After the Plague, a New Count
26 1 After the plague, our Father said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
2 "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 out to war."
3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying, 4 "Take a census of the people twenty years old and older, as our Father commanded Moses." These were the people of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt:
5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel. The sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites; 6 of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites. 7 These are the clans of the Reubenites; they numbered 43,730. 8 The sons of Pallu: Eliab. 9 And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, chosen from the community, who challenged Moses and Aaron alongside Korah when they challenged our Father, 10 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died and the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a warning. 11 But the sons of Korah did not die.
12 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; 13 of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites. 14 These are the clans of the Simeonites: 22,200.
15 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; 16 of Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; of Eri, the clan of the Erites; 17 of Arod, the clan of the Arodites; of Areli, the clan of the Arelites. 18 These are the clans of the sons of Gad as they were numbered: 40,500.
19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 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. 21 And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites. 22 These are the clans of Judah as they were numbered: 76,500.
23 The sons of Issachar according to their clans: of Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites; 24 of Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites. 25 These are the clans of Issachar as they were numbered: 64,300.
26 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. 27 These are the clans of the Zebulunites as they were numbered: 60,500.
28 The sons of Joseph according to their clans were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir fathered Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; of Helek, the clan of the Helekites; 31 and of Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites; 32 and of Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites. 33 Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; and the names of Zelophehad's daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the clans of Manasseh; they numbered 52,700.
35 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. 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites. 37 These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were numbered: 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to their clans.
38 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; 39 of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin by their clans; they numbered 45,600.
42 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. 43 All the clans of the Shuhamites numbered 64,400.
44 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. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the clan of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites. 46 Asher had a daughter named Serah. 47 These are the clans of the sons of Asher as they were numbered: 53,400.
48 The sons of Naphtali according to their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites; 49 of Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites. 50 These are the clans of Naphtali; they numbered 45,400. 51 This was the total number of the people of Israel: 601,730.
52 Then our Father said to Moses,
53 "Among these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names. 54 Give larger tribes more land and smaller tribes less; each tribe's share is in proportion to its population. 55 But the land must be divided by lot, with each tribe receiving its share according to its ancestral name. 56 Their inheritance shall be apportioned by lot between the larger and the smaller."
57 These are the Levites as they were numbered 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. 58 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 fathered Amram. 59 Amram's wife was named Jochebed, a daughter of Levi who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam to Amram. 60 And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before our Father. 62 The Levites who were counted numbered 23,000 — every male a month old or older. They were not counted among the people of Israel, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.
63 These were the people Moses and Eleazar the priest counted in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. 64 But not one person in this list had been counted by Moses and Aaron the priest in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For our Father had said of them, "They shall surely die in the wilderness." Not one of them was left, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.