26:1   Then it came about after the plague, that the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

26:2   " Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' households, whoever can go out to war in Israel."

26:3   So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

26:4   "Take a census of the people from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD has commanded Moses." Now the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt consisted of:

26:5   Reuben, Israel's firstborn, the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

26:6   of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

26:7  These we identify as the families of the Reubenites, and those who we number of them consists of 43,730.

26:8   The son of Pallu: Eliab.

26:9   The sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These we identify as Dathan and Abiram who had become called by the congregation, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the LORD,

26:10   and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a warning.

26:11   The sons of Korah, however, did not die.

26:12   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;

26:13  of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

26:14   These constitute the families of the Simeonites, 22,200.

26:15   The sons of Gad according to their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;

26:16   of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;

26:17   of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.

26:18  These constitute the families of the sons of Gad according to those who they numbered of them, 40,500.

26:19   The sons of Judah we identify Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

26:20   The sons of Judah according to their families we identify as: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

26:21   The sons of Perez we identify as: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

26:22   These consist of the families of Judah according to those who they had numbered of them, 76,500.

26:23   The sons of Issachar according to their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;

26:24   of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

26:25   These constitute the families of Issachar according to those who they numbered of them, 64,300.

26:26   The sons of Zebulun according to their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

26:27   These we identify the families of the Zebulunites according to those who they numbered of them, 60,500.

26:28   The sons of Joseph according to their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

26:29   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.

26:30   These we identify as the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

26:31   and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;

26:32   and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

26:33  Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad we identify as Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.

26:34   These constitute the families of Manasseh; and those who they numbered of them added up to 52,700.

26:35  These we identify as 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.

26:36   These we identify as the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

26:37   These we identify as the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who they numbered of them, 32,500. These constitute the sons of Joseph according to their families.

26:38   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;

26:39   of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

26:40   The sons of Bela had the names of Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

26:41   These we identify as the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who they numbered of them added up to 45,600.

26:42   These we identify as the sons of Dan according to their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These we identify as the families of Dan according to their families.

26:43   All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those whom they numbered of them, added up to 64,400.

26:44  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.

26:45   Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

26:46   They named the daughter of Asher Serah.

26:47   These we identify as the families of the sons of Asher according to those who they numbered of them, 53,400.

26:48   The sons of Naphtali according to their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

26:49   of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

26:50   These we identify as the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who they numbered of them added up to 45,400.

26:51   These we identify as those who they numbered of the sons of Israel, 601,730.

26:52   Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

26:53   "Among these the land shall become divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

26:54  " To the larger group you shall increase their inheritance, and to the smaller group you shall diminish their inheritance; each shall receive their inheritance according to those who became numbered of them.

26:55   "But the land shall become divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

26:56   "According to the selection by lot, their inheritance shall become divided between the larger and the smaller groups."

26:57   These we identify as those who they 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.

26:58  These we identify as 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. Kohath became the father of Amram.

26:59   Amram's wife had the name of Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who had become born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram: Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.

26:60   To Aaron had become born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

26:61   But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

26:62   Those who they numbered of them added up to 23,000, every male from a month old and upward, for they did not number among the sons of Israel since no inheritance had become given to them among the sons of Israel.

26:63   These we identify as those who they numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

26:64   But among these lived not a man of those who Moses numbered and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

26:65   For the LORD had said of them, " They shall surely die in the wilderness " And not a man remained of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.