Numbers 26
Lexham English Bible
A New Census
26 [a] And it happened after the plague, [b]Yahweh said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 “Take a census[c] of the community of the Israelites[d] from those twenty years old[e] and above, according to their families,[f] all who are able to go out to war in Israel.” 3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them on the desert-plateau of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying, 4 “Take a census of the community from those twenty years old[g] and above, just as Yahweh commanded Moses.”
The Israelites who went out from the land of Egypt were:
5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, the descendants[h] of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites;[i] 6 of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites;[j] of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites.[k] 7 These are the clans of the Reubenites,[l] and the ones counted of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty. 8 The children of Pallu: Eliab. 9 The children of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram who were appointed of the community, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they rebelled against Yahweh, 10 and the land opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when that company died, when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they were a sign.[m] 11 The children[n] of Korah, however, did not die.
12 The descendants[o] of Simeon, according to their clans: of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites;[p] of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites;[q] of Jakin, the clan of the Jakinites;[r] 13 of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites;[s] of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites.[t] 14 These were the clans of the Simeonites,[u] twenty-two thousand two hundred.
15 The descendants[v] of Gad according to their clans: of Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites;[w] of Haggi, the clan of the Haggites;[x] of Shuni, the clan of the Shunites;[y] 16 of Ozni, the clan of the Oznites;[z] of Eri, the clan of the Erites;[aa] 17 of Arod, the clan of the Arodites;[ab] of Areli, the clan of the Arelites;[ac] 18 These were the clans of the descendants[ad] of Gad according to the ones counted of them, forty thousand five hundred.
19 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 The descendants[ae] of Judah according to their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites;[af] of Perez, the clan of the Perezites;[ag] of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites.[ah] 21 The children of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites;[ai] of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites.[aj] 22 These were the clans of Judah according to the ones counted of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
23 The descendants[ak] of Issachar according to their clans: of Tola, the clan of the Tolaites;[al] of Puvah, the clan of the Punites;[am] 24 of Jashub, the clans of the Jashubites;[an] of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites.[ao] 25 These were the clans of Issachar according to the ones counted of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred.
26 The descendants[ap] of Zebulun according to their clans: of Sered, the clan of the Seredites;[aq] of Elon, the clan of the Elonites;[ar] of Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites.[as] 27 These were the clans of the Zebulunites[at] according to the ones counted of them, sixty thousand five hundred.
28 The descendants[au] of Joseph according to their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 The descendants[av] of Manasseh: of Makir, the clan of the Makirites.[aw] And Makir fathered Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites.[ax] 30 These were the descendants[ay] of Gilead: of Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites;[az] of Helek, the clan of the Helekites;[ba] 31 and of Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites;[bb] and of Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites;[bc] 32 and of Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites;[bd] and of Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites.[be] 33 Zelophehad son of Hepher did not have sons, but only daughters; and the names[bf] of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These were the clans of Manasseh, and the ones counted of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
35 These were the descendants[bg] of Ephraim according to their clans: of Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites;[bh] of Beker, the clan of the Bekerites;[bi] of Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites.[bj] 36 And these were the descendants[bk] of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.[bl] 37 These were the clans of the descendants[bm] of Ephraim according to the ones counted of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These were the descendants[bn] of Joseph according to their clans.
38 The descendants[bo] of Benjamin according to their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaites;[bp] of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites;[bq] of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites;[br] 39 of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites;[bs] of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites.[bt] 40 The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites;[bu] of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites.[bv] 41 These were the descendants[bw] of Benjamin according to their clans. And the ones counted of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.
42 These were the descendants[bx] of Dan according to their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites.[by] These were the clans of Dan according to their clans. 43 All the clans of the Shuhamites,[bz] according to the ones counted of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.
44 The descendants[ca] of Asher according to their clans: of Imnah, the clan of the Imnahites;[cb] of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites;[cc] of Beriah, the clan of the Beriahites.[cd] 45 The descendants[ce] of Beriah: of Heber, the clan of the Heberites;[cf] of Malkiel, the clan of the Malkielites.[cg] 46 The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. 47 These were the clans of the descendants[ch] of Asher according to the ones counted of them, fifty-three thousand four hundred.
48 The descendants[ci] of Naphtali according to their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites;[cj] of Guni, the clan of the Gunites;[ck] 49 of Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites;[cl] of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites.[cm] 50 These were the clans of Naphtali according to their clans, the ones counted of them, forty-five thousand four hundred.
51 These were the ones counted of the Israelites,[cn] six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.
52 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 53 “For these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 For the larger group you must increase their inheritance, and for the smaller group you must make smaller their inheritance; each must be given their[co] inheritance according to the number of the ones counted of them. 55 Surely the land will be divided by lot. They will inherit according to the names of the tribes of their ancestors.[cp] 56 Their[cq] inheritance must be divided according to the lot between the larger and smaller groups.”
57 These are the ones counted of the Levites according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites;[cr] of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites;[cs] of Merari, the clan of the Merarites.[ct] 58 These are the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites,[cu] the clan of the Hebronites,[cv] the clan of the Mahlites,[cw] the clan of the Mushites,[cx] the clan of the Korahites.[cy] Kohath fathered Amram. 59 The name of the wife of Amram was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whose mother bore her for Levi in Egypt; she bore to Amram: Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam. 60 To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 But Nadab and Abihu died when they presented strange fire before[cz] Yahweh. 62 The ones counted were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old[da] and above, because they were not counted in the midst of the Israelites[db] since no inheritance was given to them in the midst of the Israelites.[dc]
63 These were the ones counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who counted the Israelites[dd] on the desert-plateau of Moab on the Jordan across Jericho. 64 And among these there was not a man of those counted by Moses and Aaron the priest, who counted the Israelites[de] in the desert of Sinai. 65 For Yahweh said to them, “They will surely die in the desert.” And not a man was left over from them, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Footnotes
- Numbers 26:1 Numbers 26:1a in the English Bible is 25:19b in the Hebrew Bible
- Numbers 26:1 In the Hebrew Bible, Numbers 26:1 begins here
- Numbers 26:2 Literally “Lift up the heads”
- Numbers 26:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 26:2 Literally “a son of twenty years”
- Numbers 26:2 Literally “the house of their fathers”
- Numbers 26:4 Literally “a son of twenty years”
- Numbers 26:5 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:5 Hebrew “Palluite”
- Numbers 26:6 Hebrew “Hezronite”
- Numbers 26:6 Hebrew “Carmite”
- Numbers 26:7 Hebrew “Reubenite”
- Numbers 26:10 That is, a warning sign
- Numbers 26:11 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:12 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:12 Hebrew “Nemuelite”
- Numbers 26:12 Hebrew “Jaminite”
- Numbers 26:12 Hebrew “Jakinite”
- Numbers 26:13 Hebrew “Zerahite”
- Numbers 26:13 Hebrew “Shaulite”
- Numbers 26:14 Hebrew “Simeonite”
- Numbers 26:15 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:15 Hebrew “Zephonite”
- Numbers 26:15 Hebrew “Haggite”
- Numbers 26:15 Hebrew “Shunite”
- Numbers 26:16 Hebrew “Oznite”
- Numbers 26:16 Hebrew “Erite”
- Numbers 26:17 Hebrew “Arodite”
- Numbers 26:17 Hebrew “Arelite”
- Numbers 26:18 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:20 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:20 Hebrew “Shelanite”
- Numbers 26:20 Hebrew “Perezite”
- Numbers 26:20 Hebrew “Zerahite”
- Numbers 26:21 Hebrew “Hezronite”
- Numbers 26:21 Hebrew “Hamulite”
- Numbers 26:23 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:23 Hebrew “Tolaite”
- Numbers 26:23 Hebrew “Punite”
- Numbers 26:24 Hebrew “Jashubite”
- Numbers 26:24 Hebrew “Shimronite”
- Numbers 26:26 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:26 Hebrew “Seredite”
- Numbers 26:26 Hebrew “Elonite”
- Numbers 26:26 Hebrew “Jahleelite”
- Numbers 26:27 Hebrew “Zebulunite”
- Numbers 26:28 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:29 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:29 Hebrew “Makirite”
- Numbers 26:29 Hebrew “Gileadite”
- Numbers 26:30 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:30 Hebrew “Iezerite”
- Numbers 26:30 Hebrew “Helekite”
- Numbers 26:31 Hebrew “Asrielite”
- Numbers 26:31 Hebrew “Shechemite”
- Numbers 26:32 Hebrew “Shemidaite”
- Numbers 26:32 Hebrew “Hepherite”
- Numbers 26:33 Hebrew “name”
- Numbers 26:35 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:35 Hebrew “Shuthelahite”
- Numbers 26:35 Hebrew “Bekerite”
- Numbers 26:35 Hebrew “Tahanite”
- Numbers 26:36 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:36 Hebrew “Eranite”
- Numbers 26:37 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:37 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:38 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:38 Hebrew “Belaite”
- Numbers 26:38 Hebrew “Ashbelite”
- Numbers 26:38 Hebrew “Ahiramite”
- Numbers 26:39 Hebrew “Shuphamite”
- Numbers 26:39 Hebrew “Huphamite”
- Numbers 26:40 Hebrew “Ardite”
- Numbers 26:40 Hebrew “Naamite”
- Numbers 26:41 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:42 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:42 Hebrew “Shuhamite”
- Numbers 26:43 Hebrew “Shumhamite”
- Numbers 26:44 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:44 Hebrew “Imnahite”
- Numbers 26:44 Hebrew “Ishvite”
- Numbers 26:44 Hebrew “Beriahite”
- Numbers 26:45 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:45 Hebrew “Heberite”
- Numbers 26:45 Hebrew “Malkielite”
- Numbers 26:47 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:48 Or “sons”
- Numbers 26:48 Hebrew “Jahzeelite”
- Numbers 26:48 Hebrew “Gunite”
- Numbers 26:49 Hebrew “Jezerite”
- Numbers 26:49 Hebrew “Shillemite”
- Numbers 26:51 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 26:54 Hebrew “his”
- Numbers 26:55 Or “fathers”
- Numbers 26:56 Hebrew “His”
- Numbers 26:57 Hebrew “Gershonite”
- Numbers 26:57 Hebrew “Kohathite”
- Numbers 26:57 Hebrew “Merarite”
- Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Libnite”
- Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Hebronite”
- Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Mahlite”
- Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Mushite”
- Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Korahite”
- Numbers 26:61 Literally “in the presence of”
- Numbers 26:62 Literally “a son of one month”
- Numbers 26:62 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 26:62 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 26:63 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 26:64 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
Numbers 26
New Century Version
The People Are Counted
26 After the great sickness, the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, 2 “Count all the people of Israel by families. Count all the men who are twenty years old or older who will serve in the army of Israel.” 3 Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to the people on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River, across from Jericho. They said, 4 “Count the men twenty years old or older, as the Lord commanded Moses.”
Here are the Israelites who came out of Egypt:
5 The tribe of Reuben, the first son born to Israel, was counted. From Hanoch came the Hanochite family group; from Pallu came the Palluite family group; 6 from Hezron came the Hezronite family group; from Carmi came the Carmite family group. 7 These were the family groups of Reuben, and the total number of men was 43,730.
8 The son of Pallu was Eliab, 9 and Eliab’s sons were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram were the leaders who turned against Moses and Aaron and followed Korah when he turned against the Lord. 10 The earth opened up and swallowed them and Korah; they died at the same time the fire burned up the 250 men. This was a warning, 11 but the children of Korah did not die.
12 These were the family groups in the tribe of Simeon: From Nemuel came the Nemuelite family group; from Jamin came the Jaminite family group; from Jakin came the Jakinite family group; 13 from Zerah came the Zerahite family group; from Shaul came the Shaulite family group. 14 These were the family groups of Simeon, and the total number of men was 22,200.
15 These were the family groups in the tribe of Gad: From Zephon came the Zephonite family group; from Haggi came the Haggite family group; from Shuni came the Shunite family group; 16 from Ozni came the Oznite family group; from Eri came the Erite family group; 17 from Arodi came the Arodite family group; from Areli came the Arelite family group. 18 These were the family groups of Gad, and the total number of men was 40,500.
19 Two of Judah’s sons, Er and Onan, died in Canaan.
20 These were the family groups in the tribe of Judah: From Shelah came the Shelanite family group; from Perez came the Perezite family group; from Zerah came the Zerahite family group. 21 These were the family groups from Perez: From Hezron came the Hezronite family group; from Hamul came the Hamulite family group. 22 These were the family groups of Judah, and the total number of men was 76,500.
23 These were the family groups in the tribe of Issachar: From Tola came the Tolaite family group; from Puah came the Puite family group; 24 from Jashub came the Jashubite family group; from Shimron came the Shimronite family group. 25 These were the family groups of Issachar, and the total number of men was 64,300.
26 These were the family groups in the tribe of Zebulun: From Sered came the Seredite family group; from Elon came the Elonite family group; from Jahleel came the Jahleelite family group. 27 These were the family groups of Zebulun, and the total number of men was 60,500.
28 These were the family groups of Joseph through Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 These were the family groups of Manasseh: From Makir came the Makirite family group (Makir was the father of Gilead); from Gilead came the Gileadite family group. 30 These were the family groups that came from Gilead: From Iezer came the Iezerite family group; from Helek came the Helekite family group; 31 from Asriel came the Asrielite family group; from Shechem came the Shechemite family group; 32 from Shemida came the Shemidaite family group; from Hepher came the Hepherite family group. 33 (Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons; he had only daughters, and their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.) 34 These were the family groups of Manasseh, and the total number of men was 52,700.
35 These were the family groups in the tribe of Ephraim: From Shuthelah came the Shuthelahite family group; from Beker came the Bekerite family group; from Tahan came the Tahanite family group. 36 This was the family group from Shuthelah: From Eran came the Eranite family group. 37 These were the family groups of Ephraim, and the total number of men was 32,500. These are the family groups that came from Joseph.
38 These were the family groups in the tribe of Benjamin: From Bela came the Belaite family group; from Ashbel came the Ashbelite family group; from Ahiram came the Ahiramite family group; 39 from Shupham came the Shuphamite family group; from Hupham came the Huphamite family group. 40 These were the family groups from Bela through Ard and Naaman: From Ard came the Ardite family group; from Naaman came the Naamite family group. 41 These were the family groups of Benjamin, and the total number of men was 45,600.
42 This was the family group in the tribe of Dan: From Shuham came the Shuhamite family group. That was the family of Dan, 43 and the total number of men in the Shuhamite family group of Dan was 64,400.
44 These were the family groups in the tribe of Asher: From Imnah came the Imnite family group; from Ishvi came the Ishvite family group; from Beriah came the Beriite family group. 45 These were the family groups that came from Beriah: From Heber came the Heberite family group; from Malkiel came the Malkielite family group. 46 (Asher also had a daughter named Serah.) 47 These were the family groups of Asher, and the total number of men was 53,400.
48 These were the family groups in the tribe of Naphtali: From Jahzeel came the Jahzeelite family group; from Guni came the Gunite family group; 49 from Jezer came the Jezerite family group; from Shillem came the Shillemite family group. 50 These were the family groups of Naphtali, and the total number of men was 45,400.
51 So the total number of the men of Israel was 601,730.
52 The Lord said to Moses, 53 “Divide the land among these people by the number of names. 54 A large tribe will get more land, and a small tribe will get less land; the amount of land each tribe gets will depend on the number of its people. 55 Divide the land by drawing lots, and the land each tribe gets will be named for that tribe. 56 Divide the land between large and small groups by drawing lots.”
57 The tribe of Levi was also counted. These were the family groups of Levi: From Gershon came the Gershonite family group; from Kohath came the Kohathite family group; from Merari came the Merarite family group. 58 These also were Levite family groups: the Libnite family group, the Hebronite family group, the Mahlite family group, the Mushite family group, and the Korahite family group. (Kohath was the ancestor of Amram, 59 whose wife was named Jochebed. She was from the tribe of Levi and she was born in Egypt. She and Amram had two sons, Aaron and Moses, and their sister Miriam. 60 Aaron was the father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 But Nadab and Abihu died because they made an offering before the Lord with the wrong kind of fire.)
62 The total number of male Levites one month old or older was 23,000. But these men were not counted with the other Israelites, because they were not given any of the land among the other Israelites.
63 Moses and Eleazar the priest counted all these people. They counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho. 64 Moses and Aaron the priest had counted the Israelites in the Desert of Sinai, but no one Moses counted on the plains of Moab was in the first counting. 65 The Lord had told the Israelites they would all die in the desert, and the only two left were Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
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