Numbers 26
Expanded Bible
The People Are Counted
26 After the ·great sickness [plague], the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, 2 “·Count [Take a census of; L Lift the head of] all the ·people of Israel [L community/congregation of the sons/T children of Israel] by ·families [clans], all the men who are twenty years old or older who will serve in the army of Israel [C like a military registration; chapter 1 counts the generation that came out of Egypt; this counts the one that would enter the land].” 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 [C supplied from v. 2] twenty years old or older, as the Lord commanded Moses.”
Here are the ·Israelites [L sons/T children of Israel] who came out of Egypt:
5 The ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Reuben, the first son born to Israel, was counted. From Hanoch came the Hanochite ·family group [clan]; from Pallu came the Palluite ·family group [clan]; 6 from Hezron came the Hezronite ·family group [clan]; from Carmi came the Carmite ·family group [clan]. 7 These were the ·family groups [clans] 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 [conveners of the community/congregation/assembly] who turned against Moses and Aaron and ·followed [L were in the assembly of] Korah when he ·turned [rebelled] 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 [16:1–40]. This was a warning, 11 but the children of Korah did not die.
12 These were the ·family groups [clans] in the ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Simeon: From Nemuel came the Nemuelite ·family group [clan]; from Jamin came the Jaminite ·family group [clan]; from Jakin came the Jakinite ·family group [clan]; 13 from Zerah came the Zerahite ·family group [clan]; from Shaul came the Shaulite ·family group [clan]. 14 These were the ·family groups [clans] of Simeon, and the total number of men was 22,200.
15 These were the ·family groups [clans] in the ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Gad: From Zephon came the Zephonite ·family group [clan]; from Haggi came the Haggite ·family group [clan]; from Shuni came the Shunite ·family group [clan]; 16 from Ozni came the Oznite ·family group [clan]; from Eri came the Erite ·family group [clan]; 17 from Arodi came the Arodite ·family group [clan]; from Areli came the Arelite ·family group [clan]. 18 These were the ·family groups [clans] of Gad, and the total number of men was 40,500.
19 Two of Judah’s sons, Er and Onan, died in Canaan [Gen. 38:6–11].
20 These were the ·family groups [clans] in the ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Judah: From Shelah came the Shelanite ·family group [clan]; from Perez came the Perezite ·family group [clan]; from Zerah came the Zerahite ·family group [clan]. 21 These were the ·family groups [clans] from Perez: From Hezron came the Hezronite ·family group [clan]; from Hamul came the Hamulite ·family group [clan]. 22 These were the ·family groups [clans] of Judah, and the total number of men was 76,500.
23 These were the ·family groups [clans] in the ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Issachar: From Tola came the Tolaite ·family group [clan]; from Puah came the Puite ·family group [clan]; 24 from Jashub came the Jashubite ·family group [clan]; from Shimron came the Shimronite ·family group [clan]. 25 These were the ·family groups [clan] of Issachar, and the total number of men was 64,300.
26 These were the ·family groups [clans] in the ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Zebulun: From Sered came the Seredite ·family group [clan]; from Elon came the Elonite ·family group [clan]; from Jahleel came the Jahleelite ·family group [clan]. 27 These were the ·family groups [clans] of Zebulun, and the total number of men was 60,500.
28 These were the ·family groups [clans] of Joseph through Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 These were the ·family groups [clans] of [L the sons/descendants of] Manasseh: From Makir came the Makirite ·family group [clan] (Makir was the father of Gilead); from Gilead came the Gileadite ·family group [clan]. 30 These were the ·family groups [clans] that came from Gilead: From Iezer came the Iezerite ·family group [clan]; from Helek came the Helekite ·family group [clan]; 31 from Asriel came the Asrielite ·family group [clan]; from Shechem came the Shechemite ·family group [clan]; 32 from Shemida came the Shemidaite ·family group [clan]; from Hepher came the Hepherite ·family group [clan]. 33 (Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons; he had only daughters, and their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah [27:1–11; 36:1–13; Josh. 17:3–6].) 34 These were the ·family groups [clans] of Manasseh, and the total number of men was 52,700.
35 These were the ·family groups [clans] in the ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Ephraim: From Shuthelah came the Shuthelahite ·family group [clan]; from Beker came the Bekerite ·family group [clan]; from Tahan came the Tahanite ·family group [clan]. 36 This was the ·family group [clan] from Shuthelah: From Eran came the Eranite ·family group [clan]. 37 These were the ·family groups [clans] of [L the sons/descendants of] Ephraim, and the total number of men was 32,500. These are the ·family groups [clans] that came from Joseph.
38 These were the ·family groups [clans] in the ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Benjamin: From Bela came the Belaite ·family group [clan]; from Ashbel came the Ashbelite ·family group [clan]; from Ahiram came the Ahiramite ·family group [clan]; 39 from Shupham came the Shuphamite ·family group [clan]; from Hupham came the Huphamite ·family group [clan]. 40 These were the ·family groups [clans] from Bela through Ard and Naaman: From Ard came the Ardite ·family group [clan]; from Naaman came the Naamite ·family group [clan]. 41 These were the ·family groups [clans] of Benjamin, and the total number of men was 45,600.
42 This was the ·family group [clan] in the ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Dan: From Shuham came the Shuhamite ·family group [clan]. That was the ·family group [clan] of Dan, 43 and the total number of men in the Shuhamite ·family group [clan] of Dan was 64,400.
44 These were the ·family groups [clans] in the ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Asher: From Imnah came the Imnite ·family group [clan]; from Ishvi came the Ishvite ·family group [clan]; from Beriah came the Beriite ·family group [clan]. 45 These were the ·family groups [clans] that came from Beriah: From Heber came the Heberite ·family group [clan]; from Malkiel came the Malkielite ·family group [clan]. 46 (Asher also had a daughter named Serah.) 47 These were the ·family groups [clans] of Asher, and the total number of men was 53,400.
48 These were the ·family groups [clans] in the ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Naphtali: From Jahzeel came the Jahzeelite ·family group [clan]; from Guni came the Gunite ·family group [clan]; 49 from Jezer came the Jezerite ·family group [clan]; from Shillem came the Shillemite ·family group [clan]. 50 These were the ·family groups [clans] of Naphtali, and the total number of men was 45,400.
51 So the total number of the ·men [L sons; T children] of Israel was 601,730.
52 The Lord said to Moses, 53 “·Divide [Apportion] the land among these people by the number of names. 54 A large tribe will get more ·land [L inheritance], and a small tribe will get less ·land [L inheritance]; the amount of ·land each tribe gets [L inheritance] will depend on the number of its people. 55 ·Divide [Apportion] the land by drawing lots, and the land each tribe ·gets [L inherits] will be named for that tribe. 56 ·Divide [Apportion] the land between large and small groups by drawing lots [Josh. 14:2; 18:6, 8].”
57 The tribe of Levi was also counted. These were the ·family groups [clans] of Levi: From Gershon came the Gershonite ·family group [clan]; from Kohath came the Kohathite ·family group [clan]; from Merari came the Merarite ·family group [clan]. 58 These also were Levite ·family groups [clans]: the Libnite ·family group [clan], the Hebronite ·family group [clan], the Mahlite ·family group [clan], the Mushite ·family group [clan], and the Korahite ·family group [clan]. (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 [Ex. 2:1–10]. 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 [L strange; C unauthorized by God] fire [Lev. 10:1–20].)
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 [L sons/T children of Israel], because they were not given any ·of the land [L inheritance] among the other ·Israelites [L sons/T children of Israel].
63 Moses and Eleazar the priest counted all these people. They counted the ·Israelites [L sons/T children of Israel] on the plains of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho. 64 Moses and Aaron the priest had counted the Israelites in the ·Desert [Wilderness] of Sinai [1:1–54], 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 [wilderness], and the only two left were Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun [14:20–25].
Nombres 26
La Bible du Semeur
26 1 l’Eternel dit à Moïse et à Eléazar, fils du prêtre Aaron : 2 Faites le recensement de toute la communauté d’Israël ; vous dénombrerez, par groupes familiaux, tous les hommes de vingt ans et plus, aptes à servir dans l’armée d’Israël[a].
3 Moïse et le prêtre Eléazar s’adressèrent au peuple dans les plaines de Moab au bord du Jourdain à la hauteur de Jéricho. Ils leur dirent : 4 Nous allons faire le recensement de tous les hommes de vingt ans et plus, comme l’Eternel l’a ordonné à Moïse. Voici les descendants d’Israël sortis d’Egypte.
5 Fils de Ruben, premier-né d’Israël : Hénok, de qui est issue la famille des Hénokites ; de Pallou, la famille des Pallouites ; 6 de Hetsrôn, celle des Hetsronites ; de Karmi, celle des Karmites[b].
7 Telles étaient les familles de Ruben. Leur effectif était de 43 730 hommes. 8 Eliab, fils de Pallou, 9 eut pour fils : Nemouel, Datan et Abiram. Ce sont ces deux derniers, membres du conseil de la communauté, qui s’en prirent à Moïse et Aaron avec les partisans de Qoré, lorsque ceux-ci se rebellèrent contre l’Eternel[c]. 10 La terre se fendit et les engloutit avec Qoré le jour où tous ses partisans périrent par le feu qui dévora les deux cent cinquante hommes. Ils servirent ainsi d’exemple. 11 Par contre, les fils de Qoré ne moururent pas.
12 Descendants de Siméon, classés par familles : issue de Nemouel, la famille des Nemouélites ; de Yamîn, celle des Yaminites ; de Yakîn, celle des Yakinites ; 13 de Zérah, celle des Zérahites ; de Saül, celle des Saülites. 14 Telles étaient les familles de Siméon. Leur effectif était de 22 200 hommes.
15 Descendants de Gad, classés par familles : de Tsephôn, la famille des Tsephonites ; de Haggui, celle des Hagguites ; de Shouni, celle des Shounites ; 16 d’Ozni, celle des Oznites ; d’Eri, celle des Erites ; 17 d’Arod[d], celle des Arodites ; d’Areéli, celle des Areélites. 18 Telles étaient les familles de Gad. Leur effectif était de 40 500 hommes.
19 Descendants de Juda : deux d’entre eux, Er et Onân, moururent dans le pays de Canaan. 20 Autres descendants de Juda, classés par familles : de Shéla, la famille des Shélanites ; de Pérets, celle des Partsites ; de Zérah, celle des Zérahites. 21 Pérets eut deux fils : Hetsrôn, de qui est issue la famille des Hetsronites, et Hamoul, de qui est issue la famille des Hamoulites. 22 Telles étaient les familles de Juda. Leur effectif était de 76 500 hommes.
23 Descendants d’Issacar, classés par familles : de Tola, la famille des Tolaïtes ; de Pouva, celle des Pouvites[e] ; 24 de Yashoub, celle des Yashoubites ; de Shimrôn, celle des Shimronites. 25 Telles étaient les familles d’Issacar. Leur effectif était de 64 300 hommes.
26 Descendants de Zabulon, classés par familles : de Séred, la famille des Sardites ; d’Elôn, celle des Elonites ; de Yahléel, celle des Yahleélites. 27 Telles étaient les familles de Zabulon. Leur effectif était de 60 500 hommes.
28 Joseph eut pour fils Manassé et Ephraïm. 29 Fils de Manassé : Makir, de qui est issue la famille des Makirites et qui eut pour fils Galaad, de qui sont issus les Galaadites. 30 Voici les descendants de Galaad : Yézer, de qui est issue la famille des Yézérites ; Héleq avec la famille des Hélqites ; 31 Asriel avec la famille des Asriélites ; Sichem avec la famille des Sichémites ; 32 Shemida avec la famille des Shemidaïtes ; Hépher avec la famille des Héphrites. 33 Tselophhad, fils de Hépher, n’eut pas de fils, mais il eut pour filles : Mahla, Noa, Hogla, Milka et Tirtsa. 34 Telles étaient les familles de Manassé. Leur effectif était de 52 700 hommes.
35 Voici les descendants d’Ephraïm classés par familles : de Shoutélah, la famille des Shoutalhites ; de Béker, celle des Bakrites ; de Tahân, celle des Tahanites. 36 Shoutélah eut pour fils Erân de qui est issue la famille des Eranites. 37 Telles étaient les familles d’Ephraïm. Leur effectif était de 32 500 hommes. Tels sont les descendants de Joseph selon leurs familles.
38 Descendants de Benjamin, classés par familles : de Béla, la famille des Balites ; d’Ashbel, celle des Ashbélites ; d’Ahiram, celle des Ahiramites ; 39 de Shoupham[f], celle des Shouphamites ; de Houpham, celle des Houphamites. 40 Béla eut deux fils : Ard[g], de qui est issue la famille des Ardites, et Naaman, de qui est issue la famille des Naamanites. 41 Telles étaient les familles de Benjamin. Leur effectif était de 45 600 hommes.
42 Voici les descendants de Dan classés par familles : de Shouham est issue la famille des Shouhamites. Les familles de Dan sont les familles des Shouhamites. 43 L’ensemble des familles des Shouhamites était de 64 400 hommes.
44 Descendants d’Aser, classés par familles : de Yimna la famille des Yimnites ; de Yishvi, celle des Yishvites ; de Beria, celle des Beriites. 45 De ce dernier sont issues la famille des Hébrites de Héber et celle des Malkiélites de Malkiel. 46 Aser avait aussi une fille appelée Sérah. 47 Telles étaient les familles d’Aser. Leur effectif était de 53 400 hommes.
48 Descendants de Nephtali, classés par familles : de Yahtséel, la famille des Yahtseélites ; de Gouni, celle des Gounites ; 49 de Yétser, celle des Yitsrites ; de Shillem, celle des Shillémites. 50 Telles étaient les familles de Nephtali. Leur effectif était de 45 400 hommes.
51 L’effectif total des Israélites recensés était de 601 730 hommes.
52 L’Eternel parla à Moïse, en ces termes[h] : 53 C’est entre ceux-là que le pays sera partagé, et donné en possession en se basant sur le nombre de personnes. 54 Aux tribus plus nombreuses, tu donneras un patrimoine plus grand, et aux moins nombreuses, un plus petit ; à chacun sera donné un territoire proportionné à son effectif. 55 Toutefois, c’est par tirage au sort que se fera le partage du pays ; chaque tribu recevra sa part d’après le nombre de ses ressortissants. 56 C’est le sort qui décidera du territoire attribué aux plus nombreux et à ceux qui le sont moins.
Le recensement des lévites
57 Voici les effectifs des lévites recensés par familles : de Guershôn est issue la famille des Guershonites ; de Qehath, celle des Qehatites ; de Merari, celle des Merarites. 58 Voici les familles issues de Lévi : celle des Libnites, des Hébronites, des Mahlites, des Moushites et des Qoréites. Qehath eut pour fils Amram[i] 59 qui épousa Yokébed, fille de Lévi, née en Egypte. Ils eurent pour enfants Aaron, Moïse et leur sœur Miryam. 60 Aaron eut pour fils : Nadab, Abihou, Eléazar et Itamar[j]. 61 Nadab et Abihou moururent pour avoir présenté devant l’Eternel un feu profane[k].
62 L’effectif des lévites de sexe masculin âgés d’un mois et plus était de 23 000. Les lévites ne furent pas compris dans le recensement des Israélites, car ils ne devaient pas recevoir de patrimoine comme ceux-ci.
Conclusion
63 Tel fut le résultat du recensement des Israélites effectué par Moïse et le prêtre Eléazar dans les plaines de Moab au bord du Jourdain, en face de Jéricho. 64 Parmi eux, il ne restait plus personne de ceux que Moïse et Aaron avaient recensés dans le désert du Sinaï[l], 65 car l’Eternel leur avait déclaré qu’ils mourraient dans le désert. Il ne subsistait donc aucun d’entre eux, excepté Caleb, fils de Yephounné, et Josué, fils de Noun[m].
Footnotes
- 26.2 Le premier recensement avait eu lieu trente-huit ans plus tôt (voir Nb 1 à 3). A l’exception de Caleb et de Josué, les hommes du premier recensement sont tous morts (voir 26.64-65).
- 26.6 Voir Gn 46.9.
- 26.9 Voir le chapitre 16.
- 26.17 Selon le texte hébreu traditionnel. Le Pentateuque samaritain, la version syriaque et Gn 46.16 ont : Arodi.
- 26.23 Le Pentateuque samaritain, l’ancienne version grecque, la Vulgate et 1 Ch 7.1 ont : Poua… Pouites.
- 26.39 D’après quelques manuscrits du texte hébreu traditionnel, le Pentateuque samaritain, la version syriaque et la Vulgate. La plupart des manuscrits du texte hébreu traditionnel ont : Shephoupham.
- 26.40 D’après le Pentateuque samaritain et la version syriaque. Manque dans le texte hébreu traditionnel.
- 26.52 Pour les v. 52-56, voir Nb 33.54 ; 34.13 ; Jos 14.1-2.
- 26.58 Voir Ex 6.17-19, 24.
- 26.60 Voir Ex 6.23 ; Nb 3.2.
- 26.61 Voir Lv 10.1-7 ; Nb 3.4.
- 26.64 Voir Nb 1 ; 3.
- 26.65 Voir 14.26-38.
Numbers 26
King James Version
26 And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh 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 they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:
10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
12 The sons of Simeon after 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 Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
15 The children of Gad after 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 of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
21 And the sons of Pharez 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 that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, 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 of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: 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 that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: 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 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: 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 that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
38 The sons of Benjamin after 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 Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
40 And the sons of Bela were ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: 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 Sarah.
47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
48 Of the sons of Naphtali after 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 of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
52 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after 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 the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord.
62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
65 For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Numbers 26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
A Census of the New Generation
26 After the plague the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar[a] the priest, 2 “Take a census of the whole congregation of the Israelites, from twenty years old and up, by their ancestral houses, everyone in Israel able to go to war.”(A) 3 Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying, 4 “Take a census of the people,[b] from twenty years old and up,” as the Lord commanded Moses.
The Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt were:
5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel. The descendants of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites;(B) 6 of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites. 7 These are the clans of the Reubenites; the number of those enrolled was forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty. 8 And the descendants of Pallu: Eliab. 9 The descendants of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram, chosen from the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron in the congregation of Korah, when they rebelled against the Lord,(C) 10 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that congregation died, when the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a warning.(D) 11 Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah did not die.(E)
12 The descendants of Simeon by their clans: of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites; 13 of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites.[c] 14 These are the clans of the Simeonites: twenty-two thousand two hundred.(F)
15 The descendants of Gad by their clans: of Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; of Shuni, the clan of the Shunites;(G) 16 of Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; of Eri, the clan of the Erites; 17 of Arod, the clan of the Arodites; of Areli, the clan of the Arelites. 18 These are the clans of the descendants of Gad by the number of those enrolled: forty thousand five hundred.(H)
19 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 The descendants of Judah by their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites. 21 The descendants of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites. 22 These are the clans of Judah by the number of those enrolled: seventy-six thousand five hundred.(I)
23 The descendants of Issachar by their clans: of Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites; 24 of Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites.(J) 25 These are the clans of Issachar by the number of those enrolled: sixty-four thousand three hundred.(K)
26 The descendants of Zebulun by their clans: of Sered, the clan of the Seredites; of Elon, the clan of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the clans of the Zebulunites by the number of those enrolled: sixty thousand five hundred.(L)
28 The sons of Joseph by their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 The descendants of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites. 30 These are the descendants of Gilead: of Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; of Helek, the clan of the Helekites;(M) 31 and of Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites; 32 and of Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites. 33 Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, only daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the clans of Manasseh; the number of those enrolled was fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
35 These are the descendants of Ephraim according to their clans: of Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the clan of the Becherites; of Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites.(N) 36 And these are the descendants of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites. 37 These are the clans of the Ephraimites by the number of those enrolled: thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the descendants of Joseph by their clans.(O)
38 The descendants of Benjamin by their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites;(P) 39 of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites.(Q) 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites.(R) 41 These are the descendants of Benjamin by their clans; the number of those enrolled was forty-five thousand six hundred.(S)
42 These are the descendants of Dan by their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan by their clans.(T) 43 All the clans of the Shuhamites by the number of those enrolled: sixty-four thousand four hundred.(U)
44 The descendants of Asher by their clans: of Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriites. 45 Of the descendants of Beriah: of Heber, the clan of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. 47 These are the clans of the descendants of Asher by the number of those enrolled: fifty-three thousand four hundred.(V)
48 The descendants of Naphtali by their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites; 49 of Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites. 50 These are the clans of Naphtali by their clans; the number of those enrolled was forty-five thousand four hundred.(W)
51 This was the number of the Israelites enrolled: six hundred and one thousand seven hundred thirty.
52 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 53 “To these the land shall be apportioned for inheritance according to the number of names.(X) 54 To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance; every tribe shall be given its inheritance according to its enrollment.(Y) 55 But the land shall be apportioned by lot; according to the names of their ancestral tribes they shall inherit.(Z) 56 Their inheritance shall be apportioned according to lot between the larger and the smaller.”
57 This is the enrollment of the Levites by their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites. 58 These are the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites. Now Kohath was the father of Amram. 59 The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt, and she bore to Amram: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.(AA) 60 To Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.(AB) 61 But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unholy fire before the Lord.(AC) 62 The number of those enrolled was twenty-three thousand, every male one month old and up, for they were not enrolled among the Israelites because there was no allotment given to them among the Israelites.(AD)
63 These were those enrolled by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who enrolled the Israelites in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 64 Among these there was not one of those enrolled by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had enrolled the Israelites in the wilderness of Sinai.(AE) 65 For the Lord had said of them, “They shall die in the wilderness.” Not one of them was left, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.(AF)
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