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Numbers 26 AMPC

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1. AFTER THE plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest,

2. Take a census of all the [male] congregation of the Israelites from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all in Israel able to go to war.

3. And Moses and Eleazar the priest told [the people] in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho,

4. A census of the people shall be taken from twenty years old and upward, as the Lord commanded Moses. And the Israelites who came forth out of the land of Egypt were:

5. Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

6. Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

7. These are the families of the Reubenites; and their number was 43,730.

8. And the son of Pallu: Eliab.

9. The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram chosen from the congregation who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah when they contended against the Lord.

10. And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died and the fire devoured 250 men; and they became a [warning] sign.

11. But Korah's sons did not die.

12. The sons of Simeon according to their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;

13. Of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

14. These are the families of the Simeonites, 22,200.

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;

16. Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;

17. Of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.

18. These, the families of the sons of Gad according to their numbering, totaled 40,500.

19. The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

20. And the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

21. And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

22. These, the families of Judah according to their numbering, totaled 76,500.

23. The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;

24. Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

25. These, the families of Issachar according to their numbering, totaled 64,300.

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.

27. These, the families of the Zebulunites according to their numbering, totaled 60,500.

28. The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

29. The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites (and Machir was the father of Gilead); of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

30. These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

31. Of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;

32. Of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

33. Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters, and their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

34. These are the families of Manasseh, and their number was 52,700.

35. These are the sons of Ephraim according to their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

36. And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

37. These, the families of the sons of Ephraim according to their number, totaled 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

38. The sons of Benjamin according to their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

39. Of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

40. And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman; of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

41. These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and their number was 45,600.

42. These are the sons of Dan according to their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according to their families.

43. All the families of the Shuhamites according to their number were 64,400.

44. Of the sons of Asher according to their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

45. Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

46. And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

47. These, the families of the sons of Asher according to their number, totaled 53,400.

48. Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

49. Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

50. These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and their number totaled 45,400.

51. This was the number of the Israelites, 601,730.

52. And the Lord said to Moses,

53. To these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names.

54. To a larger tribe you shall give the greater inheritance, and to a small tribe the less inheritance; to each tribe shall its inheritance be given according to its numbers.

55. But the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

56. According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the larger and the smaller.

57. And these were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

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. And Kohath was the father of Amram.

59. Amram's wife was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister.

60. And to Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

61. But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange and unholy fire before the Lord.

62. And those numbered of them were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the Israelites, because there was no inheritance given them among the Israelites.

63. These were those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the Israelites in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

64. But among these there was not a man of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.

65. For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. There was not left a man of them except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

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