The Fourth Book of Moses: Numbers

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- Chapter 26 -

(Numbers 1:1–4)

After the plague ended, Yahweh said to Eleazar and Moses,

“Count all the people of Israel again. Write down the names of all the men who are at least 20 years old who are able to fight in battles, along with their family names.”

So while the Israelites were on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho, Eleazar and Moses told this to the Israelite leaders,

“Write down the names of all the Israelite men who are at least 20 years old, as Yahweh has commanded us.” So they did that, and this is a record of all the descendants of Jacob who came out of Egypt who were still alive.

The Tribe of Reuben

These are the descendants of Reuben, Jacob’s oldest son:

the Hanokites descended from his son Hanok, the Palluites descended from his son Pallu, the Hezronites descended from his son Hezron,

The Israelite leaders counted 43,730 men from the tribe of Reuben.

Pallu’s son was Eliab

and his grandsons were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram were the leaders who joined with Korah to conspire against Aaron and Moses and rebelled against Yahweh.

But the earth opened up and swallowed them and Korah. Yahweh also sent a fire that burned up 250 men who supported those three men. That was a warning to all the Israelite people that they should respect and obey the leaders whom Yahweh had appointed.

But the descendants of Korah did not die on that day.

The Tribe of Simeon

These are the descendants of Simeon:

The Nemuelites descended from his son Nemuel, the Jaminites descended from his son Jamin, the Jakinites descended from his son Jakin, the Zerahites descended from his son Zerah,

The Israelite leaders counted 22,200 men from the tribe of Simeon.

The Tribe of Gad

These are the descendants of Gad:

The Zephonites descended from his son Zephon, the Haggites descended from his son Haggi,

the Shunites descended from his son Shuni, the Oznites descended from his son Ozni, the Erites descended from his son Eri, the Arodites descended from his son Arod,

The Israelite leaders counted 40,500 men from the tribe of Gad.

The Tribe of Judah

Judah’s sons, Er and Onan, died in Canaan before they had any children. These are the descendants of Judah:

The Shelanites descended from his son Shelah, the Perezites descended from his son Perez,

Perez was the father of Hezron and Hamul. The Hezronites descended from Hezron,

The Israelite leaders counted 76,500 men from the tribe of Judah.

The Tribe of Issachar

These are the descendants of Issachar:

The Tolaites descended from his son Tola, the Puites descended from his son Puah, the Jashubites descended from his son Jashub,

The Israelite leaders counted 64,300 men from the tribe of Issachar.

The Tribe of Zebulun

These are the descendants of Zebulun: The Seredites descended from his son Sered, the Elonites descended from his son Elon,

The Israelite leaders counted 60,500 men from the tribe of Zebulun.

The Tribe of Manasseh

The sons of Joseph are Manasseh and Ephraim. These are the descendants of Manasseh:

Makir was the father of Gilead.

Theses are the descendants of Gilead: The Iezerites descended from his son Iezer, the Helekites descended from his son Helek,

the Asrielites descended from his son Asriel,

the Shechemites descended from his son Shechem, the Shemidaites descended from his son Shemida,

Hepher’s son Zelophehad did not have any sons, but he had five daughters, Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirzah.

The Israelite leaders counted 52,700 men from the tribe of Manasseh, who was one of the sons of Joseph.

The Tribe of Ephraim

These are the descendants of Ephriam:

The Shuthelahites descended from his son Shuthelah, the Becherites descended from his son Becher, of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. These are the descendents of Shuthelah: by Eran, the clan of the Eranites.

The Israelite leaders counted 32,500 men from the tribe of Ephraim, who was Joseph’s other son.

The Tribe of Benjamin

These are the descendants of Benjamin:

the Belaites descended from his son Bela, the Ashbelites descended from his son Ashbel, the Ahiramites descended from his son Ahiram,

the Shuphamites descended from his son Shephupham, Bela was the father of Ard and Naaman. The Ardites descended from his son Ard,

The Israelite leaders counted 45,600 men from the tribe of Benjamin.

The Tribe of Dan

These are the descendants of Dan:

The Israelite leaders counted 64,400 men from the tribe of Dan.

The Tribe of Asher

These are the descendants of Asher:

The Imnites descended from his son Imnah, the Ishvites descended from his son Ishvi, Beriah had two sons, Heber and Malkiel.

The Heberites descended from his son Heber the Malkielites descended from his son Malkiel.

The Israelite leaders counted 53,400 men from the tribe of Asher.

The Tribe of Naphtali

These are the descendants of Napthali:

The Jahzeelites descended from his son Jahzeel, the Gunites descended from his son Guni, the Jezerites descended from his son Jezer.

The Israelite leaders counted 45,400 men from the tribe of Naphtali.

The total of the Israelite men whom the leaders counted was 601,730.

Inheritance by Lot

Then Yahweh said to Moses,

“Divide Canaan land among the tribes. Distribute the land according to the number of people in each tribe that are on your lists.

Decide by casting lots to determine

which group will get which area,

but give the largest areas to the groups with the most people.”

The Levites Numbered

The leaders also counted the male descendants of Levi. They were in clans descended from Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

These also included people from the clans of Libni, Hebron, Mahli, Mushi, and Korah. All of them were descendants of Levi. Kohath was the ancestor of Amram,

whose wife was Jochebed. She also was a descendant of Levi, but she was born in Egypt. She and Amram had two sons, Aaron and Moses, and their older sister Miriam.

Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

But Nadab and Abihu died when they burned incense for a sacrifice to Yahweh in a way that disobeyed what Yahweh had commanded.

The leaders counted twenty-three thousand men from the descendants of Levi who were at least one month old. But these men were not counted when the rest of the Israelite people were counted, because they were not given any land at that time.

Only Caleb and Joshua Remain

Those were the men whom Eleazar and Moses said should be counted. They counted the Israelite people on the plains of Moab, on the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

None of the men whom they counted were on the lists that were made by Aaron and Moses when the Israelites were in the wilderness of Sinai.

They were told what Yahweh had said. He said, “They will all die in this desert,” and that is what happened. The only ones who were still alive were Jephunneh’s son Caleb and Nun’s son Joshua.

(Numbers 1:1–4)

After the plague, the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go out to war in Israel.”

Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

“Take a census, from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel.” These are those who came out of the land of Egypt.

The Tribe of Reuben

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

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

These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were counted of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.

The son of Pallu: Eliab.

The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, 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 the LORD;

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.

Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn’t die.

The Tribe of Simeon

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;

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

These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred.

The Tribe of Gad

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;

of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;

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

These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were counted of them, forty thousand and five hundred.

The Tribe of Judah

The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

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.

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

These are the families of Judah according to those who were counted of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.

The Tribe of Issachar

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

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

These are the families of Issachar according to those who were counted of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred.

The Tribe of Zebulun

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.

These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were counted of them, sixty thousand five hundred.

The Tribe of Manasseh

The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

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.

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

and Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;

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

Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

These are the families of Manasseh. Those who were counted of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.

The Tribe of Ephraim

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.

These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

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.

The Tribe of Benjamin

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;

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

The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: the family of the Ardites; and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those who were counted of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.

The Tribe of Dan

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.

All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were counted of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.

The Tribe of Asher

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.

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

The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were counted of them, fifty-three thousand four hundred.

The Tribe of Naphtali

The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

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

These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were counted of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.

These are those who were counted of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.

Inheritance by Lot

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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

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.

Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.”

The Levites Numbered

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.

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, and the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.

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.

To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

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.

Only Caleb and Joshua Remain

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.

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.

For the LORD 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.