Numbers 26 God commands to take the sum of all Israelites

Numbers 26

God commands to take the sum of all Israelites

1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, according to the houses of their fathers: every one that goeth into the host in Israel.

3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake unto them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

4 And the people of the age of twenty years old and upward, as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that went forth out of Egypt.

5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben were Enoch, of whom was the family of the Enochites: of Palu, the family of the Paluites;

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 that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

8 And the sons of Pallu, Eliab,

9 And the sons of Eliab, Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram; these, Dathan and Abiram, were the called of the congregation, who moved the strife against Moses and against Aaron in the congregation of Korah, when they moved the strife against Jehovah;

10 And the earth opened their mouth, and swallowed them up with Korah when the congregation died: when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they were for a sign.

11 But the sons of Korah did not 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 Jaquinites.

13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites: of Saul, the family of the Shulites.

14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand and two hundred.

15 And the children of Gad according to their generations: of Zephon the family of the Zephonites: of Hagi the family of the Hagites: of Sunni the family of the Sunites:

16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Heri, the family of the little ones;

17 Of Arode, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.

18 These are the families of the children of Gad, according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.

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

20 And the children of Judah were after their families: of Shelah the family of the Selanites: of Perez, the family of the Perezites: of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

21 And 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 that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.

23 And the sons of Issachar after their families were: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Puva the family of the Puvites,

24 Of Jesube the family of the Jashubites: of Sinron, the family of the Sinronites.

25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.

26 The sons of Zebulun according to their families were: of Sered, the family of the Seredites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jaleel, the family of the Jaleites.

27 These are the families of the Zebulunites, according to those that were numbered of them, sixty thousand and five hundred.

28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

29 And the sons of Manasseh were: of Machir the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead the family of the Gileadites.

30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jezer the family of the Jerezites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:

31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem the family of the Se'emites;

32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

33 But Sophphad the son of Hepher had no sons, if not daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Macla, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

34 These are the families of Manasseh: and those that were numbered of them were fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.

35 These are the sons of Ephraim according to their families: of Shale, the family of the Shalites: of Becher, the family of the Becherites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

36 And these are the sons of Shale: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

37 These are the families of the children of Ephraim, according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred: these are the sons of Joseph according to their families.

38 And the children of Benjamin after their families of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Aaron, the family of the Ahiramites;

39 Of Sufon, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham the family of the Huphamites.

40 And the sons of Bela were Arde and Naaman: from Arde the family of the Ardites: of Naaman the family of the Naamanites.

41 These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.

42 These are the sons of Dan, according to their families: of the people of the Shuhamites: these are the families of Dan according to their families.

43 All the families of the Shuhamites according to those who were numbered of them were sixty-four thousand four hundred.

44 The sons of Asher according to their families were: of Imna the family of the Ishmaiites: of Ishvi the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

45 Of the sons of Beriah were: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to their number, fifty-three thousand four hundred.

48 The children of Naphtali after their families: of Jazeel, 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 they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.

51 These are the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

The law about the division of land

52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

53 To these the land shall be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names.

54 To the many you shall multiply their inheritance, and gradually you shall diminish their inheritance: to every one his inheritance shall be given according to those who were numbered.

55 And the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers shall they inherit.

56 According to the lot, their inheritance will be divided among the many.

57 And these are they which were numbered of Levi 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.

58 These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Malites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites: And Kohath begat Amram.

59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in ​​Egypt; and Amram begat Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam his sister.

60 And Nadab and Abihu and Eleazar and Ithamar were born to Aaron.

61 But Nadab and Abihu died when they brought strange fire before the Lord.

62 And they that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, every man of the a month and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because the inheritance was not given unto them among the children of Israel.

63 These are they which were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, which the children of Israel numbered in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

64 And there was none among them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, when they told the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

65 For the Lord had said of them that they would surely die in the wilderness: and none of them remained, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.