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1 After the blood of the guilty was shed, the Lord said to Moses, and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest
2 “Number the entire sum of the sons of Israel, from twenty years and above, by their houses and kinships, all who are able to go forth to war.
3 And so, Moses and Eleazar the priest, who were in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho, spoke to those who wer
4 from twenty years and above, just as the Lord had commanded. And this is their number
5 Ruben, the firstborn of Israel; his son, Hanoch, from whom is the family of the Hanochites; and Pallu, from whom is the family of the Palluites
6 and Hezron, from whom is the family of the Hezronites; and Carmi, from whom is the family of the Carmites
7 These are the families of the stock of Ruben, whose number was found to be forty-three thousand and seven hundred thirty
8 The son of Phallu: Eliab
9 his sons, Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are Dathan and Abiram, the leaders of the people, who rose up against Moses and Aaron in the sedition at Korah, when they rebelled against the Lord
10 And the earth, opening its mouth, devoured Korah, with many others dying, when the fire burned two hundred fifty men. And a great miracle was wrought
11 so that, when Korah perished, his sons did not perish
12 The sons of Simeon, by their kinships: Nemuel, from him is the family of the Nemuelites; Jamin, from him is the family of the Jaminites; Jachin, from him is the family of the Jachinites
13 Sohar, from him is the family of the Soharites; Shaul, from him is the family of the Shaulites
14 These are the families of the stock of Simeon, whose entire number was twenty-two thousand two hundred
15 The sons of Gad, by their kinships: Zephon, from him is the family of the Zephonites; Haggi, from him is the family of the Haggites; Shuni, from him is the family of the Shunites
16 Ozni, from him is the family of the Oznites; Eri, from him is the family of the Erites
17 Arod, from him is the family of the Arodites; Areli, from him is the family of the Arelites
18 These are the families of Gad, whose entire number was forty thousand five hundred
19 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, who both died in the land of Canaan
20 And these were the sons of Judah, by their kinships: Shelah, from whom is the family of the Shelahites; Perez, from whom is the family of the Perezites; Zerah, from whom is the family of the Zerahites
21 Moreover, the sons of Phares were: Hezron, from whom is the family of the Hezronites; and Hamul, from whom is the family of the Hamulites
22 These are the families of Judah, whose entire number was seventy-six thousand five hundred
23 The sons of Issachar, by their kinships: Tola from whom is the family of the Tolaites; Puvah, from whom is the family of the Puvahites
24 Jashub, from whom is the family of the Jashubites; Shimron, from whom is the family of the Shimronites
25 These are the kinships of Issachar, whose number was sixty-four thousand three hundred
26 The sons of Zebulon by their kinships: Sered, from whom is the family of the Seredites; Elon, from whom is the family of the Elonites; Jahleel, from whom is the family of the Jahleelites
27 These are the kinships of Zebulun, whose number was sixty thousand five hundred
28 The sons of Joseph by their kinships: Manasseh and Ephraim
29 From Manasseh was born Machir, from whom is the family of the Machirites. Machir conceived Gilead, from whom is the family of the Gileadites
30 Gilead had sons: Jezer, from whom is the family of the Jezerites; and Helek, from whom is the family of the Helekites
31 and Asriel, from whom is the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, from whom is the family of the Shechemites
32 and Shemida, from whom is the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, from whom is the family of the Hepherites
33 Now Hepher was the father of Zelophehad, who had no sons, but only daughters, whose names are these: Mahlah, and Noa, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah
34 These are the families of Manasseh, and their number was fifty-two thousand seven hundred
35 Now the sons of Ephraim by their kinships were these: Shuthelah, from whom is the family of the Shuthelahites; Becher, from whom is the family of the Becherites; Tahan, from whom is the family of the Tahanites
36 Furthermore, the son of Shuthelah was Eran, from whom is the family of the Eranites
37 These are the kinships of the sons of Ephraim, whose number was thirty-two thousand five hundred
38 These are the sons of Joseph by their families: the sons of Benjamin in their kinships: Bela, from whom is the family of the Belaites; Ashbel, from whom is the family of the Ashbelites; Ahiram, from whom is the family of the Ahiramites
39 Shupham, from whom is the family of the Shuphamites; Hupham, from whom is the family of the Huphamites
40 The sons of Bela: Arad and Naaman. From Arad, the family of the Aradites; from Naaman, the family of the Naamanites
41 These are the sons of Benjamin by their kinships, whose number was forty-five thousand six hundred
42 The sons of Dan by their kinships: Shuham, from whom is the family of the Shuhamites. These are the kinships of Dan by their families
43 All these were Shuhamites, whose number was sixty-four thousand four hundred
44 The sons of Asher by their kinships: Imnah, from whom is the family of the Imnahites; Ishvi, from whom is the family of the Ishvites; Beriah, from whom is the family of the Beriahites
45 The sons of Beriah: Heber, from whom is the family of the Heberites; and Malchiel, from whom is the family of the Malchielites
46 Now the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah
47 These are the kinships of the sons of Asher, and their number was fifty-three thousand four hundred
48 The sons of Naphtali by their kinships: Jahzeel, from whom is the family of the Jahzeelites; Guni, from whom is the family of the Gunites
49 Jezer, from whom is the family of the Jezerites; Shillem, from whom is the family of the Shillemites
50 These are the kinships of the sons of Naphtali by their families, whose number was forty-five thousand four hundred
51 This is the sum of the sons of Israel, who were counted: six hundred thousand and one thousand seven hundred thirty
52 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying
53 “The land shall be divided to these, as their possessions, according to the number of their names
54 To the greater number you shall give a greater portion, and to the lesser number, a lesser portion. To each one, just as they have now been counted, a possession shall be delivered
55 Yet only in so far as the land is divided by lot to a tribe and to families
56 Whatever the lot will happen to be, it shall be accepted, either by the greater, or by the lesser
57 Likewise, this is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gershon, from whom is the family of the Gershonites; Kohath, from whom is the family of the Kohathites; Merari, from whom is the family of the Merarites
58 These are the families of Levi: The family of Libni, the family of Hebroni, the family of Mahli, the family of Mushi, the family of Korah. Yet truly, Kohath conceived Amram
59 who had a wife, Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to him in Egypt. She bore, to her husband Amram: sons, Aaron and Moses, as well as their sister, Miriam
60 From Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, and Eleazar and Ithamar
61 Of these, Nadab and Abihu died, when they had offered strange fire before the Lord
62 And these were all who were numbered: twenty-three thousand of the male gender, from one month and above. For they were not counted among the sons of Israel, neither was a possession given to them with the others
63 This is the number of the sons of Israel, who were enrolled by Moses and by Eleazar the priest, in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho
64 Among these, not one of them was numbered before, by Moses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai
65 For the Lord had foretold that all would die in the wilderness. And not one of them remained, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun
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