After the blood of the guilty was shed, the Lord said to Moses, and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest
“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.
And so, Moses and Eleazar the priest, who were in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho, spoke to those who wer
from twenty years and above, just as the Lord had commanded. And this is their number
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
and Hezron, from whom is the family of the Hezronites; and Carmi, from whom is the family of the Carmites
These are the families of the stock of Ruben, whose number was found to be forty-three thousand and seven hundred thirty
The son of Phallu: Eliab
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
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
so that, when Korah perished, his sons did not perish
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
Sohar, from him is the family of the Soharites; Shaul, from him is the family of the Shaulites
These are the families of the stock of Simeon, whose entire number was twenty-two thousand two hundred
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
Ozni, from him is the family of the Oznites; Eri, from him is the family of the Erites
Arod, from him is the family of the Arodites; Areli, from him is the family of the Arelites
These are the families of Gad, whose entire number was forty thousand five hundred
The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, who both died in the land of Canaan
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
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
These are the families of Judah, whose entire number was seventy-six thousand five hundred
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
Jashub, from whom is the family of the Jashubites; Shimron, from whom is the family of the Shimronites
These are the kinships of Issachar, whose number was sixty-four thousand three hundred
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
These are the kinships of Zebulun, whose number was sixty thousand five hundred
The sons of Joseph by their kinships: Manasseh and Ephraim
From Manasseh was born Machir, from whom is the family of the Machirites. Machir conceived Gilead, from whom is the family of the Gileadites
Gilead had sons: Jezer, from whom is the family of the Jezerites; and Helek, from whom is the family of the Helekites
and Asriel, from whom is the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, from whom is the family of the Shechemites
and Shemida, from whom is the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, from whom is the family of the Hepherites
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
These are the families of Manasseh, and their number was fifty-two thousand seven hundred
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
Furthermore, the son of Shuthelah was Eran, from whom is the family of the Eranites
These are the kinships of the sons of Ephraim, whose number was thirty-two thousand five hundred
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
Shupham, from whom is the family of the Shuphamites; Hupham, from whom is the family of the Huphamites
The sons of Bela: Arad and Naaman. From Arad, the family of the Aradites; from Naaman, the family of the Naamanites
These are the sons of Benjamin by their kinships, whose number was forty-five thousand six hundred
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
All these were Shuhamites, whose number was sixty-four thousand four hundred
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
The sons of Beriah: Heber, from whom is the family of the Heberites; and Malchiel, from whom is the family of the Malchielites
Now the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah
These are the kinships of the sons of Asher, and their number was fifty-three thousand four hundred
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
Jezer, from whom is the family of the Jezerites; Shillem, from whom is the family of the Shillemites
These are the kinships of the sons of Naphtali by their families, whose number was forty-five thousand four hundred
This is the sum of the sons of Israel, who were counted: six hundred thousand and one thousand seven hundred thirty
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying
“The land shall be divided to these, as their possessions, according to the number of their names
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
Yet only in so far as the land is divided by lot to a tribe and to families
Whatever the lot will happen to be, it shall be accepted, either by the greater, or by the lesser
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
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
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
From Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, and Eleazar and Ithamar
Of these, Nadab and Abihu died, when they had offered strange fire before the Lord
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
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
Among these, not one of them was numbered before, by Moses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai
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