The First Book of Moses, Commonly Called Numbers

The First Book of Moses, Commonly Called Numbers

26: 1And it came to pass after the plague, that Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, ^26:2Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel. ^26:3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, ^26:4Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as Jehovah commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt.

^26:5Reuben, the first-born of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; ^26:6of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. ^26:7These are the families of the Reubenites; and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. ^26:8And the sons of Pallu: Eliab. ^26:9And the 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 Jehovah, ^26:10and the earth opened its 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. ^26:11Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah died not.

^26:12The 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; ^26:13of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. ^26:14These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.

^26:15The 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; ^26:16of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; ^26:17of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites. ^26:18These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.

^26:19The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. ^26:20And the 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. ^26:21And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. ^26:22These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.

^26:23The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites; ^26:24of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. ^26:25These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.

^26:26The 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. ^26:27These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.

^26:28The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim. ^26:29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. ^26:30These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; ^26:31and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; ^26:32and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. ^26:33And 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. ^26:34These are the families of Manasseh; and they that were numbered of them were fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.

^26:35These 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. ^26:36And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. ^26:37These 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.

^26:38The 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; ^26:39of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. ^26:40And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. ^26:41These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.

^26:42These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. ^26:43All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.

^26:44The 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. ^26:45Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. ^26:46And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. ^26:47These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

^26:48The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; ^26:49of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. ^26:50These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.

^26:51These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

^26:52And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ^26:53Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. ^26:54To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one according to those that were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given. ^26:55Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. ^26:56According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.

^26:57And 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. ^26:58These 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. And Kohath begat Amram. ^26:59And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. ^26:60And unto Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ^26:61And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah. ^26:62And they that were numbered of them were twenty and 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.

^26:63These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. ^26:64But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. ^26:65For Jehovah 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.