^1aAnd it came to pass after the plague, ^1bthat the Lord spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, and he said, ²“Hold a census of the whole congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and above, according to their paternal house – everyone who could serve in the army in Israel.” ³So Moses and Eleazar the priest addressed them in the arid tracts of Moab, near the Jordan at Jericho, and he said, ⁴“From twenty years old and above, as the Lord commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt.” ⁵For Reuben the firstborn of Israel: the sons of Reuben were Hanoch with the family of the Hanochites, and belonging to Pallu, the family of the Palluites, ⁶and belonging to Hezron, the family of the Hezronites, and belonging to Carmi, the family of the Carmites. ⁷Those were the families of the Reubenites, and those of them counted came to forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty. ⁸And the sons of Pallu were Eliab and his line. ⁹And the sons of Eliab were Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These were Dathan and Abiram who were recruited to the company which contended with Moses and Aaron, in the company of Korah, when they contended with the Lord, ¹⁰and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with Korah in the death of the company, when the fire consumed the two hundred and fifty men, and they became a warning sign. ¹¹But the sons of Korah did not die. ¹²The sons of Simeon according to their families were: belonging to Nemuel was the family of the Nemuelites, belonging to Jamin was the family of the Jaminites, belonging to Jachin was the family of the Jachinites, ¹³belonging to Zerah was the family of the Zarhites, and belonging to Saul was the family of the Saulites. ¹⁴Those were the families of the Simeonites; they came to twenty-two thousand two hundred. ¹⁵The sons of Gad according to their families were: belonging to Zephon was the family of the Zephonites, belonging to Haggi was the family of the Haggites, belonging to Shuni was the family of the Shunites, ¹⁶belonging to Ozni was the family of the Oznites, belonging to Eri was the family of the Erites, ¹⁷belonging to Arod was the family of the Arodites, and belonging to Areli was the family of the Arelites. ¹⁸Those were the families of the sons of Gad according to those of them counted; they came to forty thousand five hundred. ¹⁹The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰And the sons of Judah according to their families were: belonging to Shelah was the family of the Shelanites, belonging to Perez was the family of the Parzites, and belonging to Zerah was the family of the Zarhites. ²¹And the sons of Perez were: belonging to Hezron was the family of the Hezronites, and belonging to Hamul was the family of the Hamulites. ²²Those were the families of Judah according to those of them counted; they came to seventy-six thousand five hundred. ²³The sons of Issachar according to their families were: belonging to Tola was the family of the Tolaites, belonging to Puvvah was the family of the Punites, ²⁴belonging to Jashub was the family of the Jashubites, and belonging to Shimron was the family of the Shimronites. ²⁵Those were the families of Issachar according to those of them counted; they came to sixty-four thousand three hundred. ²⁶The sons of Zebulun according to their families were: belonging to Sered was the family of the Sardites, belonging to Elon was the family of the Elonites, and belonging to Jahleel was the family of the Jahleelites. ²⁷Those were the families of the Zebulunites according to those of them counted; they came to sixty thousand five hundred. ²⁸The sons of Joseph according to their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹The sons of Manasseh were: belonging to Machir was the family of the Machirites, and Machir begot Gilead, and belonging to Gilead was the family of the Gileadites. ³⁰These were the sons of Gilead: belonging to Jiezer was the family of the Jiezrites, belonging to Helek was the family of the Helekites, ³¹belonging to Asriel was the family of the Asrielites, belonging to Shechem was the family of the Shichmites, ³²belonging to Shemida was the family of the Shemidaites, and belonging to Hepher was the family of the Hepherites. ³³Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher did not have any sons – only daughters – and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. ³⁴Those were the families of Manasseh, and those of them counted came to fifty-two thousand seven hundred. ³⁵These were the sons of Ephraim according to their families: belonging to Shuthelah was the family of the Shuthalhites, belonging to Becher was the family of the Bachrites, and belonging to Tahan was the family of the Tahanites. ³⁶These were the sons of Shuthelah: belonging to Eran was the family of the Eranites. ³⁷Those were the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those of them counted; they came to thirty-two thousand five hundred. Those were the sons of Joseph according to their families. ³⁸The sons of Benjamin according to their families were: belonging to Bela was the family of the Belaites, belonging to Ashbel was the family of the Ashbelites, belonging to Ahiram was the family of the Ahiramites, ³⁹belonging to Shephupham was the family of the Shuphamites, and belonging to Hupham was the family of the Huphamites. ⁴⁰And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman. Belonging to Ard was the family of the Ardites, and belonging to Naaman was the family of the Naamanites. ⁴¹Those were the sons of Benjamin according to their families, and those of them counted came to forty-five thousand six hundred. ⁴²These were the sons of Dan according to their families: belonging to Shuham was the family of the Shuhamites. Those were the families of Dan according to their families. ⁴³All the families of the Shuhamites according to those of them counted came to sixty-four thousand four hundred. ⁴⁴The sons of Asher according to their families were: belonging to Jimnah was the family of the Jimnites, belonging to Jishvi was the family of the Jishvites, and belonging to Beriah was the family of the Beriites. ⁴⁵Of the sons of Beriah were: belonging to Heber was the family of the Hebrites, and belonging to Malchiel was the family of the Malchielites. ⁴⁶And the name of Asher's daughter was Sarah. ⁴⁷Those were the families of the sons of Asher according to those of them counted; they came to fifty-three thousand four hundred. ⁴⁸The sons of Naphtali according to their families were: belonging to Jahzeel was the family of the Jahzeelites, belonging to Guni was the family of the Gunites, ⁴⁹belonging to Jezer was the family of the Jizrites, and belonging to Shillem was the family of the Shillemites. ⁵⁰Those were the families of Naphtali according to their families, and those of them counted came to forty-five thousand four hundred. ⁵¹These were those who were counted of the sons of Israel and they came to six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty. ⁵²And the Lord spoke to Moses and said, ⁵³“To these the land will be divided, with an inheritance according to the number of names. ⁵⁴To a large number you will give them a large inheritance, and to a small number you will give them a small inheritance. Each tribe will be given its inheritance according to those of it counted. ⁵⁵But by lot the land will be divided; they will inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. ⁵⁶According to lot their inheritance will be apportioned, between the many and the few.” ⁵⁷And these were those counted of the Levites according to their families: belonging to Gershon was the family of the Gershonites, belonging to Kohath was the family of the Kohathites, and belonging to Merari was the family of the Merarites. ⁵⁸These were the families of Levi: the family of Libnites, the family of Hebronites, the family of Mahlites, the family of Mushites, and the family of Korhites. And Kohath begot Amram. ⁵⁹And the name of the wife of Amram was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bore to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister. ⁶⁰And there were born to Aaron Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, ⁶¹but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the Lord. ⁶²And those of them counted came to twenty-three thousand – all the males from one month old and above – for they are not counted among the sons of Israel, for no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel. ⁶³These were those counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who counted the sons of Israel in the arid tracts of Moab, near the Jordan at Jericho. ⁶⁴And among these there was not a man of those counted by Moses and Aaron the priest, when they counted the sons of Israel in the Sinai Desert. ⁶⁵For the Lord had said of them, “They will certainly die in the desert.” And there did not remain a single man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.