Numbers 26
The Lord instructed Moses and Eleazar to count the sons of Israel from twenty years and above, by their houses and kinships, who were able to go to war. The count revealed the following numbers for each tribe: Reuben (43,730), Simeon (22,200), Gad (40,500), Judah (76,500), Issachar (64,300), Zebulun (60,500), Manasseh (52,700), Ephraim (32,500), Benjamin (45,600), Dan (64,400), Asher (53,400), and Naphtali (45,400). The total number of sons of Israel was 601,730. The Lord then instructed Moses that the land would be divided among the tribes according to their numbers, with the greater number receiving a greater portion. The chapter also lists the families of Levi, but notes that they were not counted among the sons of Israel and did not receive a possession.
After the blood of the guilty was shed, the Lord said to Moses, and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest"Number the entire sum of the sons of Israel, from twenty years and above, by their houses and kinships, all who are able to go forth to war.And so, Moses and Eleazar the priest, who were in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho, spoke to those who werfrom twenty years and above, just as the Lord had commanded. And this is their numberRuben, the firstborn of Israel; his son, Hanoch, from whom is the family of the Hanochites; and Pallu, from whom is the family of the Palluitesand Hezron, from whom is the family of the Hezronites; and Carmi, from whom is the family of the CarmitesThese are the families of the stock of Ruben, whose number was found to be forty-three thousand and seven hundred thirtyThe son of Phallu: Eliabhis sons, Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are Dathan and Abiram, the leaders of the people, who rose up against Moses and Aaron in the sedition at Korah, when they rebelled against the LordAnd the earth, opening its mouth, devoured Korah, with many others dying, when the fire burned two hundred fifty men. And a great miracle was wroughtso that, when Korah perished, his sons did not perishThe sons of Simeon, by their kinships: Nemuel, from him is the family of the Nemuelites; Jamin, from him is the family of the Jaminites; Jachin, from him is the family of the JachinitesSohar, from him is the family of the Soharites; Shaul, from him is the family of the ShaulitesThese are the families of the stock of Simeon, whose entire number was twenty-two thousand two hundredThe sons of Gad, by their kinships: Zephon, from him is the family of the Zephonites; Haggi, from him is the family of the Haggites; Shuni, from him is the family of the ShunitesOzni, from him is the family of the Oznites; Eri, from him is the family of the EritesArod, from him is the family of the Arodites; Areli, from him is the family of the ArelitesThese are the families of Gad, whose entire number was forty thousand five hundredThe sons of Judah: Er and Onan, who both died in the land of CanaanAnd these were the sons of Judah, by their kinships: Shelah, from whom is the family of the Shelahites; Perez, from whom is the family of the Perezites; Zerah, from whom is the family of the ZerahitesMoreover, the sons of Phares were: Hezron, from whom is the family of the Hezronites; and Hamul, from whom is the family of the HamulitesThese are the families of Judah, whose entire number was seventy-six thousand five hundredThe sons of Issachar, by their kinships: Tola from whom is the family of the Tolaites; Puvah, from whom is the family of the PuvahitesJashub, from whom is the family of the Jashubites; Shimron, from whom is the family of the ShimronitesThese are the kinships of Issachar, whose number was sixty-four thousand three hundredThe sons of Zebulon by their kinships: Sered, from whom is the family of the Seredites; Elon, from whom is the family of the Elonites; Jahleel, from whom is the family of the JahleelitesThese are the kinships of Zebulun, whose number was sixty thousand five hundredThe sons of Joseph by their kinships: Manasseh and EphraimFrom Manasseh was born Machir, from whom is the family of the Machirites. Machir conceived Gilead, from whom is the family of the GileaditesGilead had sons: Jezer, from whom is the family of the Jezerites; and Helek, from whom is the family of the Helekitesand Asriel, from whom is the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, from whom is the family of the Shechemitesand Shemida, from whom is the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, from whom is the family of the HepheritesNow Hepher was the father of Zelophehad, who had no sons, but only daughters, whose names are these: Mahlah, and Noa, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and TirzahThese are the families of Manasseh, and their number was fifty-two thousand seven hundredNow the sons of Ephraim by their kinships were these: Shuthelah, from whom is the family of the Shuthelahites; Becher, from whom is the family of the Becherites; Tahan, from whom is the family of the TahanitesFurthermore, the son of Shuthelah was Eran, from whom is the family of the EranitesThese are the kinships of the sons of Ephraim, whose number was thirty-two thousand five hundredThese are the sons of Joseph by their families: the sons of Benjamin in their kinships: Bela, from whom is the family of the Belaites; Ashbel, from whom is the family of the Ashbelites; Ahiram, from whom is the family of the AhiramitesShupham, from whom is the family of the Shuphamites; Hupham, from whom is the family of the HuphamitesThe sons of Bela: Arad and Naaman. From Arad, the family of the Aradites; from Naaman, the family of the NaamanitesThese are the sons of Benjamin by their kinships, whose number was forty-five thousand six hundredThe sons of Dan by their kinships: Shuham, from whom is the family of the Shuhamites. These are the kinships of Dan by their familiesAll these were Shuhamites, whose number was sixty-four thousand four hundredThe sons of Asher by their kinships: Imnah, from whom is the family of the Imnahites; Ishvi, from whom is the family of the Ishvites; Beriah, from whom is the family of the BeriahitesThe sons of Beriah: Heber, from whom is the family of the Heberites; and Malchiel, from whom is the family of the MalchielitesNow the name of the daughter of Asher was SerahThese are the kinships of the sons of Asher, and their number was fifty-three thousand four hundredThe sons of Naphtali by their kinships: Jahzeel, from whom is the family of the Jahzeelites; Guni, from whom is the family of the GunitesJezer, from whom is the family of the Jezerites; Shillem, from whom is the family of the ShillemitesThese are the kinships of the sons of Naphtali by their families, whose number was forty-five thousand four hundredThis is the sum of the sons of Israel, who were counted: six hundred thousand and one thousand seven hundred thirtyAnd the Lord spoke to Moses, saying"The land shall be divided to these, as their possessions, according to the number of their namesTo the greater number you shall give a greater portion, and to the lesser number, a lesser portion. To each one, just as they have now been counted, a possession shall be deliveredYet only in so far as the land is divided by lot to a tribe and to familiesWhatever the lot will happen to be, it shall be accepted, either by the greater, or by the lesserLikewise, this is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gershon, from whom is the family of the Gershonites; Kohath, from whom is the family of the Kohathites; Merari, from whom is the family of the MeraritesThese are the families of Levi: The family of Libni, the family of Hebroni, the family of Mahli, the family of Mushi, the family of Korah. Yet truly, Kohath conceived Amramwho had a wife, Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to him in Egypt. She bore, to her husband Amram: sons, Aaron and Moses, as well as their sister, MiriamFrom Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, and Eleazar and IthamarOf these, Nadab and Abihu died, when they had offered strange fire before the LordAnd these were all who were numbered: twenty-three thousand of the male gender, from one month and above. For they were not counted among the sons of Israel, neither was a possession given to them with the othersThis is the number of the sons of Israel, who were enrolled by Moses and by Eleazar the priest, in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite JerichoAmong these, not one of them was numbered before, by Moses and Aaron in the desert of SinaiFor the Lord had foretold that all would die in the wilderness. And not one of them remained, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun
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