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1 After
the plague, the
LORD 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
the LORD 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
the LORD;
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 The
LORD 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
the LORD.
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
the LORD 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.