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Numbers 26

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The Second Census of Israel
1And it came to pass, after the #Num. 25:9plague, that the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying: 2#Ex. 30:12; 38:25, 26; Num. 1:2; 14:29“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel #Num. 1:3from twenty years old and above, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go to war in Israel.” 3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them #Num. 22:1; 31:12; 33:48; 35:1in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying: 4Take a census of the people from twenty years old and above, just as the Lord #Num. 1:1commanded Moses and the children of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt.”
5#Gen. 46:8; Ex. 6:14; 1 Chr. 5:1–3Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The children of Reuben were: 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: those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty. 8And the son of Pallu was Eliab. 9The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, #Num. 1:16; 16:1, 2representatives of the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord; 10#Num. 16:32–35and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; #Num. 16:38–40; 1 Cor. 10:6; 2 Pet. 2:6and they became a sign. 11Nevertheless #Ex. 6:24; 1 Chr. 6:22, 23the children of Korah did not die.
12The sons of Simeon according to their families were: 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 Zarhites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14These are the families of the Simeonites: twenty-two thousand two hundred.
15The sons of Gad according to their families were: 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 five hundred.
19#Gen. 38:2; 46:12The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20And #1 Chr. 2:3the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Parzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21And the 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 according to their families were: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puah, 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.
26#Gen. 46:14The sons of Zebulun according to their families were: of Sered, the family of the Sardites; 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.
28#Gen. 46:20; Deut. 33:16The sons of Joseph according to their families, by Manasseh and Ephraim, were: 29The sons of #Josh. 17:1Manasseh: of #1 Chr. 7:14, 15Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. 30These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; 31of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; 32of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33Now #Num. 27:1; 36:11Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, 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 according to their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites; of Becher, the family of the Bachrites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36And these 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 according to their families.
38#Gen. 46:21; 1 Chr. 7:6The sons of Benjamin according to their families were: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of #Gen. 46:21; 1 Chr. 8:1, 2Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; 39of #1 Chr. 7:12Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: #1 Chr. 8:3of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 41These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.
42These are the sons of Dan according to their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according to their families. 43All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.
44#Gen. 46:17; 1 Chr. 7:30The sons of Asher according to their families were: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites; of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46And the 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 four hundred.
48#Gen. 46:24; 1 Chr. 7:13The sons of Naphtali according to their families were: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; 49of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of #1 Chr. 7:13Shillem, 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.
51#Ex. 12:37; 38:26; Num. 1:46; 11:21These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel: six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.
52Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 53#Josh. 11:23; 14:1“To these the land shall be #Num. 33:54divided as an inheritance, according to the number of names. 54#Num. 33:54To a large tribe you shall give a larger inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a smaller inheritance. Each shall be given its inheritance according to those who were numbered of them. 55But the land shall be #Num. 33:54; 34:13; Josh. 11:23; 14:2divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. 56According to the lot their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller.”
57#Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16–19; Num. 3:15; 1 Chr. 6:1, 16And these are those who were numbered of the Levites according to 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 the Levites: 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 Korathites. And Kohath begot Amram. 59The name of Amram’s wife was #Ex. 2:1, 2; 6:20Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam. 60#Num. 3:2To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61And #Lev. 10:1, 2; Num. 3:3, 4; 1 Chr. 24:2Nadab and Abihu died when they offered profane fire before the Lord.
62#Num. 3:39Now those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above; #Num. 1:49for they were not numbered among the other children of Israel, because there was #Num. 18:20, 23, 24no inheritance given to them among the children of Israel.
63These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel #Num. 26:3in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. 64#Num. 14:29–35; Deut. 2:14–16; Heb. 3:17But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the children of Israel in the #Num. 1:1–46Wilderness of Sinai. 65For the Lord had said of them, “They #Num. 14:26–35; (1 Cor. 10:5, 6)shall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man of them, #Num. 14:30except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

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