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Numbers 26
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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

  1. Numbers 26:1 Numbers 26:1a in the English Bible is 25:19b in the Hebrew Bible
  2. Numbers 26:1 In the Hebrew Bible, Numbers 26:1 begins here
  3. Numbers 26:2 Literally “Lift up the heads”
  4. Numbers 26:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  5. Numbers 26:2 Literally “a son of twenty years”
  6. Numbers 26:2 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  7. Numbers 26:4 Literally “a son of twenty years”
  8. Numbers 26:5 Or “sons”
  9. Numbers 26:5 Hebrew “Palluite”
  10. Numbers 26:6 Hebrew “Hezronite”
  11. Numbers 26:6 Hebrew “Carmite”
  12. Numbers 26:7 Hebrew “Reubenite”
  13. Numbers 26:10 That is, a warning sign
  14. Numbers 26:11 Or “sons”
  15. Numbers 26:12 Or “sons”
  16. Numbers 26:12 Hebrew “Nemuelite”
  17. Numbers 26:12 Hebrew “Jaminite”
  18. Numbers 26:12 Hebrew “Jakinite”
  19. Numbers 26:13 Hebrew “Zerahite”
  20. Numbers 26:13 Hebrew “Shaulite”
  21. Numbers 26:14 Hebrew “Simeonite”
  22. Numbers 26:15 Or “sons”
  23. Numbers 26:15 Hebrew “Zephonite”
  24. Numbers 26:15 Hebrew “Haggite”
  25. Numbers 26:15 Hebrew “Shunite”
  26. Numbers 26:16 Hebrew “Oznite”
  27. Numbers 26:16 Hebrew “Erite”
  28. Numbers 26:17 Hebrew “Arodite”
  29. Numbers 26:17 Hebrew “Arelite”
  30. Numbers 26:18 Or “sons”
  31. Numbers 26:20 Or “sons”
  32. Numbers 26:20 Hebrew “Shelanite”
  33. Numbers 26:20 Hebrew “Perezite”
  34. Numbers 26:20 Hebrew “Zerahite”
  35. Numbers 26:21 Hebrew “Hezronite”
  36. Numbers 26:21 Hebrew “Hamulite”
  37. Numbers 26:23 Or “sons”
  38. Numbers 26:23 Hebrew “Tolaite”
  39. Numbers 26:23 Hebrew “Punite”
  40. Numbers 26:24 Hebrew “Jashubite”
  41. Numbers 26:24 Hebrew “Shimronite”
  42. Numbers 26:26 Or “sons”
  43. Numbers 26:26 Hebrew “Seredite”
  44. Numbers 26:26 Hebrew “Elonite”
  45. Numbers 26:26 Hebrew “Jahleelite”
  46. Numbers 26:27 Hebrew “Zebulunite”
  47. Numbers 26:28 Or “sons”
  48. Numbers 26:29 Or “sons”
  49. Numbers 26:29 Hebrew “Makirite”
  50. Numbers 26:29 Hebrew “Gileadite”
  51. Numbers 26:30 Or “sons”
  52. Numbers 26:30 Hebrew “Iezerite”
  53. Numbers 26:30 Hebrew “Helekite”
  54. Numbers 26:31 Hebrew “Asrielite”
  55. Numbers 26:31 Hebrew “Shechemite”
  56. Numbers 26:32 Hebrew “Shemidaite”
  57. Numbers 26:32 Hebrew “Hepherite”
  58. Numbers 26:33 Hebrew “name”
  59. Numbers 26:35 Or “sons”
  60. Numbers 26:35 Hebrew “Shuthelahite”
  61. Numbers 26:35 Hebrew “Bekerite”
  62. Numbers 26:35 Hebrew “Tahanite”
  63. Numbers 26:36 Or “sons”
  64. Numbers 26:36 Hebrew “Eranite”
  65. Numbers 26:37 Or “sons”
  66. Numbers 26:37 Or “sons”
  67. Numbers 26:38 Or “sons”
  68. Numbers 26:38 Hebrew “Belaite”
  69. Numbers 26:38 Hebrew “Ashbelite”
  70. Numbers 26:38 Hebrew “Ahiramite”
  71. Numbers 26:39 Hebrew “Shuphamite”
  72. Numbers 26:39 Hebrew “Huphamite”
  73. Numbers 26:40 Hebrew “Ardite”
  74. Numbers 26:40 Hebrew “Naamite”
  75. Numbers 26:41 Or “sons”
  76. Numbers 26:42 Or “sons”
  77. Numbers 26:42 Hebrew “Shuhamite”
  78. Numbers 26:43 Hebrew “Shumhamite”
  79. Numbers 26:44 Or “sons”
  80. Numbers 26:44 Hebrew “Imnahite”
  81. Numbers 26:44 Hebrew “Ishvite”
  82. Numbers 26:44 Hebrew “Beriahite”
  83. Numbers 26:45 Or “sons”
  84. Numbers 26:45 Hebrew “Heberite”
  85. Numbers 26:45 Hebrew “Malkielite”
  86. Numbers 26:47 Or “sons”
  87. Numbers 26:48 Or “sons”
  88. Numbers 26:48 Hebrew “Jahzeelite”
  89. Numbers 26:48 Hebrew “Gunite”
  90. Numbers 26:49 Hebrew “Jezerite”
  91. Numbers 26:49 Hebrew “Shillemite”
  92. Numbers 26:51 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  93. Numbers 26:54 Hebrew “his”
  94. Numbers 26:55 Or “fathers”
  95. Numbers 26:56 Hebrew “His”
  96. Numbers 26:57 Hebrew “Gershonite”
  97. Numbers 26:57 Hebrew “Kohathite”
  98. Numbers 26:57 Hebrew “Merarite”
  99. Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Libnite”
  100. Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Hebronite”
  101. Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Mahlite”
  102. Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Mushite”
  103. Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Korahite”
  104. Numbers 26:61 Literally “in the presence of”
  105. Numbers 26:62 Literally “a son of one month”
  106. Numbers 26:62 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  107. Numbers 26:62 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  108. Numbers 26:63 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  109. Numbers 26:64 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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Numbers 26
Amplified Bible

Census of a New Generation

26 [a]Then it happened after the plague that the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, 2 “Take a census of all the [males in the] congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ households, all in Israel who are able to go to war.” 3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with the people in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 4 “A census of the people shall be taken from twenty years old and upward, just as the Lord has commanded Moses.”

Now the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt were:

5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel (Jacob), 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 (clans) of the Reubenites; and those who were numbered of them were 43,730. 8 The son of Pallu: Eliab. 9 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram who were called by the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord, 10 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, so that they became a [warning] sign. 11 But Korah’s sons did not die [because they did not participate in the rebellion].

12 The 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; 13 of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the families (clans) of the Simeonites, 22,200.

15 The 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; 16 of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; 17 of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18 These are the families (clans) of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered, 40,500.

19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan [were judged by God and] died in the land of Canaan.(A) 20 The sons of Judah according to their families: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. 21 The sons of Perez: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families (clans) of Judah according to those who were numbered, 76,500.

23 The sons of Issachar according to their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites; 24 of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 25 These are the families (clans) of Issachar according to those who were numbered, 64,300.

26 The 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 (clans) of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered, 60,500.

28 The sons of Joseph according to their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; 31 of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; 32 of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33 Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters, and the names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families (clans) of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were 52,700.

35 These 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. 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 37 These are the families (clans) of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered, 32,500. These are the descendants of Joseph according to their families (clans).

38 The 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; 39 of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40 The sons of Bela were 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 (clans); and those who were numbered, 45,600.

42 These 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. 43 All the families (clans) of the Shuhamites according to those who were numbered, 64,400.

44 Of the 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 (clans) of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered, 53,400.

48 Of the 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 Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50 These are the families (clans) of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were 45,400.

51 This was the [total] number of the [male] Israelites, 601,730 [twenty years old and upward who were able to go to war].

52 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 53 “Among these the land shall be divided as an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To the larger tribe you shall give the larger inheritance, and to the smaller tribe the smaller inheritance; each tribe shall be given its inheritance according to its numbers. 55 But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers (tribal ancestors). 56 According to the [location selected by] lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller [groups].”

57 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. And Kohath was the father of Amram. 59 The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 To Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 But Nadab and Abihu died [in the presence of God] when they offered [in their ceremonial censers] strange [unholy, unacceptable, unauthorized] fire before the Lord.(B) 62 Those numbered of the Levites were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel, since no inheritance [of land] was given to them among the Israelites.

63 These are those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel [for the second time] in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [River] at Jericho. 64 But among these there was not a man [left] of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel [for the first time] in the Wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the Lord had said of them, “They shall certainly die in the wilderness.” And not a man was left of them except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 26:1 The Hebrew has a different chapter and verse division at this point in the text. In Hebrew, 25:19 reads, “Then it happened after the plague.” In English, these words are added to the beginning of 26:1.
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