Nombres 26

The second census

¹the LORD said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest,^{a 2}“Take a census of the whole congregation of the Israelites by their ancestral families, all the men in Israel twenty years old and up, everyone who can go out to war.” ³So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with the people on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. They said, ⁴“Count the men twenty years old and up,” as the LORD had commanded Moses. These were the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt:^{b 5}Reuben was Israel’s firstborn. The descendants of Reuben were: from Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the clan of the Palluites; ⁶from Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; and from Carmi, the clan of the Carmites. ⁷These were the clans of the Reubenites. The number enrolled from them was 43,730. ⁸The son of Pallu was Eliab. ⁹The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram, men chosen from the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with Korah’s company when they fought against the LORD. ¹⁰The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, when his company died and the fire devoured 250 men. They became a warning. ¹¹But the sons of Korah did not die.

¹²The descendants of Simeon by their clans: from Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; from Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; from Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites; ¹³from Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; and from Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites. ¹⁴These were the clans of the Simeonites, 22,200 in number.

¹⁵The descendants of Gad by their clans: from Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; from Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; from Shuni, the clan of the Shunites; ¹⁶from Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; from Eri, the clan of the Erites; ¹⁷from Arod, the clan of the Arodites; and from Areli, the clan of the Arelites. ¹⁸These were the clans of the descendants of Gad. The number enrolled from them was 40,500.

¹⁹The sons of Judah included Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰The descendants of Judah by their clans were: from Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; from Perez, the clan of the Perezites; and from Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites. ²¹The descendants of Perez were: from Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; and from Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites. ²²These were the clans of Judah. The number enrolled from them was 76,500.

²³The descendants of Issachar by their clans: from Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; from Puvah, the clan of the Punites; ²⁴from Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; and from Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites. ²⁵These were the clans of Issachar. The number enrolled from them was 64,300.

²⁶The descendants of Zebulun by their clans: from Sered, the clan of the Seredites; from Elon, the clan of the Elonites; and from Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites. ²⁷These were the clans of the Zebulunites. The number enrolled from them was 60,500.

²⁸The descendants of Joseph by their clans were Manasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹The descendants of Manasseh were: from Machir, the clan of the Machirites (Machir was the father of Gilead); from Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites. ³⁰These were the descendants of Gilead: from Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; from Helek, the clan of the Helekites; ³¹from Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; from Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites; ³²from Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; and from Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites. ³³Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, only daughters. The names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. ³⁴These were the clans of Manasseh. The number enrolled from them was 52,700.

³⁵These were the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: from Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites; from Becher, the clan of the Becherites; and from Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites. ³⁶These were the descendants of Shuthelah: from Eran, the clan of the Eranites. ³⁷These were the clans of the descendants of Ephraim. The number enrolled from them was 32,500. These were the descendants of Joseph by their clans.

³⁸The descendants of Benjamin by their clans: from Bela, the clan of the Belaites; from Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; from Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites; ³⁹from Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; and from Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites.^{c 40}The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: from Ard, the clan of the Ardites; and from Naaman, the clan of the Naamites. ⁴¹These were the descendants of Benjamin by their clans. The number enrolled from them was 45,600.

⁴²These were the descendants of Dan by their clans: from Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These were the clans of Dan, clan by clan. ⁴³The number enrolled from all the clans of the Shuhamites was 64,400.

⁴⁴The descendants of Asher by their clans: from Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; from Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; and from Beriah, the clan of the Beriites. ⁴⁵From the descendants of Beriah: from Heber, the clan of the Heberites; and from Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites. ⁴⁶Asher’s daughter was named Serah. ⁴⁷These were the clans of the descendants of Asher. The number enrolled from them was 53,400.

⁴⁸The descendants of Naphtali by their clans: from Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; from Guni, the clan of the Gunites; ⁴⁹from Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; and from Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites. ⁵⁰These were the clans of Naphtali. The number enrolled from them was 45,400. ⁵¹The total number of the Israelites enrolled was 601,730.

Dividing the land by lot

⁵²Then the LORD spoke to Moses. He said, ⁵³“The land is to be divided among these as their inheritance, according to the number of names. ⁵⁴To a large tribe you are to give a larger inheritance, and to a small tribe a smaller one. Each is to be given its inheritance according to the number of those enrolled in it. ⁵⁵But the land is to be divided by lot. They are to receive their inheritance by the names of their ancestral tribes.^{d 56}Each inheritance is to be divided by lot between the larger and the smaller tribes.”

The census of the Levites

⁵⁷These were the Levites enrolled by their clans: from Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; from Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; and from 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 and the clan of the Korahites. Kohath was the father of Amram. ⁵⁹Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses and their sister Miriam. ⁶⁰Aaron became the father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered an improper fire before the LORD. ⁶²The Levites enrolled numbered 23,000, every male one month old and up. They were not enrolled with the other Israelites, because they were given no inheritance among them. ⁶³These are the ones enrolled by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they enrolled the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. ⁶⁴Among them there was not one man of those enrolled by Moses and Aaron the priest when they enrolled the Israelites in the wilderness of Sinai. ⁶⁵For the LORD had said of them, “They will certainly die in the wilderness.” Not one of them was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.