Numbers 26
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The Second Census of Israel
(Numbers 1:1–4)

1And whan the giltye bloude was shed, the LORDE sayde vnto Moses & vnto Eleasar ye sonne of Aaron ye prest: 2Take the summe of the whole cogregacion of the childre of Israel from twentye yeare & aboue, after their fathers houses, all yt are able to go forth to the warre in Israel. 3And Moses & Eleasar the prest spake vnto them (in the felde of the Moabites besyde Iordane ouer against Iericho) 4namely vnto all the that were twentye yeare olde & aboue, as the LORDE comaunded Moses. And these are ye childre of Israel, that came out of Egipte.

The Tribe of Reuben

5Ruben ye first borne sonne of Israel. The childree of Ruben were, Hanoch: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Hanochites. Pallu: of whom cometh the kynred of the Palluites. 6Hesron: of whom cometh the kynred of the Hesronites. Carmi: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Carmites. 7These are the kynreds of the Rubenites. And the nombre of the was, thre & fourtye thousande, seuen hundreth & thirtye. 8But the childre of Pallu were, Eliab. 9And the children of Eliab were Nemuel, and Dathan and Abiram. This is yt Dathan & Abira, those famous men in the congregacion, which stode vp agaynst Moses and Aaron in the copany of Corah, whan they rose vp agaynst the LORDE, 10& the earth opened hir mouth, and swalowed the wt Corah, wha the copany dyed, what tyme as the fyre consumed two hundreth & fiftye men, & they became a toke. 11But the children of Corah dyed not.

The Tribe of Simeon

12The childre of Simeon in their kynreds were, Nemuel: of who cometh the kynred of ye Nemuelites. Iamin: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Iaminites. Iachin: of who cometh the kynred of the Iachinites. 13Sera: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Sarahites. Saul: of whom commeth the kynred of the Saulites. 14These are the kynreds of the Simeonites, two & xx.M. & two hundreth.

The Tribe of Gad

15The childre of Gad in their kynreds were Zephon: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Zephonites. Haggi: of whom cometh the kynred of ye Haggites. Suni: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Sunites. 16Aseni: of whom commeth ye kynred of the Asenites. Eri: of who cometh the kynred of the Erinites. 17Arod: of whom cometh the kynred of the Arodites. Ariel: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Arielites. 18These are the children of Gad, in their nombre fourtye thousande and fyue C.

The Tribe of Judah

19The children of Iuda, Er & Onan, which both dyed in the lade of Canaan. 20But ye children of Iuda in their kyndreds, were, Sela: of whom cometh the kynred of the Selanites. Phares: of whom cometh the kynred of the Pharesites. Serah: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Serahites. 21The childre of Phares, were Hesron: of whom commeth the kynred of the Hesronites. Hamul: of whom cometh the kynred of the Hamulites. 22These are the kynreds of Iuda, in their nombre, sixe and seuentye thousande and fyue hundreth.

The Tribe of Issachar

23The children of Isachar in their kynreds were, Thola: of whom commeth the kynred of the Tholaites. Phuua: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Phuuaites. 24Iasub: of who commeth the kynred of the Iasubites. Simron: of whom cometh the kynred of ye Simronites. 25These are the kynreds of Isachar, in nombre, foure and thre score thousande, & thre hundreth.

The Tribe of Zebulun

26The children of Zabulon in their kynreds were, Sered, of whom cometh the kynred of ye Seredites. Elon: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Elonites. Iahelel: of whom cometh the kynred of the Iahelites. 27These are ye kynreds of Zabulon, in their nobre, thre score thousande, and fyue hundreth.

The Tribe of Manasseh

28The children of Ioseph in their kynreds were, Manasses & Ephraim. 29The childre of Manasse were, Machir: of whom commeth the kynred of the Machirites. And Machir begat Gilead: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Gileadites. 30And these are ye childre of Gilead, Hieser: of whom cometh the kynred of ye Hieserites. Helech: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Helechites. 31Asriel: of whom commeth the kynred of the Asrielites. Siche: of whom cometh the kynred of ye Sichemites. 32Simida: of who cometh ye kynred of ye Simidites. Hepher: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Hepherites. 33And Zelaphead was ye sonne of Hepher, & had no sonnes, but doughters, whose names were: Mahela, Noa, Hagla, Milca and Thyrza. 34These are the kynreds of Manasse, in their nombre, two and fiftye thousande and seuen hundreth.

The Tribe of Ephraim

35The childre of Ephraim in their kynreds were, Suthelah: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Suthelahites. Becher: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Becherites. Thahan: of whom cometh the kynred of the Thahanites. 36The childre of Suthelah were, Eran: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Eranites. 37These are ye kynreds of the childre of Ephraim, in their nombre, two and thirtie thousande and fyue hundreth. These are the childre of Ioseph in their kynreds.

The Tribe of Benjamin

38The childre of Ben Iamin in their kynreds were, Bela: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Belaites. Asbel: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Asbelites. Ahiram: of whom cometh the kynred of the Ahiramites. 39Supham: of whom cometh the kynred of the Suphamites. Hupham: of whom commeth the kynred of the Huphamites. 40And the childre of Bela were, Ard & Naeman: of whom commeth the kynred of the Aroites & Naemanites. 41These are the children of Ben Iamin in their kynreds, in nombre, fyue & fourtye thousande and sixe hundreth.

The Tribe of Dan

42The childre of Dan in their kynreds were, Suham: of whom cometh the childre of ye Suhamites. These are ye kynreds of Dan in their generacions, 43& they were all together in nombre, foure and thre score thousande & foure hundreth.

The Tribe of Asher

44The childre of Asser in their kynreds were, Iemna: of whom cometh the kynred of the Iemnites. Iesui: of whom commeth the kynred of the Iesuites. Bria: of whom cometh the kynred of the Bryites. 45And ye childre of Bria, were Heber: of whom commeth the kynred of the Hebrites. Melchiel: of who commeth the kynred of the Melchielites. 46And the doughter of Asser was called Sarah. 47These are the kynreds of the children of Asser, in their nombre, thre and fiftye thousande and foure hundreth.

The Tribe of Naphtali

48The childre of Nephtali in their kynreds were, Iaheziel: of whom cometh the kynred of the Iahezielites Guni: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Gunites. 49Iezer: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Iezerites. Sillem: of who cometh ye kynred of ye Sillemites. 50These are ye kynreds of the childre of Nephtali in their generacions, in their nombre, fyue & fourtye thousande and foure hundreth.

51This is the summe of the children of Israel: sixe hundreth thousande, a thousande seuen hundreth and thirtye.

Inheritance by Lot

52And ye LORDE spake vnto Moses, & sayde: 53Vnto these shalt thou deuyde the lode to enheritaunce, acordinge to the nombre of ye names. 54To many shalt thou geue the more enheritaunce, and to few the lesse, vnto euery one shall be geue acordinge to their nombre: 55yet shall the londe be deuyded by lott. Acordinge to ye names of the trybes of their fathers shal they enheret it: 56for after the lot shalt thou deuyde their enheritaunce, both betwixte many and fewe.

The Levites Numbered

57And this is the summe of the Leuites in their kynreds. Gerson: of whom cometh the kynred of the Gersonites. Rahath: of who cometh the kynred of the Rahathites. Merari: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Merarites. 58These are ye kynreds of Leui, the kynred of ye Libnites, ye kynred of ye Hebronites, ye kynred of the Mahelites, ye kynred of the Musites, the kynred of the Corahites. Rahath begat Amram. 59And Amrams wife was called Iochebed a doughter of Leui, which was borne him in Egipte: And vnto Amram she bare Aaron & Moses, & Miriam their sister. 60And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab, Abihu. Eleasar & Ithamar. 61As for Nadab & Abihu, they dyed, whan they offred straunge fyre before ye LORDE. 62And the summe of the was thre & twentye thousande, all males fro fyue monethes & aboue. For they were not nombred amoge the childre of Israel, for there was no enheritaunce geuen the amonge the children of Israel.

Only Caleb and Joshua Remain

63This is ye summe of ye childre of Israel, who Moses & Eleasar the prest nombred in the felde of the Moabites besyde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho: 64Amonge whom there was not one of the summe of those children of Israel, whom Moses & Aaron the prest nombred in the wildernesse of Sinai. 65For ye LORDE sayde vnto the, yt they shulde dye in the wildernesse. And there was not one of them lefte, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune and Iosua the sonne of Nun.


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