The Daily Audio Bible

26 Adonai said to Moshe and El‘azar, the son of Aharon the cohen, ² “Take a census of the entire assembly of the people of Isra’el twenty years old and over, by their ancestral clans, all who are subject to military service in Isra’el.” ³ Moshe and El‘azar the cohen spoke with them on the plains of Mo’av by the Yarden across from Yericho, explaining, ⁴ “Those twenty years old and over who came out of the land of Egypt, as Adonai ordered Moshe and the people of Isra’el.”

(ii) ⁵ [The census results begin with] Re’uven, the firstborn of Isra’el. The descendants of Re’uven were: of Hanokh, the family of the Hanokhi; of Pallu, the family of the Pallu’i; ⁶ of Hetzron, the family of the Hetzroni; and of Karmi the family of the Karmi. ⁷ These were the the families of the Re’uveni; of them were counted 43,730.

⁸ The sons of Pallu: Eli’av; ⁹ and the sons of Eli’av: N’mu’el, Datan and Aviram. These are the same Datan and Aviram, men of reputation in the community, who rebelled against Moshe and Aharon in Korach’s group, when they rebelled against Adonai; ¹⁰ and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korach when that group died, and the fire consumed 250 men, and they became a warning sign. ¹¹ (However, the sons of Korach did not die.)

¹² The descendants of Shim‘on, by their families, were: of N’mu’el, the family of the N’mu’eli; of Yamin, the family of the Yamini; of Yakhin, the family of the Yakhini; ¹³ of Zerach, the family of the Zarchi; and of Sha’ul, the family of the Sha’uli. ¹⁴ These were the families of the Shim‘oni, 22,200.

¹⁵ The descendants of Gad, by their families, were: of Tz’fon, the family of the Tz’foni; of Haggi, the family of the Haggi; of Shuni, the family of the Shuni; ¹⁶ of Ozni, the family of the Ozni; of ‘Eri, the family of the ‘Eri; ¹⁷ of Arod, the family of the Arodi; and of Ar’eli, the family of the Ar’eli. ¹⁸ These were the families of the sons of Gad, according to those counted of them, 40,500.

¹⁹ The sons of Y’hudah: First ‘Er and Onan, but ‘Er and Onan died in the land of Kena‘an. ²⁰ The sons of Y’hudah who had descendants were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelani; of Peretz, the family of the Partzi; and of Zerach, the family of the Zarchi. ²¹ The sons of Peretz were: of Hetzron, the family of the Hetzroni; and of Hamul, the family of the Hamuli. ²² These were the families of Y’hudah, according to those counted of them, 76,500.

²³ The descendants of Yissakhar, by their families, were: of Tola, the family of the Tola‘i; of Puvah, the family of the Puni; ²⁴ of Yashuv, the family of the Yashuvi; and of Shimron, the family of the Shimroni. ²⁵ These were the families of Yissakhar, according to those counted of them, 64,300.

²⁶ The descendants of Z’vulun, by their families, were: of Sered, the family of the Sardi; of Elon, the family of the Eloni; and of Yachle’el, the family of the Yachle’eli. ²⁷ These were the families of the Z’vuloni, according to those counted of them, 60,500.

²⁸ The sons of Yosef, by their families, were M’nasheh and Efrayim. ²⁹ The descendants of M’nasheh were: of Makhir, the family of the Makhiri. Makhir was the father of Gil‘ad; of Gil‘ad, the family of the Gil‘adi. ³⁰ These are the descendants of Gil‘ad: of I‘ezer, the family of the I‘ezri; of Helek, the family of the Helki; ³¹ of Asri’el, the family of the Asri’eli; of Sh’khem, the family of the Shikhmi; ³² of Sh’mida, the family of the Sh’mida‘i; and of Hefer, the family of the Hefri. ³³ Tz’lof’chad the son of Hefer had no sons but daughters; the names of the daughters of Tz’lof’chad were Machlah, No‘ah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirtzah. ³⁴ These were the families of M’nasheh; of them were counted 52,700.

³⁵ These are the descendants of Efrayim, by their families: of Shutelach, the family of the Shutalchi; of Bekher, the family of the Bakhri; and of Tachan, the family of the Tachani. ³⁶ These are the descendants of Shutelach: of ‘Eran, the family of the ‘Erani. ³⁷ These were the families of the descendants of Efrayim, according to those of them that were counted, 32,500. These were the descendants of Yosef, by their families.

³⁸ The descendants of Binyamin, by their families were: of Bela, the family of the Bal‘i; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbeli; of Achiram, the family of the Achirami; ³⁹ of Sh’fufam, the family of the Shufami; and of Hufam, the family of the Hufami. ⁴⁰ The sons of Bela were Ard and Na‘aman; [of Ard,] the family of the Ardi; and of Na‘aman, the family of the Na‘ami. ⁴¹ These were the descendants of Binyamin, by their families; of them were counted 45,600.

⁴² The descendants of Dan, by their families, were: of Shucham, the family of the Shuchami. These are the families of Dan, by their families. ⁴³ All the families of the Shuchami, according to those of them that were counted, were 64,400.

⁴⁴ The descendants of Asher, by their families: of Yimnah, the family of the Yimnah; of Yishvi, the family of the Yishvi; and of B’ri‘ah, the family of the B’ri‘i. ⁴⁵ Of the descendants of B’ri‘ah: of Hever, the family of the Hevri; and of Malki’el, the family of the Malki’eli. ⁴⁶ The name of Asher’s daughter was Serach. ⁴⁷ These were the families of the descendants of Asher, according to those of them that were counted, 53,400.

⁴⁸ The descendants of Naftali, by their families: of Yachtze’el, the families of the Yachtze’eli; of Guni, the family of the Guni; ⁴⁹ of Yetzer, the family of the Yitzri; and of Shillem, the family of the Shillemi. ⁵⁰ These are the families of Naftali according to their families; those of them that were counted were 45,400.

⁵¹ Thus those who were counted of the people of Isra’el numbered 601,730.

³⁶ There was also a prophet named Hannah Bat-P’nu’el, of the tribe of Asher. She was a very old woman — she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage ³⁷ and had remained a widow ever since; now she was eighty-four. She never left the Temple grounds but worshipped there night and day, fasting and praying. ³⁸ She came by at that moment and began thanking God and speaking about the child to everyone who was waiting for Yerushalayim to be liberated.

³⁹ When Yosef and Miryam had finished doing everything required by the Torah of Adonai, they returned to the Galil, to their town Natzeret.

⁴⁰ The child grew and became strong and filled with wisdom — God’s favor was upon him.

⁴¹ Every year Yeshua’s parents went to Yerushalayim for the festival of Pesach. ⁴² When he was twelve years old, they went up for the festival, as custom required. ⁴³ But after the festival was over, when his parents returned, Yeshua remained in Yerushalayim. They didn’t realize this; ⁴⁴ supposing that he was somewhere in the caravan, they spent a whole day on the road before they began searching for him among their relatives and friends. ⁴⁵ Failing to find him, they returned to Yerushalayim to look for him. ⁴⁶ On the third day they found him — he was sitting in the Temple court among the rabbis, not only listening to them but questioning what they said; ⁴⁷ and everyone who heard him was astonished at his insight and his responses. ⁴⁸ When his parents saw him, they were shocked; and his mother said to him, “Son! Why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been terribly worried looking for you!” ⁴⁹ He said to them, “Why did you have to look for me? Didn’t you know that I had to be concerning myself with my Father’s affairs?” ⁵⁰ But they didn’t understand what he meant.

⁵¹ So he went with them to Natzeret and was obedient to them. But his mother stored up all these things in her heart.

⁵² And Yeshua grew both in wisdom and in stature, gaining favor both with other people and with God.