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

1And it will be after the smiting, And Jehovah will say to Moses, and to Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2Take the head of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, from the son of twenty years and above, according to the house of their fathers, all going forth to war in Israel. 3And Moses will speak, and Eleazar the priest, with them in the desert of Moab of Jericho, saying, 4From the son of twenty years and above, as Jehovah commanded Moses and the sons of Israel going forth out of the land of Egypt.

The Tribe of Reuben

5Reuben, the first-born of Israel; the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, the families of the Hanochites: for Pallu, the families of the Palluites. 6To Hezron, the families of the Hezronites; to Carmi, the families of the Carmites. 7These the families of the Reubenites; and they reviewed of them shall be three and forty thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8And the sons of Pella Eliab. 9And the sons of Eliab: Nemnel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This the Dathan and Abiram called of the assembly, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the assembly of Korah, in their striving against Jehovah 10And the earth will open her mouth and will swallow them and Korah, in the dying of the assembly in the consuming of the fire, the fifty and two hundred men: and they shall be for a signal. 11And the sons of Korah died not.

The Tribe of Simeon

12The sons of Simeon according to their families; for Nemuel, the families of the Nemuelites; for Jamin, the families of the Jaminites; for Jachin, the families of the Jachinites; 13For Zerah, the families of the Zarhites; for Saul, the families of the Saulites. 14These the families of the Simeonites, two and twenty thousand and two hundred.

The Tribe of Gad

15The sons of Gad according to their families: for Zephon, the families of the Zephonites; to Haggi, the families of the Haggites; to Shuni, the families of the Shunites. 16To Ozni, the families of the Oznites; to Eri, the families of the Erites. 17To Arod, the families of the Arodites; to Areli, the families of the Arelites. 18These the families of the sons of Gad according to their reviewing, forty thousand and five hundred.

The Tribe of Judah

19The sons of Judah, Er and Onan; and Er will die, and Onan, in the land of Canaan. 20And the sons of Judah will be according to their families: to Shelah, the families of the Shelahites; to Pharez, the families of the Pharezites; to Zerah, the families of the Zerahites. 21And the sons of Pharez will be, for Hezron, the families of the Hezronites; for Hamul, the families of the Hamulites. 22These the families of Judah according to their reviewing, six and seventy thousand and five hundred.

The Tribe of Issachar

23The sons of Issachar according to their families: Tola, the families of the Tolaites; for Pua, the families of the Punites; 24For Jashub, the families of the Jashubites; for Shimron, the families of the Shimronitea. 25These the families of Issachar, according to their reviewing, four and sixty thousand and three hundred.

The Tribe of Zebulun

26The sons of Zebulon according to their families: to Sered, the families of the Sardites; to Elon, the families of the Elonites; to Jahleel, the families of the Jahleelites. 27These the families of Zebulon, according to their reviewing, sixty thousand and five hundred.

The Tribe of Manasseh

28The sons of Joseph, according to their families, Manasseh and Ephraim. 29The sons of Manasseh: to Machir, the families of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead; to Gilead, the families of the Gileadites. 30These the sons of Gilead: Jeezer, the families of the Jeezerites; to Helek, the families of the Helekites. 31And Asriel, the families of the Asrielites; and Shechem, the families of the Shechemites. 32And Shemida, the families of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, the families of the Hepherites. 33And Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, there were no sons to him, but daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad, Mahlah, and Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 34These the families of Manasseh, and their reviewing, two and fifty thousand and seven hundred.

The Tribe of Ephraim

35These the sons of Ephraim, according to their families: to Shuthelah, the families of the Shuthalites; to Becher, the families of the Becherites; to Tahan, the families of the Tahanites. 36These the sons of Shuthelah: to Eran, the families of the Emnites. 37These the families of the sons of Ephraim, according to their reviewing, two and thirty thousand and five hundred. These the sons of Joseph according to their families.

The Tribe of Benjamin

38The sons of Benjamin according to their families: to Bela, the families of the Belaites; to Ashbel, the families of the Ashbelites; to Ahiram, the families of the Ahiramites. 39To Shupham, the families of the Shuphamites; to Hupham, the families of the Huphamites. 40And the sons of Bela will be Ard and Naaman; the families of the Ardites; to Naaman, the families of the Naamanites. 41These the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and their reviewing five and forty thousand six hundred.

The Tribe of Dan

42These the sons of Dan, according to their families: to Shuham, the families of the Shuhamites These the families of Dan according to their families. 43All the families of the Shuhamites according to their reviewing, four and sixty thousand and four hundred.

The Tribe of Asher

44The sons of Asher according to their families: to Jimna, the families of the Jimnites; to Jesui, the families of the Jesuites; to Beriah, the families of the Beriites. 45To the sons of Beriah: to Heber, the families of the Heberites; to Malchiel, the families of the Malchielites. 46And the name of the daughter of Asher, Sarah. 47These the families of the sons of Asher according to their reviewing; three and fifty thousand and four hundred.

The Tribe of Naphtali

48The sons of Naphtali according to their families: to Jahzeel, the families of the Jahzeelites; to Guni the families of the Gunites. 49To Jezer, the families of the Jezerites; to Shillem, the families of the Shillemites. 50These the families of Naphtali according to their reviewing; and their reviewing, five and forty thousand and four hundred.

51These the reviewings of the sons of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

Inheritance by Lot

52And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, 53To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance, according to the number of names. 54To the many thou shalt multiply his inheritance, and to the few thou shalt diminish his inheritance: to each according to his reviewing his inheritance shall be given. 55But by lot shall the land be divided; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers, they shall inherit. 56According to the lot thou shalt divide his inheritance between the many to the few.

The Levites Numbered

57And these the reviewings of the Levites according to their families: to Gershon, the families of the Gershonites; to Kohath, the families of the Kohathites; to Merari, the families of the Merarites. 58These the families of Levi: the families of the Libnites, the families of the Hebronites, the families of the Mahlites, the families of the Mushites, the families of the Korathites: and Kohath begat Amram. 59And the name of Amram's wife, Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who bare her to Levi in Egypt: and she will bear to Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60And will be born to Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and Eleazar and Ithamar. 61And Nadab will die, and Abihu, in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah. 62And they being reviewed will be three and twenty thousand, every male from the son of a month and above: for they were not reviewed in the midst of the sons of Israel, for an inheritance was not given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel.

Only Caleb and Joshua Remain

63These the reviewings of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who reviewed the sons of Israel in the desert of Moab, by Jordan of Jericho. 64And among these there was not a man from the reviewings of Moses and Aaron the priest, who reviewed the sons of Israel in the desert of Sinai. 65For Jehovah said to them, Dying, they shall die in the desert And there was not left from them a man but Caleb, son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, eon of Nun.


The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. Smith

Section Headings Courtesy Berean Bible

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