Numbers 26
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1And it came to pass after the plague, the LORD spoke to 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 throughout their fathers' houses, all that are able to go to war in Israel." 3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab beside Jordan at Jericho, saying, 4"Count the people from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, who came out of the land of Egypt."

5Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, the sons of Reuben, of Hanoch who came of 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. And their numbered ones were forty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty. 8And the son of Pallu was Eliab. 9And the sons of Eliab, Nemuel, and Dathan and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram who were famous in the congregation, who fought against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they fought against the LORD. 10And 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. And they became a sign. 11However the sons of Korah did not die.

12The sons of Simeon according to their families: 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 Zerahites; 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: 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 by their numbered ones, forty thousand and five hundred.

19The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. And Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20And the sons of Judah according to their families: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Pharez, the family of the Pharezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. 21And the sons of Pharez: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites; 22These are the families of Judah by their numbered ones, seventy-six thousand and five hundred.

23The sons of Issachar, according to their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Pua, 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 by their numbered ones, sixty-four thousand and three hundred.

26The sons of Zebulun according to their families: 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 by their numbered ones, sixty thousand, five hundred.

28The sons of Joseph according to their families: Manasseh and Ephraim. 29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites. And Machir begat 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. 31And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; 32And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah-- 34These are the families of Manasseh, by their numbered ones, fifty-two thousand, seven hundred.

35These are the sons of Ephraim according to their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; 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 by their numbered ones, thirty-two thousand, five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph according to their families.

38The sons of Benjamin according to their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; 39Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites; 40And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman. Of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites; 41These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families, and their numbered ones, forty-five thousand, six hundred.

42These are the sons of Dan according to their families: of Shuham, the families of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according to their families. 43All the families of the Shuhamites, by their numbered ones, sixty-four thousand, four hundred.

44Of the sons of Asher according to their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites; of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites; of Beriah, the family of the Berites. 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 by their numbered ones, fifty-three thousand, four hundred.

48The sons of Naphtali according to their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; 49Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50These are the families of Naphtali according to their families, by their numbered ones, forty-five thousand, four hundred.

51These were the numbered ones of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand, seven hundred and thirty.

52And the LORD spoke to Moses saying, 53"To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54To the tribe of many you shall give the more of an inheritance, and to the tribe of few you shall give the less of an inheritance; each shall be given its inheritance according to those that were numbered. 55But the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers, they shall inherit. 56According to the lot shall the possession of it be divided between many and few."

57And these are the numbered ones 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, the family of the Korathites. And Korah begat Amram. 59And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom one bore to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60And to Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61And Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD. 62And those who were numbered were twenty-three thousand, all males from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the children of Israel because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

63These are those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab beside Jordan at Jericho. 64But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest had numbered when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65For the LORD had said of them, "They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there will not be a man left of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun."

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