Old Testament · Law

Numbers chapter 26

After the , Yahweh said to Moses and to son of Aaron the priest,“Take a of the entire Israelite community — everyone twenty years old and above who can serve in Israel’s army. Count them by their .”So Moses and Eleazar the priest addressed them on the , by the Jordan River across from Jericho. They said,“Count everyone twenty years old and above, just as Yahweh commanded Moses.” These were the Israelites who had come out of Egypt:Reuben was Israel’s . The descendants of Reuben: from Hanoch, the Hanochite ; from Pallu, the Palluite clan;from Hezron, the Hezronite clan; from Carmi, the Carmite clan.These were the Reubenite clans. Their registered total was 43,730.The son of Pallu: Eliab.The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram — chosen representatives of the community — who against Moses and Aaron as part of Korah’s , when they defied Yahweh.The earth opened up and swallowed them along with Korah, and that faction died when fire consumed 250 men. They became a .However, Korah’s own did not die.The descendants of Simeon, by their clans: from Nemuel, the Nemuelite clan; from Jamin, the Jaminite clan; from Jachin, the Jachinite clan;from Zerah, the Zerahite clan; from Shaul, the Shaulite clan.These were the Simeonite clans: .The descendants of Gad, by their clans: from Zephon, the Zephonite clan; from Haggi, the Haggite clan; from Shuni, the Shunite clan;from Ozni, the Oznite clan; from Eri, the Erite clan;from Arod, the Arodite clan; from Areli, the Arelite clan.These were the Gadite clans. Their registered total was 40,500.The sons of Judah: Er and Onan — but Er and Onan had .The descendants of Judah, by their clans: from Shelah, the Shelanite clan; from Perez, the Perezite clan; from Zerah, the Zerahite clan.The descendants of Perez: from Hezron, the Hezronite clan; from Hamul, the Hamulite clan.These were the clans of Judah. Their registered total was .The descendants of Issachar, by their clans: from Tola, the Tolaite clan; from Puah, the Punite clan;from Jashub, the Jashubite clan; from Shimron, the Shimronite clan.These were the Issachar clans. Their registered total was 64,300.The descendants of Zebulun, by their clans: from Sered, the Seredite clan; from Elon, the Elonite clan; from Jahleel, the Jahleelite clan.These were the Zebulunite clans. Their registered total was 60,500.The descendants of , by their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim.The descendants of Manasseh: from Machir, the Machirite clan. Machir fathered ; from Gilead, the Gileadite clan.These were the descendants of Gilead: from Iezer, the Iezerite clan; from Helek, the Helekite clan;from Asriel, the Asrielite clan; from Shechem, the Shechemite clan;from Shemida, the Shemidaite clan; from Hepher, the Hepherite clan.Now son of Hepher had no sons — only daughters. The names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.These were the Manassite clans. Their registered total was 52,700.These were the descendants of Ephraim, by their clans: from Shuthelah, the Shuthelahite clan; from Becher, the Becherite clan; from Tahan, the Tahanite clan.These were the descendants of Shuthelah: from Eran, the Eranite clan.These were the Ephraimite clans. Their registered total was . These were the descendants of Joseph, by their clans.The descendants of Benjamin, by their clans: from Bela, the Belaite clan; from Ashbel, the Ashbelite clan; from Ahiram, the Ahiramite clan;from Shephupham, the Shuphamite clan; from Hupham, the Huphamite clan.The descendants of Bela through Ard and Naaman: the Ardite clan and the Naamite clan.These were the Benjaminite clans. Their registered total was 45,600.These were the descendants of , by their clans: from Shuham, the Shuhamite clan. These were the Danite clans.The total for all the Shuhamite clans was 64,400.The descendants of Asher, by their clans: from Imnah, the Imnite clan; from Ishvi, the Ishvite clan; from Beriah, the Beriite clan.From the descendants of Beriah: from Heber, the Heberite clan; from Malchiel, the Malchielite clan.The name of Asher’s daughter was .These were the Asherite clans. Their registered total was 53,400.The descendants of Naphtali, by their clans: from Jahzeel, the Jahzeelite clan; from Guni, the Gunite clan;from Jezer, the Jezerite clan; from Shillem, the Shillemite clan.These were the Naphtali clans. Their registered total was 45,400.The total count of the Israelite men was .Yahweh said to Moses,“The land is to be divided among these tribes as an , based on the number of names registered.Give a larger to a larger tribe and a smaller allotment to a smaller tribe. Each tribe’s inheritance should match its registered population.However, the land must be distributed by . They will receive their inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes.Each inheritance will be divided by lot between the larger and smaller groups.”These were the registered , by their clans: from Gershon, the Gershonite clan; from Kohath, the Kohathite clan; from Merari, the Merarite clan.These were also Levite clans: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Kohath fathered Amram.The name of Amram’s wife was , a descendant of Levi, born to the Levite family in Egypt. She bore Amram two sons — Aaron and Moses — and their sister .To Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.But Nadab and Abihu died when they brought before Yahweh.The total registered Levite males, , was 23,000. They were not counted with the other Israelites because they received no land inheritance among them.These were the people counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they registered the Israelites on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River across from Jericho.Among all these, there was not a single person who had been counted in the earlier census taken by Moses and Aaron the priest in the .For Yahweh had told them, “They will in the wilderness.” And not one of them was left — except son of Jephunneh and son of Nun.