Numbers 26:1-11 ▼

1 After the plague, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,

2 “Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their ancestral families of those twenty years old or more who can serve in Israel’s army.”

3 So Moses and the priest Eleazar said to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho,

4 “Take a census of those twenty years old or more, as the LORD had commanded Moses and the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt.”

5 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. Reuben’s descendants: the Hanochite clan from Hanoch; the Palluite clan from Pallu;

6 the Hezronite clan from Hezron; the Carmite clan from Carmi.

7 These were the Reubenite clans, and their registered men numbered 43,730.

8 The son of Pallu was Eliab.

9 The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. (It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the community, who fought against Moses and Aaron; they and Korah’s followers fought against the LORD.

10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.

11 The sons of Korah, however, did not die.)