,700.
35 These are the sons of Ephraim according to their families:
of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites;
of [o]Becher, the family of the Becherites;
of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah:
of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
37 These 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.
38 The sons of Benjamin according to their families:
of Bela, the family of the Belaites;
of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites;
of [p]Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
39 of [q]Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites;
of [r]Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
40 And the sons of Bela were [s]Ard and Naaman:
of Ard, the family of the Ardites;
of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
41 These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were (X)45,600.
42 These are the sons of Dan according to their families:
of [t]Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites.
These are the families of Dan according to their families.
43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were (Y)64,400.
44 The (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.
45 Of the sons of Beriah:
of Heber, the family of the Heberites;
of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them, (AA)53,400.
48 The (AB)sons of Naphtali according to their families:
of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites;
of Guni, the family of the Gunites;
49 of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites;
of (AC)Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were (AD)45,400.
51 These are those who were numbered of the sons of Israel, (AE)601,730.
52 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 53 “[u]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 [v]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)And 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.
58 These 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 [w]became the father of Amram.
59 And the 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)And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 (AL)But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before Yahweh. 62 And those 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.
63 These 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. 65 For Yahweh had said [x]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.
Footnotes
- Numbers 26:1 Ch 25:19 in Heb
- Numbers 26:1 Ch 26:1 in Heb
- Numbers 26:2 Lit sum
- Numbers 26:10 Lit sign
- Numbers 26:12 In Gen 46:10 and Ex 6:15, Jemuel
- Numbers 26:12 In 1 Chr 4:24, Jarib
- Numbers 26:13 In Gen 46:10, Zohar
- Numbers 26:15 In Gen 46:16, Ziphion
- Numbers 26:16 In Gen 46:16, Ezbon
- Numbers 26:17 In Gen 46:16, Arodi
- Numbers 26:23 In Gen 46:13, Puvvah; in 1 Chr 7:1, Puah
- Numbers 26:24 In Gen 46:13, Iob
- Numbers 26:29 Lit begot
- Numbers 26:30 In Josh 17:2, Abiezer
- Numbers 26:35 In 1 Chr 7:20, Bered
- Numbers 26:38 In Gen 46:21, Ehi; in 1 Chr 8:1, Aharah
- Numbers 26:39 In Gen 46:21, Muppim; in 1 Chr 7:12, Shuppim
- Numbers 26:39 In Gen 46:21, Muppim and Huppim
- Numbers 26:40 In 1 Chr 8:3, Addar
- Numbers 26:42 In Gen 46:23, Hushim
- Numbers 26:53 Lit To
- Numbers 26:55 Lit inherit according to
- Numbers 26:58 Lit begot
- Numbers 26:65 Or to
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