Numbers 26:1-33 ▼

1 And it came to pass after the plague that YHWH spoke to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying,

2 “Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, from a son of twenty years and above, by the house of their fathers—all who are able to go to war in Israel.”

3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying,

4 “From a son of twenty years and above, as YHWH has commanded Moses.” And the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt:

5 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The sons of Reuben: Of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochite; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluite;

6 of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronite; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmite.

7 These are the clans of the Reubenite, and those numbered were three and forty thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

8 And the sons of Pallu: Eliab,

9 and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. They are the Dathan and Abiram, called of the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah when they contended against YHWH.

10 And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and with them Korah in the death of the company, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.

11 And the sons of Korah did not die.

12 The sons of Simeon by their clans: Of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelite; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminite; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinite;

13 of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahite; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulite.

14 These are the clans of the Simeonite, two and twenty thousand and two hundred.

15 The sons of Gad by their clans: Of Zephon, the clan of the Zephonite; of Haggi, the clan of the Haggite; of Shuni, the clan of the Shunite;

16 of Ozni, the clan of the Oznite; of Eri the clan of the Erite;

17 of Arod, the clan of the Arodite; of Areli the clan of the Arelite.

18 These are the clans of the sons of Gad by their numbered ones, forty thousand and five hundred.

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

20 And the sons of Judah by their clans were: Of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanite; of Perez, the clan of the Perezite; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahite.

21 And the sons of Perez were: Of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronite; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulite.

22 These were the clans of Judah by their numbered one, six and seventy thousand and five hundred.

23 The sons of Issachar by their clans: Of Tola, the clan of the Tolaite; of Puvah, the clan of the Punite;

24 of Jashub the clan, of the Jashubite; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronite.

25 These were the clans of Issachar by their numbered ones, four and sixty thousand and three hundred.

26 The sons of Zebulun by their clans: Of Sered, the clan of the Seredite; of Elon, the clan of the Elonite; of Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelite.

27 These were the clans of the Zebulunite by their numbered, sixty thousand and five hundred.

28 The sons of Joseph by their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim.

29 The sons of Manasseh: Of Machir, the clan of the Machirite; and Machir begat Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadite.

30 These were the sons of Gilead: Of Iezer, the clan of the Iezerite; of Helek, the clan of the Helekite;

31 and of Asriel, the clan of the Asrielite; and of Shechem, the clan of the Shechemite;

32 and of Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaite; and of Hepher, the clan of the Hepherite.

33 And Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.