Numbers 26
Evangelical Heritage Version
The Second Census
26 After the plague, the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest.[a] He said, 2 “Take a census of the entire Israelite community, twenty years old and up, according to their fathers’ houses, all who are of age to serve in Israel’s army.”
3 Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them on the Plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. They said, 4 “Take a census of the men twenty years old and up, just as the Lord commanded Moses.”
These are the Israelites who came out from the land of Egypt:
5 Reuben was Israel’s firstborn. The male descendants[b] of Reuben were: from Hanok, the Hanokite clan; from Pallu, the Palluite clan; 6 from Hezron, the Hezronite clan; from Karmi, the Karmite clan. 7 These were the Reubenite clans. Those who were registered totaled 43,730.
8 The son of Pallu was Eliab. 9 The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram.[c]
(These were the same Dathan and Abiram who were chosen leaders of the community who fought against Moses and Aaron along with the followers of Korah, when they fought against the Lord. 10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when his followers died and when the fire consumed the two hundred fifty men. So they became a warning sign. 11 However, the sons of Korah did not die out.)
12 The male descendants of Simeon according to their clans were: from Nemuel, the Nemuelite clan; from Jamin, the Jaminite clan; from Jakin, the Jakinite clan; 13 from Zerah, the Zerahite clan; from Shaul, the Shaulite clan. 14 These Simeonite clans totaled 22,200.
15 The male descendants of Gad according to their clans were: from Zephon, the Zephonite clan; from Haggi, the Haggite clan; from Shuni, the Shunite clan; 16 from Ozni, the Oznite clan; from Eri, the Erite clan; 17 from Arodi,[d] the Arodite clan; from Areli, the Arelite clan. 18 These clans of the descendants of Gad who were registered totaled 40,500.
19 Er and Onan were sons of Judah. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 The male descendants of Judah according to their clans were: from Shelah, the Shelanite clan; from Perez, the Perezite clan; from Zerah, the Zerahite clan. 21 The male descendants of Perez were: from Hezron, the Hezronite clan; from Hamul, the Hamulite clan. 22 These clans of Judah who were registered totaled 76,500.
23 The male descendants of Issachar according to their clans were: from Tola, the Tolaite clan; from Puah, the Puite clan;[e] 24 from Jashub, the Jashubite clan; from Shimron, the Shimronite clan. 25 These clans of Issachar who were registered totaled 64,300.
26 The male descendants of Zebulun according to their clans were: from Sered, the Seredite clan; from Elon, the Elonite clan; from Jahle’el, the Jahle’elite clan. 27 These Zebulunite clans who were registered totaled 60,500.
28 The sons of Joseph who established clans were Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 The male descendants of Manasseh were: from Makir, the Makirite clan (Makir was the father of Gilead); from Gilead, the Gileadite clan. 30 These were the male descendants of Gilead: from Iezer, the Iezerite clan; from Helek, the Helekite clan; 31 from Asriel, the Asrielite clan; from Shechem, the Shechemite clan; 32 from Shemida, the Shemidaite clan; and from Hepher, the Hepherite clan.
33 Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, only daughters. The names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirzah. 34 These were the clans of Manasseh. Those who were registered totaled 52,700.
35 These were the male descendants of Ephraim according to their clans: from Shuthelah, the Shuthelahite clan; from Beker, the Bekerite clan; from Tahan, the Tahanite clan. 36 These were the male descendants of Shuthelah: from Eran, the Eranite clan. 37 These clans from the descendants of Ephraim who were registered totaled 32,500.
These were the male descendants of Joseph according to their clans.
38 The male descendants of Benjamin according to their clans were: from Bela, the Belaite clan; from Ashbel, the Ashbelite clan; from Ahiram, the Ahiramite clan; 39 from Shupham,[f] the Shuphamite clan; from Hupham, the Huphamite clan. 40 The sons of Bela were Ard and Na’aman: from Ard, the Ardite clan; from Na’aman, the Na’amanite clan. 41 These were the male descendants of Benjamin according to their clans. Those who were registered totaled 45,600.
42 These were the male descendants of Dan according to their clans: from Shuham, the Shuhamite clan. These were the clans of Dan according to their clans. 43 All the Shuhamite clans who were registered totaled 64,400.
44 The male descendants of Asher according to their clans were: from Imnah, the Imnite clan; from Ishvi, the Ishvite clan; from Beriah, the Beriite clan. 45 From the male descendants of Beriah: from Heber, the Heberite clan; from Malkiel, the Malkielite clan. 46 The name of Asher’s daughter was Serah. 47 These clans for the descendants of Asher who were registered totaled 53,400.
48 The male descendants of Naphtali according to their clans were: from Jahze’el, the Jahze’elite clan; from Guni, the Gunite clan; 49 from Jezer, the Jezerite clan; from Shillem, the Shillemite clan. 50 These were the clans of Naphtali according to their clans. Those who were registered totaled 45,400.
51 Those who were registered from the Israelites totaled 601,730.
52 The Lord spoke to Moses: 53 “The land is to be divided among these tribes, with the size of the possession for each tribe based on the number of names. 54 For a larger tribe, increase its possession. For a smaller tribe, decrease its possession. Each tribe is to be given its inheritance based on the total of those registered. 55 The land must be divided by lot. They will receive their possession according to the names of their father’s tribes. 56 Their possession is to be divided between the larger and the smaller tribes as the lots determine.”
57 Those who were registered from the Levites according to their clans were: from Gershon, the Gershonite clan; from Kohath, the Kohathite clan; from Merari, the Merarite clan. 58 These were the Levite clans: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, the Korahite clan.
(Kohath was the forefather[g] of Amram. 59 The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites in Egypt. For Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam. 60 Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar were born to Aaron. 61 Nadab and Abihu died when they presented unauthorized fire before the Lord.)
62 Those who were registered totaled 23,000, every male a month old and up. But they were not registered with the other Israelites, because they were not given a possession[h] among the Israelites.
63 These were the men who were 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 even one man left from those who had been registered by Moses and Aaron the priest, when they registered the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the Lord had said about them, “They will surely die in the wilderness.” There was not even one man left from them except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Footnotes
- Numbers 26:1 Part of English verse 26:1 is part of Hebrew verse 25:19.
- Numbers 26:5 Literally sons
- Numbers 26:9 The four generations of fathers and sons listed in verses 5-9 cover over four hundred years, so son in some cases may mean a more distant descendant.
- Numbers 26:17 The translation follows the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Greek and Syriac versions; the Hebrew reads Arod. Compare Genesis 46:16.
- Numbers 26:23 The translation follows the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions; the Hebrew has Puvah, the Punite. Compare 1 Chronicles 7:1.
- Numbers 26:39 The translation follows a few Hebrew manuscripts, the Samaritan Pentateuch, and the Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions; most Hebrew texts have Shephunham.
- Numbers 26:58 Literally father, but the time span from Gershon through Kohath to Amram, father of Moses, is over three hundred years. It is possible that this sentence belongs to the previous paragraph, and that it does in fact refer to an Amram, who is a son of Kohath, who is the ancestor of Moses’ father Amram. See Exodus 6:18-20.
- Numbers 26:62 That is, a tribal territory
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”
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