1 A fter the plague, Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

2 “ 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.”

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

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

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

6 o f Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

7 T hese are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.

8 T he sons of Pallu: Eliab.

9 T he sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and 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 Yahweh,

10 a nd 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.

11 N otwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn’t die.

12 T he 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;

13 o f Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

14 T hese are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred.

15 T he 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;

16 o f Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;

17 o f Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.

18 T hese are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.

19 T he sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

20 T he 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.

21 T he sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

22 T hese are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.

23 T he sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;

24 o f Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

25 T hese are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred.

26 T he 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.

27 T hese are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them, sixty thousand five hundred.

28 T he sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

29 T he sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

30 T hese are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

31 a nd Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;

32 a nd Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

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

34 T hese are the families of Manasseh. Those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.

35 T hese 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.

36 T hese are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

37 T hese are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

38 T he 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;

39 o f Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

40 T he sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

41 T hese are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.

42 T hese are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.

43 A ll the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.

44 T he 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.

45 O f the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

46 T he name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

47 T hese are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them, fifty-three thousand and four hundred.

48 T he sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

49 o f Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

50 T hese are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.

51 T hese are those who were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.

52 Y ahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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

54 T o 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 numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.

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

56 A ccording to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.”

57 T hese are those who were numbered 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.

58 T hese 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, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.

59 T he 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.

60 T o Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

61 N adab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before Yahweh.

62 T hose who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

63 T hese are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

64 B ut among these there was not a man of them who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

65 F or Yahweh 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.