The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Numbers 26
1 After the plague, Yahweh spoke to
Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the
priest, saying,
2 “Take a census of all the congregation
ofthe children ofIsrael, 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 Yahweh commanded
Moses and the children of Israel.”
These are those who came out ofthe land
of Egypt.
5 Reuben, the firstborn ofIsrael; the sons
of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the
Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
6 of Hezron, the family ofthe 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 Yahweh;
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 ofthe 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 ofthe 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 ofJudah 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 ofthe 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 Yahweh 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 inheritancebedividedbetweenthemore andthe
fewer.”
57 These are those who were counted of
theLevites 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. Kohathbecame 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 Yahweh.
62 Those who were counted ofthem 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
Aaronthepriest, who countedthe children
of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
65 For Yahweh 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.