Numbers 26

Tribes of Israel Counted Numbers 26:5–40

⁵Verse 5. Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; ⁶Verse 6. of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. ⁷Verse 7. These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were counted of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty. ⁸Verse 8. The sons of Pallu: Eliab. ⁹Verse 9. The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and 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,

¹⁰Verse 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. ¹¹Verse 11. Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn’t die. ¹²Verse 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; ¹³Verse 13. of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. ¹⁴Verse 14. These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred. ¹⁵Verse 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;

¹⁶Verse 16. of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; ¹⁷Verse 17. of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites. ¹⁸Verse 18. These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were counted of them, forty thousand and five hundred. ¹⁹Verse 19. The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰Verse 20. The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. ²¹Verse 21. The sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

²²Verse 22. These are the families of Judah according to those who were counted of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred. ²³Verse 23. The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites; ²⁴Verse 24. of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. ²⁵Verse 25. These are the families of Issachar according to those who were counted of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred. ²⁶Verse 26. The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. ²⁷Verse 27. These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were counted of them, sixty thousand five hundred.

²⁸Verse 28. The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹Verse 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. ³⁰Verse 30. These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; ³¹Verse 31. and Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; ³²Verse 32. and Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. ³³Verse 33. Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

³⁴Verse 34. These are the families of Manasseh. Those who were counted of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred. ³⁵Verse 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. ³⁶Verse 36. These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. ³⁷Verse 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. ³⁸Verse 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;

³⁹Verse 39. of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. ⁴⁰Verse 40. The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

Inheritance and Leadership Numbers 26:41–65

⁴¹Verse 41. These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those who were counted of them were forty-five thousand six hundred. ⁴²Verse 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. ⁴³Verse 43. All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were counted of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred. ⁴⁴Verse 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. ⁴⁵Verse 45. Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

⁴⁶Verse 46. The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. ⁴⁷Verse 47. These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were counted of them, fifty-three thousand and four hundred. ⁴⁸Verse 48. The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; ⁴⁹Verse 49. of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. ⁵⁰Verse 50. These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were counted of them were forty-five thousand four hundred. ⁵¹Verse 51. These are those who were counted of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.

⁵²Verse 52. Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ⁵³Verse 53. “To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. ⁵⁴Verse 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. ⁵⁵Verse 55. Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. ⁵⁶Verse 56. According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.” ⁵⁷Verse 57. These are those who were counted of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

⁵⁸Verse 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, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram. ⁵⁹Verse 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. ⁶⁰Verse 60. To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹Verse 61. Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before Yahweh. ⁶²Verse 62. Those who were counted of them 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.

⁶³Verse 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. ⁶⁴Verse 64. But among these there was not a man of them who were counted by Moses and Aaron the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. ⁶⁵Verse 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.