Numbers 26-28

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

26 After the plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest,

² Take a census of all the [male] congregation of the Israelites from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all in Israel able to go to war.

³ And Moses and Eleazar the priest told [the people] in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho,

⁴ A census of the people shall be taken from twenty years old and upward, as the Lord commanded Moses. And the Israelites who came forth out of the land of Egypt were:

⁵ Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

⁶ Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

⁷ These are the families of the Reubenites; and their number was 43,730.

⁸ And the son of Pallu: Eliab.

⁹ The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram chosen from 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 together with Korah, when that company died and the fire devoured 250 men; and they became a [warning] sign.

¹¹ But Korah’s sons did not die.

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 of the Simeonites, 22,200.

¹⁵ The sons 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, the families of the sons of Gad according to their numbering, totaled 40,500.

¹⁹ The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

²⁰ And the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

²¹ And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

²² These, the families of Judah according to their numbering, totaled 76,500.

²³ The sons of Issachar after 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, the families of Issachar according to their numbering, totaled 64,300.

²⁶ The sons of Zebulun after 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, the families of the Zebulunites according to their numbering, totaled 60,500.

²⁸ The sons of Joseph after 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 son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters, and their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

³⁴ These are the families of Manasseh, and their number was 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, the families of the sons of Ephraim according to their number, totaled 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

³⁸ The sons of Benjamin according to their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

³⁹ Of Shephupham, 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; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

⁴¹ These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and their number was 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 of the Shuhamites according to their number were 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, the families of the sons of Asher according to their number, totaled 53,400.

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 their number totaled 45,400.

⁵¹ This was the number of the Israelites, 601,730.

⁵² And the Lord said to Moses,

⁵³ To these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names.

⁵⁴ To a larger tribe you shall give the greater inheritance, and to a small tribe the less inheritance; to each tribe shall its inheritance be given according to its numbers.

⁵⁵ But 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 their inheritance be divided between the larger and the smaller.

⁵⁷ And these 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 Amram’s wife was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister.

⁶⁰ And to Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

⁶¹ But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange and unholy fire before the Lord.

⁶² And those numbered of them were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the Israelites, because there was no inheritance given them among the Israelites.

⁶³ These were those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the Israelites in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

⁶⁴ But among these there was not a man of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.

⁶⁵ For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. There was not left a man of them except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

27 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

² They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders, and all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying,

³ Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among those who assembled together against the Lord in the company of Korah, but died for his own sin [as did all those who rebelled at Kadesh], and he had no sons.^(A)

⁴ Why should the name of our father be removed from his family because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father’s brethren.

⁵ Moses brought their case before the Lord.

⁶ And the Lord said to Moses,

⁷ The daughters of Zelophehad are justified and speak correctly. You shall surely give them an inheritance among their father’s brethren, and you shall cause their father’s inheritance to pass to them.

⁸ And say to the Israelites, If a man dies and has no son, you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.

⁹ If he has no daughter, you shall give his inheritance to his brethren.

¹⁰ If he has no brethren, give his inheritance to his father’s brethren.

¹¹ And if his father has no brethren, then give his inheritance to his next of kin, and he shall possess it. It shall be to the Israelites a statute and ordinance, as the Lord commanded Moses.

¹² And the Lord said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim and behold the land I have given to the Israelites.

¹³ And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your [departed] people as Aaron your brother was gathered,

¹⁴ For you disobeyed My order in the Wilderness of Zin during the strife of the congregation to uphold My sanctity [by strict obedience to My authority] at the waters before their eyes. [These are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin].^(B)

¹⁵ And Moses said to the Lord,

¹⁶ Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation

¹⁷ Who shall go out and come in before them, leading them out and bringing them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.

¹⁸ The Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand upon him;

¹⁹ And set him before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation and give him a charge in their sight.

²⁰ And put some of your honor and authority upon him, that all the congregation of the Israelites may obey him.

²¹ He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him before the Lord by the judgment of the Urim [one of two articles in the priest’s breastplate worn when asking counsel of the Lord for the people]. At Joshua’s word the people shall go out and come in, both he and all the Israelite congregation with him.

²² And Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation,

²³ And he laid his hands upon him and commissioned him, as the Lord commanded through Moses.

28 And the Lord said to Moses,

² Command the Israelites, saying, My offering, My food for My offerings made by fire, My sweet and soothing odor you shall be careful to offer to Me at its proper time.

³ And you shall say to the people, This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the Lord: two male lambs a year old without spot or blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering.

⁴ One lamb you shall offer in the morning and the other in the evening,

⁵ Also a tenth of an ephah of flour for a cereal offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil.

⁶ It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained in Mount Sinai for a sweet and soothing odor, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

⁷ Its drink offering shall be a fourth of a hin for each lamb; in the Holy Place you shall pour out a fermented drink offering to the Lord.

⁸ And the other lamb you shall offer in the evening; like the cereal offering of the morning and like its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering made by fire, a sweet and soothing odor to the Lord.

⁹ And on the Sabbath day two male lambs a year old without spot or blemish, and two-tenths of an ephah of flour for a cereal offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering.

¹⁰ This is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

¹¹ And at the beginning of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without spot or blemish;

¹² And three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a cereal offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a cereal offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram.

¹³ And a tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil as a cereal offering, for each lamb, for a burnt offering of a sweet and pleasant fragrance, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

¹⁴ And their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and a third of a hin for a ram, and a fourth of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year.

¹⁵ And one male goat for a sin offering to the Lord—it shall be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

¹⁶ On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord’s Passover.

¹⁷ On the fifteenth day of this month is a feast; for seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

¹⁸ On the first day there shall be a holy [summoned] assembly; you shall do no servile work that day.

¹⁹ But you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish to the best of your knowledge.

²⁰ And their cereal offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil; three-tenths of an ephah shall you offer for a bull, and two-tenths for a ram;

²¹ A tenth shall you offer for each of the seven male lambs,

²² Also one male goat for a sin offering to make atonement for you.

²³ You shall offer these in addition to the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.

²⁴ In this way you shall offer daily for seven days the food of an offering made by fire, a sweet and soothing odor to the Lord; it shall be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

²⁵ And on the seventh day you shall have a holy [summoned] assembly; you shall do no work befitting a slave or a servant.

²⁶ Also in the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a cereal offering of new grain to the Lord at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy [summoned] assembly; you shall do no servile work.

²⁷ But you shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet, pleasing, and soothing fragrance to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old,

²⁸ And their cereal offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths for one ram,

²⁹ A tenth for each of the seven male lambs,

³⁰ And one male goat to make atonement for you.

³¹ You shall offer them in addition to the continual burnt offering and its cereal offering and their drink offerings. See that they are without blemish.