Numbers 26

Chapter 26.

26 ¹ After the plague, our Father said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,

The Command to Moses

² "Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses — all in Israel who are able to go out to war."

³ So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying, ⁴ "Take a census of the people twenty years old and older, as our Father commanded Moses." These were the people of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt:

Reuben's Clans

⁵ Reuben, the firstborn of Israel. The sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites;

Reuben Numbered

⁶ of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites. ⁷ These are the clans of the Reubenites; they numbered 43,730. ⁸ The sons of Pallu: Eliab. ⁹ And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, chosen from the community, who challenged Moses and Aaron alongside Korah when they challenged our Father, ¹⁰ and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died and the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a warning. ¹¹ But the sons of Korah did not die.

Simeon's Clans

¹² The sons of Simeon according to their clans: of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites;

Simeon Numbered

¹³ of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites. ¹⁴ These are the clans of the Simeonites: 22,200.

Gad's Clans

¹⁵ The sons of Gad according to their clans: of Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; of Shuni, the clan of the Shunites;

Gad Numbered

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 sons of Gad as they were numbered: 40,500.

Judah's Clans

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

Judah Numbered

²⁰ And the sons of Judah according to 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 And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites. ²² These are the clans of Judah as they were numbered: 76,500.

Issachar's Clans

²³ The sons of Issachar according to their clans: of Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites;

Issachar Numbered

²⁴ of Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites. ²⁵ These are the clans of Issachar as they were numbered: 64,300.

Zebulun's Clans

²⁶ The sons of Zebulun according to their clans: of Sered, the clan of the Seredites; of Elon, the clan of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites.

Zebulun Numbered

²⁷ These are the clans of the Zebulunites as they were numbered: 60,500.

Joseph's Sons

²⁸ The sons of Joseph according to their clans were Manasseh and Ephraim.

Manasseh Numbered

²⁹ The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir fathered Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites. ³⁰ These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; of Helek, the clan of the Helekites; 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, but only daughters; and the names of Zelophehad's daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ³⁴ These are the clans of Manasseh; they numbered 52,700.

Ephraim's Clans

³⁵ These are the sons 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.

Ephraim Numbered

³⁶ And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites. ³⁷ These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were numbered: 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to their clans.

Benjamin's Clans

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

Benjamin Numbered

³⁹ of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites. ⁴⁰ And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites. ⁴¹ These are the sons of Benjamin by their clans; they numbered 45,600.

Dan's Clans

⁴² These are the sons of Dan according to their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan according to their clans.

Dan Numbered

⁴³ All the clans of the Shuhamites numbered 64,400.

Asher's Clans

⁴⁴ The sons of Asher according to their clans: of Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriites.

Asher Numbered

⁴⁵ Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the clan of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites. ⁴⁶ Asher had a daughter named Serah. ⁴⁷ These are the clans of the sons of Asher as they were numbered: 53,400.

Naphtali's Clans

⁴⁸ The sons of Naphtali according to their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites;

Naphtali Numbered

⁴⁹ of Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites. ⁵⁰ These are the clans of Naphtali; they numbered 45,400. ⁵¹ This was the total number of the people of Israel: 601,730.

The Land Divided by Lot

⁵² Then our Father said to Moses,

⁵³ "Among these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names. ⁵⁴ Give larger tribes more land and smaller tribes less; each tribe's share is in proportion to its population. ⁵⁵ But the land must be divided by lot, with each tribe receiving its share according to its ancestral name. ⁵⁶ Their inheritance shall be apportioned by lot between the larger and the smaller."

Levi's Clans

⁵⁷ These are the Levites as they were numbered according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites.

Levi Numbered

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. And Kohath fathered Amram. ⁵⁹ Amram's wife was named Jochebed, a daughter of Levi who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam to Amram. ⁶⁰ And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹ But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before our Father. ⁶² The Levites who were counted numbered 23,000 — every male a month old or older. They were not counted among the people of Israel, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

Only Caleb and Joshua Remained

⁶³ These were the people Moses and Eleazar the priest counted in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. ⁶⁴ But not one person in this list had been counted by Moses and Aaron the priest in the wilderness of Sinai. ⁶⁵ For our Father had said of them, "They shall surely die in the wilderness." Not one of them was left, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.