Chapter 26
1 After the plague, Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest , saying,
2 " Take a census 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 out to war in Israel ."
3 Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho , saying ,
4 " Take a census, from twenty years old and upward , as Yahweh commanded Moses and the children of Israel ." These are those who came out of the land of Egypt .
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 those who were counted of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty .
8 The son of Pallu : Eliab.
9 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel , Dathan , and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram who were called by the congregation , who rebelled against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah when they rebelled against Yahweh ;
10 and the earth opened its mouth , and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died ; at the time the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign .
11 Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn’t die .
12 The 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 ;
13 of Zerah , the family of the Zerahites ; of Shaul , the family of the Shaulites .
14 These are the families of the Simeonites , twenty-two thousand two hundred .
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 are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were counted of them , forty thousand and five hundred .
19 The sons of Judah : Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan .
20 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 .
21 The sons of Perez were : of Hezron , the family of the Hezronites ; of Hamul , the family of the Hamulites .
22 These are the families of Judah according to those who were counted of them , seventy-six thousand five hundred .
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 are the families of Issachar according to those who were counted of them , sixty-four thousand three hundred .
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 are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were counted of them , sixty thousand five hundred .
28 The sons of Joseph after their families : Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 The sons of Manasseh : of Machir , the family of the Machirites ; and Machir became 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 and Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem , the family of the Shechemites ;
32 and Shemida , the family of the Shemidaites ; and Hepher , the family of the Hepherites .
33 Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons , but daughters : and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah , Noah , Hoglah , Milcah , and Tirzah .
34 These are the families of Manasseh . Those who were counted of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred .
35 These 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 .
36 These are the sons of Shuthelah : of Eran , the family of the Eranites .
37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were counted of them , thirty-two thousand five hundred . These are the sons of Joseph after their families .
38 The 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;
39 of Shephupham , the family of the Shuphamites ; of Hupham , the family of the Huphamites .
40 The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman : the family of the Ardites; and of Naaman , the family of the Naamites .
41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families ; and those who were counted of them were forty-five thousand six hundred .
42 These are the sons of Dan after their families : of Shuham , the family of the Shuhamites . These are the families of Dan after their families .
43 All the families of the Shuhamites , according to those who were counted of them , were sixty-four thousand four hundred .
44 The 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.
45 Of the sons of Beriah : of Heber , the family of the Heberites ; of Malchiel , the family of the Malchielites .
46 The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah .
47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were counted of them , fifty-three thousand four hundred .
48 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 those who were counted of them were forty-five thousand four hundred .
51 These are those who were counted of the children of Israel , six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty .
52 Yahweh spoke to Moses , saying ,
53 " To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names .
54 To 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 counted of him shall his inheritance be given .
55 Notwithstanding, 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 more and the fewer ."
57 These are those who were counted 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 .
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 , and the family of the Korahites . Kohath became the father of Amram .
59 The name of Amram ’s wife was Jochebed , the daughter of Levi , who was born to Levi in Egypt . She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses , and Miriam their sister.
60 To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
61 Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before Yahweh .
62 Those who were counted of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward ; for they were not counted among the children of Israel , because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel .
63 These are those who were counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest , who counted the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho .
64 But among these there was not a man of them who were counted by Moses and Aaron the priest , who counted the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai .
65 For Yahweh had said of them , " They shall surely die in the wilderness ." There was not a man left of them , except Caleb the son of Jephunneh , and Joshua the son of Nun .