After the plague, the LORD said to Moses and to Eleazar the son
of Aaron, the priest, “Take a census of all the congregation of the
people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their
fathers' houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war.” And
Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab
by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, “Take a census of the people,
from twenty years old and upward,” as the LORD commanded Moses. The
people of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were:
Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch,
the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites; of
Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the
Carmites. These are the clans of the Reubenites, and those listed
were 43,730. And the sons of Pallu: Eliab. The sons of Eliab:
Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, chosen
from the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the
company of Korah, when they contended against the LORD and the
earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah,
when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they
became a warning. But the sons of Korah did not die.
The sons of Simeon according to their clans: of Nemuel, the clan
of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin,
the clan of the Jachinites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of
Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites. These are the clans of the
Simeonites, 22,200.
The sons of Gad according to their clans: of Zephon, the clan of
the Zephonites; of Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; of Shuni, the
clan of the Shunites; of Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; of Eri, the
clan of the Erites; of Arod, the clan of the Arodites; of Areli,
the clan of the Arelites. These are the clans of the sons of Gad as
they were listed, 40,500.
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the
land of Canaan. And the sons of Judah according to their clans
were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of
the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites. And the sons of
Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the
clan of the Hamulites. These are the clans of Judah as they were
listed, 76,500.
The sons of Issachar according to their clans: of Tola, the clan
of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites; of Jashub, the
clan of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites.
These are the clans of Issachar as they were listed, 64,300.
The sons of Zebulun, according to their clans: of Sered, the clan
of the Seredites; of Elon, the clan of the Elonites; of Jahleel,
the clan of the Jahleelites. These are the clans of the Zebulunites
as they were listed, 60,500.
The sons of Joseph according to their clans: Manasseh and
Ephraim. The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the
Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the
clan of the Gileadites. These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the
clan of the Iezerites; of Helek, the clan of the Helekites; and of
Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the clan of the
Shechemites; and of Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; and of
Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites. 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. These
are the clans of Manasseh, and those listed were 52,700.
These are the sons of Ephraim according to their clans: of
Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the clan of
the Becherites; of Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites. And these are
the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites. These are
the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were listed, 32,500. These
are the sons of Joseph according to their clans.
The sons of Benjamin according to their clans: of Bela, the clan
of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram,
the clan of the Ahiramites; of Shephupham, the clan of the
Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites. And the sons of
Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of
Naaman, the clan of the Naamites. These are the sons of Benjamin
according to their clans, and those listed were 45,600.
These are the sons of Dan according to their clans: of Shuham,
the clan of the Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan according to
their clans. All the clans of the Shuhamites, as they were listed,
were 64,400.
The sons of Asher according to their clans: of Imnah, the clan of
the Imnites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the
clan of the Beriites. Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the clan of
the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites. And the
name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. These are the clans of the
sons of Asher as they were listed, 53,400.
The sons of Naphtali according to their clans: of Jahzeel, the
clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites; of
Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the clan of the
Shillemites. These are the clans of Naphtali according to their
clans, and those listed were 45,400.
This was the list of the people of Israel, 601,730.
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Among these the land shall be
divided for inheritance according to the number of names. To a
large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small
tribe you shall give a small inheritance; every tribe shall be
given its inheritance in proportion to its list. But the land shall
be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their
fathers they shall inherit. Their inheritance shall be divided
according to lot between the larger and the smaller.”
This was the list of the Levites according to their clans: of
Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the
Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites. These are the
clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the
Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the
clan of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram. The name
of Amram's wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to
Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam
their sister. And to Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and
Ithamar. But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized
fire before the LORD. And those listed were 23,000, every male from
a month old and upward. For they were not listed among the people
of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the
people of Israel.
These were those listed by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who
listed the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at
Jericho. But among these there was not one of those listed by Moses
and Aaron the priest, who had listed the people of Israel in the
wilderness of Sinai. For the LORD had said of them, “They shall die
in the wilderness.” Not one of them was left, except Caleb the son
of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
