Numbers 26:1-25

¹Aftir that the blood of gilti men was sched out, the Lord seide to Moises and to Eleasar,

²preest, sone of Aaron, Noumbre ye al the summe of the sones of Israel, fro twenti yeer and aboue, bi her housis, and kynredis, alle men that mowen go forth to batels.

³And so Moises and Eleasar, preest, spaken in the feeldi places of Moab, ouer Jordan, ayens Jerico, to hem that weren of twenti yeer and aboue,

⁴as the Lord comaundide; of whiche this is the noumbre.

⁵Ruben, the firste gendrid of Israel; the sone of hym was Enoch, of whom was the meynee of Enochitis; and Phallu, of whom the meynee of Phalluytis; and Esrom,

⁶of whom the meynee of Esromytis; and Charmy, of whom the meynee of Charmytis.

⁷Thes weren the meynees of the generacioun of Ruben, of whiche meynees the noumbre was foundun thre and fourti thousand seuene hundrid and thretti.

⁸The sone of Phallu was Heliab;

⁹the sones of hym weren Namuel, and Dathan and Abiron. `These weren Dathan and Abiron, prynces of the puple, that riseden ayens Moises and Aaron, in the rebelte of Chore, whanne thei rebelliden ayens the Lord;

¹⁰and the erthe openyde his mouth, and deuouride Chore, while ful many men dieden, whanne the fier brente two hundrid men and fifti; and a greet myracle was maad,

¹¹that whanne Chore perischide, hise sones perischiden not.

¹²The sones of Symeon bi her kynredis; Namuel, of hym was the meynee of Namuelitis; Jamyn, of hym was the meynee of Jamynytis; Jachin, of hym was the meynee of Jachynytis;

¹³Zare, of hym the meynee of Zarenytis; Saul, of hym the meynee of Saulitis.

¹⁴These weren the meynees of Symeon, of whiche all the noumbre was two and twenti thousynde and two hundrid.

¹⁵The sones of Gad bi her kynredis; Sephon, of hym the meynee of Sephonytis; Aggi, of hym the meynee of Aggitis; Sumy, of hym the meynee of Sumytis;

¹⁶Ozny, of hym the meynee of Oznytis; Heri, of hym the meynee of Hereytis;

¹⁷Arod, of hym the meynee of Aroditis; Ariel, of hym the meynee of Arielitis.

¹⁸These weren the meynees of Gad, of whiche al the noumbre was fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.

¹⁹The sones of Juda weren Her and Onan, whiche bothe weren deed in the lond of Canaan.

²⁰And the sones of Juda weren bi her kynredis; Sela, of whom the meynee of Selaitis; Phares, of whom the meynee of Pharesitis; Zare, of whom the meynee of Zareitis.

²¹Sotheli the sones of Phares weren Esrom, of whom the meynee of Esromytis; and Amul, of whom the meynee of Amulitis.

²²These weren the meynees of Juda, of whiche al the noumbre was seuenty thousynde and fyue hundrid.

²³The sones of Isachar bi her kynredis; Thola, of whom the meynee of Tholaitis; Phua, of whom the meynee of Phuitis;

²⁴Jasub, of whom the meynee of Jasubitis; Semran, of whom the meynee of Semranytis.

²⁵These weren the kynredis of Isachar, of whiche the noumbre was foure and sixti thousynd and three hundrid.