Numbers 26:1-61

¹After that the blood of guilty men was shed out, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar, the priest, the son of Aaron,

²Reckon ye all the number of the sons of Israel, from twenty years and above, by their houses, and their kindreds, all men that be able to go forth to battles.

³And so Moses and Eleazar, the priest, spake in the field places of Moab, over Jordan, against Jericho,

⁴to them that were of twenty years and above, as the Lord commanded; of which this is the number.

⁵Reuben, the first begotten of Israel; the son of him was Hanoch, of whom came the meine of Hanochites; and Pallu, of whom came the meine of Palluites;

⁶and Hezron, of whom came the meine of Hezronites; and Carmi, of whom came the meine of Carmites.

⁷These were the meines of the generation of Reuben, of which meines the number was found three and forty thousand seven hundred and thirty.

⁸The son of Pallu was Eliab;

⁹the sons of him were Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These were Dathan and Abiram, the princes of the people, that rose against Moses and Aaron, in the rebelty of Korah, when they rebelled against the Lord;

¹⁰and the earth opened his mouth, and devoured Korah, and full many men died, when the fire burnt two hundred men and fifty; and a great miracle was done,

¹¹that when Korah perished, his sons perished not.

¹²The sons of Simeon by their kindreds; Nemuel, of him was the meine of Nemuelites; Jamin, of him the meine of Jaminites; Jachin, of him the meine of Jachinites;

¹³Zerah, of him the meine of Zarhites; Shaul, of him the meine of Shaulites.

¹⁴These were the meines of Simeon, of which all the number was two and twenty thousand and two hundred.

¹⁵The sons of Gad by their kindreds; Zephon, of him the meine of Zephonites; Haggi, of him the meine of Haggites; Shuni, of him the meine of Shunites;

¹⁶Ozni, of him the meine of Oznites; Eri, of him the meine of Erites;

¹⁷Arod, of him the meine of Arodites; Areli, of him the meine of Arelites.

¹⁸These were the meines of Gad, of which all the number was forty thousand and five hundred.

¹⁹The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, which both were dead in the land of Canaan.

²⁰And the sons of Judah were these by their kindreds; Shelah, of whom came the meine of Shelanites; Perez, of him the meine of Perezites; Zerah, of him the meine of Zarhites.

²¹Soothly the sons of Perez were Hezron, of him the meine of Hezronites; and Hamul, of him the meine of Hamulites.

²²These were the meines of Judah, of which all the number was seventy thousand and five hundred.

²³The sons of Issachar by their kindreds; Tola, of him the meine of Tolaites; Pua, of him the meine of Punites;

²⁴Jashub, of him the meine of Jashubites; Shimron, of him the meine of Shimronites.

²⁵These were the kindreds of Issachar, of which the number was four and sixty thousand and three hundred.

²⁶The sons of Zebulun by their kindreds; Sered, of him the meine of Sardites; Elon, of him the meine of Elonites; Jahleel, of him the meine of Jahleelites.

²⁷These were the kindreds of Zebulun, of which the number was sixty thousand and five hundred.

²⁸The sons of Joseph by their kindreds were Manasseh and Ephraim.

²⁹Of Manasseh was born Machir, of him the meine of Machirites. Machir begat Gilead, of him, the meine of Gileadites.

³⁰Gilead had these sons; Jeezer, of him the meine of Jeezerites; and Helek, of him the meine of Helekites;

³¹and Asriel, of him the meine of Asrielites; and Shechem, of him the meine of Shechemites;

³²and Shemida, of him the meine of Shemidaites; and Hepher, of him the meine of Hepherites.

³³Soothly Hepher was the father of Zelophehad, that had not sons, but only daughters; of which these were the names; Mahlah, and Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

³⁴These were the meines of Manasseh, and the number of them was two and fifty thousand and seven hundred.

³⁵Soothly the sons of Ephraim by their kindreds were these; Shuthelah, of him the meine of Shuthalhites; Becher, of him the meine of Bachrites; Tahan, of him the meine of Tahanites.

³⁶Soothly the son of Shuthelah was Eran, of him the meine of Eranites.

³⁷These were the kindreds of the sons of Ephraim, of which the number was two and thirty thousand and five hundred. These were the sons of Joseph, by their meines.

³⁸The sons of Benjamin in their kindreds; Bela, of him the meine of Belaites; Ashbel, of him the meine of Ashbelites; Ahiram, of him the meine of Ahiramites;

³⁹Shupham, of him the meine of Shuphamites; Hupham, of him the meine of Huphamites.

⁴⁰The sons of Bela, Ard and Naaman; of Ard, the meine of Ardites; of Naaman, the meine of Naamites.

⁴¹These were the sons of Benjamin by their kindreds, of which the number was five and forty thousand and six hundred.

⁴²The sons of Dan by their kindreds; Shuham, of him the meine of Shuhamites. These were the kindreds of Dan by their meines;

⁴³all were Shuhamites, of which the number was four and sixty thousand and four hundred.

⁴⁴The sons of Asher by their kindreds; Jimna, of him the meine of Jimnites; Jesui, of him the meine of Jesuites; Beriah, of him the meine of Beriites.

⁴⁵The sons of Beriah; Heber, of him the meine of Heberites; and Malchiel, of him the meine of Malchielites.

⁴⁶Soothly the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

⁴⁷These were the kindreds of the sons of Asher, and the number of them was four and fifty thousand and four hundred.

⁴⁸The sons of Naphtali by their kindreds; Jahzeel, of him the meine of Jahzeelites; Guni, of him the meine of Gunites;

⁴⁹Jezer, of him the meine of Jezerites; Shillem, of him the meine of Shillemites.

⁵⁰These were the kindreds of the sons of Naphtali by their meines, of which the number was five and forty thousand and four hundred.

⁵¹This is the sum of the sons of Israel, that were numbered, six hun-dred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

⁵²And the Lord spake to Moses, and said,

⁵³The land shall be parted to these, by the number of names into their possessions;

⁵⁴thou shalt give the greater part to the more men, and the less part to the fewer men; possession shall be given to all by themselves, as they be numbered now;

⁵⁵so only that lot part the land to lineages and to meines.

⁵⁶Whatever thing befalleth by lot, either more, either fewer men, take that.

⁵⁷Also this is the number of the sons of Levi by their meines; Gershon, of whom is the meine of Gershonites; Kohath, of him the meine of Kohathites; Merari, of him the meine of Merarites.

⁵⁸These were the meines of Levi; the meine of Libni, the meine of Hebron, the meine of Mahli, the meine of Mushi, the meine of Korah. And soothly Kohath begat Amram,

⁵⁹which had a wife, Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, which daughter was born to him in Egypt. This Jochebed engendered to her husband Amram, sons, Aaron and Moses, and Marie, the sister of them.

⁶⁰Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar were begotten of Aaron;

⁶¹of which Nadab and Abihu were dead, when they had offered alien fire before the Lord.