Numbers 26

The Second Census

1Yahweh said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, 2“Take a census of the whole congregation of the Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, by their ancestral houses, all who can serve in the army of Israel.” 3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying, 4“Take a census from twenty years old and upward,” just as Yahweh had commanded Moses. Now the Israelites who had come out of the land of Egypt were: 5Reuben, the firstborn of Israel. The sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites; 6of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites. 7These were the clans of the Reubenites, and those numbered among them were forty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty. 8The son of Pallu: Eliab. 9The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. This is the Dathan and Abiram, chosen from the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against Yahweh, 10and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a warning sign. 11But the sons of Korah did not die. 12The sons of Simeon by their clans: of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites; 13of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites. 14These were the clans of the Simeonites: twenty-two thousand, two hundred. 15The sons of Gad by their clans: of Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; of Shuni, the clan of the Shunites; 16of Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; of Eri, the clan of the Erites; 17of Arod, the clan of the Arodites; of Areli, the clan of the Arelites. 18These were the clans of the sons of Gad, according to those numbered among them: forty thousand, five hundred. 19The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. But Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20The sons of Judah by their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites. 21The sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites. 22These were the clans of Judah, according to those numbered among them: seventy-six thousand, five hundred. 23The sons of Issachar by their clans: of Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puah, the clan of the Punites; 24of Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites. 25These were the clans of Issachar, according to those numbered among them: sixty-four thousand, three hundred. 26The sons of Zebulun by their clans: of Sered, the clan of the Seredites; of Elon, the clan of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites. 27These were the clans of the Zebulunites, according to those numbered among them: sixty thousand, five hundred. 28The sons of Joseph by their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim. 29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites — and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites. 30These were the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; of Helek, the clan of the Helekites; 31of Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites; 32of Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; of Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites. 33Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, only daughters. The names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34These were the clans of Manasseh, and those numbered among them: fifty-two thousand, seven hundred. 35These were the sons of Ephraim by their clans: of Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the clan of the Becherites; of Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites. 36These were the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites. 37These were the clans of the sons of Ephraim, according to those numbered among them: thirty-two thousand, five hundred. These were the sons of Joseph by their clans. 38The sons of Benjamin by their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites; 39of Shupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites. 40The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites. 41These were the sons of Benjamin by their clans, and those numbered among them: forty-five thousand, six hundred. 42These were the sons of Dan by their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These were the clans of Dan by their clans. 43All the clans of the Shuhamites, according to those numbered among them: sixty-four thousand, four hundred. 44The sons of Asher by their clans: of Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriites. 45Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the clan of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites. 46And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. 47These were the clans of the sons of Asher, according to those numbered among them: fifty-three thousand, four hundred. 48The sons of Naphtali by their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites; 49of Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites. 50These were the clans of Naphtali by their clans, and those numbered among them: forty-five thousand, four hundred. 51These were the Israelites who were numbered: six hundred and one thousand, seven hundred and thirty.

Dividing the Land by Lot

52Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said, 53“The land is to be divided among these as an inheritance, according to the number of names. 54To a larger group you shall give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller inheritance. Each is to be given its inheritance according to the number of those counted. 55But the land is to be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of their ancestral tribes. 56Each inheritance is to be divided by lot between the larger and the smaller groups.”

The Levites Numbered

57These were those numbered of the Levites by their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites. 58These were the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites. Kohath was the father of Amram. 59The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before Yahweh. 62Those numbered among them were twenty-three thousand, every male a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the Israelites, since no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites. 63These were those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the Israelites on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho. 64But among these there was not a man of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had numbered the Israelites in the wilderness of Sinai, 65for Yahweh had said of them, “They will surely die in the wilderness.” Not one of them was left, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.