Numbers 26

1It came about after the plague that Yahweh spoke to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest. He said, 2“Count all the community of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and up, by their ancestor's families, all who are able to go to war for Israel.” 3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho and said, 4“Count the people, from twenty years old and up, as Yahweh commanded Moses and the people of Israel, who came out of the land of Egypt.” 5Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. From his son Hanok came the clan of the Hanokites. From Pallu came the clan of the Palluites. 6From Hezron came the clan of the Hezronites. From Karmi came the clan of the Karmites. 7These were the clans of Reuben, who numbered 43,730 men. 8Eliab was a son of Pallu. 9Eliab's sons were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These were the same Dathan and Abiram who followed Korah when they challenged Moses and Aaron and rebelled against Yahweh. 10The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when all his followers died. At that time, fire devoured 250 men, who became a warning sign. 11But Korah's line did not die out. 12The clans of Simeon's descendants were these: 13through Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites, 14These were the clans of Simeon's descendants, who numbered 22,200 men. 15The clans of Gad's descendants were these: 16through Ozni, the clan of the Oznites, 17through Arod, the clan of the Arodites, 18These were the clans of Gad's descendants, who numbered 40,500 men. 19Judah's sons were Er and Onan, but these men died in the land of Canaan. 20The clans of Judah's other descendants were these: 21The descendants of Perez were these: 22These were the clans of Judah's descendants, who numbered 76,500 men. 23The clans of Issachar's descendants were these: 24through Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites, 25These were the clans of Issachar, who numbered 64,300 men. 26The clans of Zebulun's descendants were these: 27These were the clans of the Zebulunites, who numbered 60,500 men. 28The clans of Joseph's descendants were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29The descendants of Manasseh were these: 30Gilead's descendants were these: 31through Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites, 32through Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites, 33Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirzah. 34These were the clans of Manasseh, who numbered 52,700 men. 35The clans of Ephraim's descendants were these: 36The descendants of Shuthelah were, by Eran, the clan of the Eranites. 37These were the clans of Ephraim's descendants, who numbered 32,500 men. These were Joseph's descendants, counted in each of their clans. 38The clans of Benjamin's descendants were these: 39through Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites, 40Bela's sons were Ard and Naaman. From Ard came the clan of the Ardites, and from Naaman came the clan of the Naamites. 41These were the clans of Benjamin's descendants. They numbered 45,600 men. 42The clans of Dan's descendants were, by Shuham, the clans of the Shuhamites. These were the clans of Dan's descendants. 43All the clans of the Shuhamites numbered 64,400 men. 44The clans of Asher's descendants were these: 45The descendants of Beriah were these: 46The name of Asher's daughter was Serah. 47These were the clans of Asher's descendants, who numbered 53,400 men. 48The clans of Naphtali's descendants were these: 49through Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites, 50These were the clans of Naphtali's descendants, who numbered 45,400 men. 51This was the complete count of men among the people of Israel: 601,730. 52Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, 53“The land must be divided among these men as an inheritance according to the number of their names. 54To the larger clans you must give more inheritance, and to the smaller clans you must give less inheritance. To every family you must give an inheritance according to the number of men who were counted. 55However, the land must be divided by random lots. They must inherit the land as it will be divided among their ancestors' tribes. 56Their inheritance must be divided among the larger and the smaller clans, distributed to them by random lot.” 57The Levite clans, counted clan by clan, were these: 58The clans of Levi were these: 59The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born to Levites in Egypt. She bore to Amram their children, who were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61Nadab and Abihu died when they offered before Yahweh unacceptable fire. 62The males who were counted among them numbered twenty-three thousand, all males one month old and up. But they were not counted among Israel's descendants because no inheritance was given to them among the people of Israel. 63These are the ones who were counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest. They counted the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 64But among these there was no man who had been counted by Moses and Aaron the priest when the descendants of Israel were counted in the wilderness of Sinai.