Chapter 26
1It happened after the plague, that Yahweh spoke to Moses and to
Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
2Take the sum of all the
congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by
their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel.
3Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by
the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
4Take the sum of the people, from
twenty years old and upward; as Yahweh commanded Moses and the children of
Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt.
5Reuben, the firstborn
of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the
Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
6of Hezron, the family
of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
7These are the
families of the Reubenites; and those who were numbered of them were
forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.
8The sons of Pallu: Eliab.
9The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan
and Abiram, who were called of the congregation, who strove against Moses and
against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against Yahweh,
10and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with
Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred fifty
men, and they became a sign.
11Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn’t
die.
12The 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;
13of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the
family of the Shaulites.
14These are the families of the Simeonites,
twenty-two thousand two hundred.
15The 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;
16of Ozni, the family of
the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;
17of Arod, the family of
the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
18These are the
families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them,
forty thousand and five hundred.
19The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er
and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
20The sons of Judah after their
families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family
of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
21The sons of
Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of
the Hamulites.
22These are the families of Judah according to those who
were numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
23The sons of
Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites;
of Puvah, the family of the Punites;
24of Jashub, the family of the
Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
25These are the
families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, sixty-four
thousand three hundred.
26The 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.
27These are the families of the
Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them, sixty thousand five
hundred.
28The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and
Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
30These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the
Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
31and of
Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of
the Shechemites;
32and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites;
and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
33Zelophehad 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.
34These are
the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two
thousand seven hundred.
35These are the sons of Ephraim after their
families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the
family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
36These
are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
37These
are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered
of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after
their families.
38The 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;
39of Shephupham, the family of the
Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
40The sons of Bela
were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman,
the family of the Naamites.
41These are the sons of Benjamin after their
families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six
hundred.
42These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the
family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
43All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were
numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.
44The sons of
Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi,
the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Berites.
45Of
the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the
family of the Malchielites.
46The name of the daughter of Asher was
Serah.
47These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those
who were numbered of them, fifty-three thousand and four hundred.
48The
sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the
Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;
49of Jezer, the family
of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
50These are
the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were
numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.
51These are those
who were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven
hundred thirty.
52Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
53To these the land
shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
54To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you
shall give the less inheritance: to everyone according to those who were
numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.
55Notwithstanding, the
land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their
fathers they shall inherit.
56According to the lot shall their
inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.
57These are those
who 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.
58These 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. Kohath became the father
of Amram.
59The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi,
who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and
Miriam their sister.
60To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and
Ithamar.
61Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before
Yahweh.
62Those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand,
every male 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.
63These are those who were numbered by Moses and
Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab
by the Jordan at Jericho.
64But among these there was not a man of them
who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of
Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
65For Yahweh had said of them, They
shall surely die in the wilderness. There was not left a man of them, save
Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
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