The Second Census of Israel
Numbers 26, verse 1. Now it came to pass after the plague that the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saying, Numbers 26, verse 2. “Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and above, by their fathers’ houses, all able to go to war in Israel.” Numbers 26, verse 3. So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the Araboth of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying, Numbers 26, verse 4. “Take a census from twenty years old and above, in the manner the Lord commanded Moses.” Now the sons of Israel who came out of Egypt were: Numbers 26, verse 5. Reuben the firstborn of Israel. The sons of Reuben were Enoch and the tribe of Enochites; Pallu and the tribe of the Palluites; Numbers 26, verse 6. Hezron and the tribe of the Hezronites; Carmi and the tribe of the Carmiites. Numbers 26, verse 7. These are the tribes of Reuben, and their census was forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty. Numbers 26, verse 8. Now the son of Pallu was Eliab. Numbers 26, verse 9. The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These were the ones chosen by the congregation to form a coalition against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, in their revolt against the Lord; Numbers 26, verse 10. and the earth opening its mouth swallowed them and Korah in the death of his company, when fire devoured two hundred fifty men; and they became a sign. Numbers 26, verse 11. But the sons of Korah did not die. Numbers 26, verse 12. The sons of Simeon and the tribe of the sons of Simeon were: Nemuel and the tribe of the Nemuelites; and Jamin and the tribe of the Jaminites; and Jachin and the tribe of the Jachinites; Numbers 26, verse 13. and Zerah and the tribe of the Zerahites; and Shaul, the tribe of the Shaulites. Numbers 26, verse 14. These are the tribes of the Simeonites, and their census was twenty-two thousand two hundred. Numbers 26, verse 15. The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. Numbers 26, verse 16. After these, Judah's sons according to their tribes were Shelah and the tribe of the Shelahites; and Perez and the tribe of the Perezites; and Zerah and the tribe of the Zerahites. Numbers 26, verse 17. Now the sons of Perez were Hezron and the tribe of the Hezronites; and Hamul and the tribe of the Hamulites. Numbers 26, verse 18. These are the tribes of Judah according to their census: seventy-six thousand five hundred. Numbers 26, verse 19. The sons of Issachar according to their tribes were: Tola and the tribe of the Tolaites; and Puah and the tribe of the Puahites; Numbers 26, verse 20. and Jashub and the tribe of the Jashubites; and Shimron and the tribe of the Shimronites. Numbers 26, verse 21. These are the tribes of Issachar from their census: sixty-four thousand three hundred. Numbers 26, verse 22. The sons of Zebulun according to their tribes were: Sered and the tribe of the Seredites; and Elon and the tribe of the Elonites; and Jahleel and the tribe of the Jahleelites. Numbers 26, verse 23. These are the tribes of Zebulun from their census: sixty thousand five hundred. Numbers 26, verse 24. The sons of Gad according to their tribes were Zephon and the tribe of the Zephonites; and Haggi and the tribe of the Haggiites; and Shuni and the tribe of the Shuniites; Numbers 26, verse 25. and Ozni and the tribe of the Ozniites; and Addi and the tribe of the Addiites; Numbers 26, verse 26. and Arod and the tribe of the Arodites; and Areli and the tribe of the Areliites. Numbers 26, verse 27. These are the tribes of the sons of Gad from their census: forty thousand five hundred. Numbers 26, verse 28. The sons of Asher according to their tribes were Jimna and the tribe of the Jimnaites; Jesui and the tribe of the Jesuiites; and Beriah and the tribe of the Beriahites; Numbers 26, verse 29. and Heber and the tribe of the Heberites; and Malchiel and the tribe of the Malchielites. Numbers 26, verse 30. Now the name of Asher's daughter was Sara. Numbers 26, verse 31. These are the tribes of Asher from their census: fifty-three thousand four hundred. Numbers 26, verse 32. The sons of Joseph according to their tribes were Manasseh and Ephraim. Numbers 26, verse 33. The son of Manasseh was Machir and the tribe of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead and by Gilead the tribe of the Gileadites. Numbers 26, verse 34. Now these are the sons of Gilead: Jeezer and the tribe of the Jeezerites; and Helek and the family of the Helekites; Numbers 26, verse 35. and Asriel and the tribe of the Asrielites; and Shechem and the tribe of the Shechemites; Numbers 26, verse 36. and Shemida and the tribe of the Shemi-daites; and Hepher and the tribe of the Hepherites. Numbers 26, verse 37. Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. Numbers 26, verse 38. These are the tribes of Manasseh from their census: fifty-two thousand seven hundred. Numbers 26, verse 39. Now these are the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah and the tribe of the Shuthelahites; and Tahan and the tribe of the Tahanites. Numbers 26, verse 40. Now these are the sons of Shuthelah: Eran and the tribe of the Eranites. Numbers 26, verse 41. These are the tribes of the of sons of Ephraim from their census: thirty-two thousand five hundred. These tribes are the sons of Joseph according to their tribes. Numbers 26, verse 42. The sons of Benjamin according to their tribes were: Bela and the tribe of the Belaites; and Ashbel and the tribe of the Ashbelites; and Ahiram and the family of the Ahiramites; Numbers 26, verse 43. and Shupham and the tribe of the Shuphamites. Numbers 26, verse 44. Now the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: Ard and the tribe of the Ardites; and Naaman and the tribe of the Naamanites. Numbers 26, verse 45. These are the sons of Benjamin according to their tribes from their census: forty-five thousand six hundred. Numbers 26, verse 46. This is the son of Dan according to his tribe: Shuham and the tribe of the Shuhamites. This is the tribe of Dan according to Shuham's tribe. Numbers 26, verse 47. The entire tribe of the Shuhamites from their census was sixty-four thousand four hundred. Numbers 26, verse 48. The sons of Naphtali according to their tribes were: Jahzeel and the tribe of the Jahzeelites; and Guni and the tribe of the Guniites; Numbers 26, verse 49. and Jezer and the tribe of the Jezerites; and Shillem and the family of the Shillemites. Numbers 26, verse 50. These are the tribes of Naphtali from their census: forty-five thousand four hundred. Numbers 26, verse 51. This is the census of the sons of Israel: six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty. Numbers 26, verse 52. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Numbers 26, verse 53. “To these the land shall be divided as an inheritance based on the number of names. Numbers 26, verse 54. To a large tribe you shall give a larger inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a smaller inheritance. Each shall be given its inheritance based on its census. Numbers 26, verse 55. But the land shall be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. Numbers 26, verse 56. By allotment their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller.” Numbers 26, verse 57. Now the sons of Levi according to their tribes were: Gershon and the tribe of the Gershonites; and Kohath and the tribe of the Kohathites; and Merari and the tribe of the Merariites. Numbers 26, verse 58. These are the tribes of the sons of Levi: the tribe of the Libniites, the tribe of the Hebronites, the tribe of the Korahites, and the tribe of the Mushites. Now Kohath begot Amram. Numbers 26, verse 59. The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam. Numbers 26, verse 60. To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. Numbers 26, verse 61. But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the Sinai Desert. Numbers 26, verse 62. Now based on their census they numbered twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above; for a census was not taken of them among the other sons of Israel, because there was no allotment given to them among the sons of Israel. Numbers 26, verse 63. This is the census of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in Araboth of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. Numbers 26, verse 64. But among these, there was not a man numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they took a census of the sons of Israel in the Sinai Desert. Numbers 26, verse 65. For the Lord said of them, “They shall surely die in the desert.” So there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.