Numbers 26 - New International Version (NIV)

The Second Census

26 After the plague^(A) the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, ² “Take a census^(B) of the whole Israelite community by families—all those twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army^(C) of Israel.” ³ So on the plains of Moab^(D) by the Jordan across from Jericho,^(E) Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them and said, ⁴ “Take a census of the men twenty years old or more, as the Lord commanded Moses.”

These were the Israelites who came out of Egypt:^(F)

⁵ The descendants of Reuben,^(G) the firstborn son of Israel, were:

through Hanok,^(H) the Hanokite clan;

through Pallu,^(I) the Palluite clan;

⁶ through Hezron,^(J) the Hezronite clan;

through Karmi,^(K) the Karmite clan.

⁷ These were the clans of Reuben; those numbered were 43,730.

⁸ The son of Pallu was Eliab, ⁹ and the sons of Eliab^(L) were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. The same Dathan and Abiram were the community^(M) officials who rebelled against Moses and Aaron and were among Korah’s followers when they rebelled against the Lord.^{(N) 10} The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them^(O) along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire devoured the 250 men.^(P) And they served as a warning sign.^{(Q) 11} The line of Korah,^(R) however, did not die out.^(S)

¹² The descendants of Simeon by their clans were:

through Nemuel,^(T) the Nemuelite clan;

through Jamin,^(U) the Jaminite clan;

through Jakin, the Jakinite clan;

¹³ through Zerah,^(V) the Zerahite clan;

through Shaul, the Shaulite clan.

¹⁴ These were the clans of Simeon;^(W) those numbered were 22,200.^(X)

¹⁵ The descendants of Gad by their clans were:

through Zephon,^(Y) the Zephonite clan;

through Haggi, the Haggite clan;

through Shuni, the Shunite clan;

¹⁶ through Ozni, the Oznite clan;

through Eri, the Erite clan;

¹⁷ through Arodi,^[a] the Arodite clan;

through Areli, the Arelite clan.

¹⁸ These were the clans of Gad;^(Z) those numbered were 40,500.

¹⁹ Er^(AA) and Onan^(AB) were sons of Judah, but they died^(AC) in Canaan.

²⁰ The descendants of Judah by their clans were:

through Shelah,^(AD) the Shelanite clan;

through Perez,^(AE) the Perezite clan;

through Zerah, the Zerahite clan.^(AF)

²¹ The descendants of Perez^(AG) were:

through Hezron,^(AH) the Hezronite clan;

through Hamul, the Hamulite clan.

²² These were the clans of Judah;^(AI) those numbered were 76,500.

²³ The descendants of Issachar by their clans were:

through Tola,^(AJ) the Tolaite clan;

through Puah, the Puite^[b] clan;

²⁴ through Jashub,^(AK) the Jashubite clan;

through Shimron, the Shimronite clan.

²⁵ These were the clans of Issachar;^(AL) those numbered were 64,300.

²⁶ The descendants of Zebulun^(AM) by their clans were:

through Sered, the Seredite clan;

through Elon, the Elonite clan;

through Jahleel, the Jahleelite clan.

²⁷ These were the clans of Zebulun;^(AN) those numbered were 60,500.

²⁸ The descendants of Joseph^(AO) by their clans through Manasseh and Ephraim^(AP) were:

²⁹ The descendants of Manasseh:^(AQ)

through Makir,^(AR) the Makirite clan (Makir was the father of Gilead^(AS));

through Gilead, the Gileadite clan.

³⁰ These were the descendants of Gilead:^(AT)

through Iezer,^(AU) the Iezerite clan;

through Helek, the Helekite clan;

³¹ through Asriel, the Asrielite clan;

through Shechem, the Shechemite clan;

³² through Shemida, the Shemidaite clan;

through Hepher, the Hepherite clan.

³³ (Zelophehad^(AV) son of Hepher had no sons;^(AW) he had only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah.)^(AX)

³⁴ These were the clans of Manasseh; those numbered were 52,700.^(AY)

³⁵ These were the descendants of Ephraim^(AZ) by their clans:

through Shuthelah, the Shuthelahite clan;

through Beker, the Bekerite clan;

through Tahan, the Tahanite clan.

³⁶ These were the descendants of Shuthelah:

through Eran, the Eranite clan.

³⁷ These were the clans of Ephraim;^(BA) those numbered were 32,500.

These were the descendants of Joseph by their clans.

³⁸ The descendants of Benjamin^(BB) by their clans were:

through Bela, the Belaite clan;

through Ashbel, the Ashbelite clan;

through Ahiram, the Ahiramite clan;

³⁹ through Shupham,^[c] the Shuphamite clan;

through Hupham, the Huphamite clan.

⁴⁰ The descendants of Bela through Ard^(BC) and Naaman were:

through Ard,^[d] the Ardite clan;

through Naaman, the Naamite clan.

⁴¹ These were the clans of Benjamin;^(BD) those numbered were 45,600.

⁴² These were the descendants of Dan^(BE) by their clans:^(BF)

through Shuham,^(BG) the Shuhamite clan.

These were the clans of Dan: ⁴³ All of them were Shuhamite clans; and those numbered were 64,400.

⁴⁴ The descendants of Asher^(BH) by their clans were:

through Imnah, the Imnite clan;

through Ishvi, the Ishvite clan;

through Beriah, the Beriite clan;

⁴⁵ and through the descendants of Beriah:

through Heber, the Heberite clan;

through Malkiel, the Malkielite clan.

⁴⁶ (Asher had a daughter named Serah.)

⁴⁷ These were the clans of Asher;^(BI) those numbered were 53,400.

⁴⁸ The descendants of Naphtali^(BJ) by their clans were:

through Jahzeel, the Jahzeelite clan;

through Guni, the Gunite clan;

⁴⁹ through Jezer, the Jezerite clan;

through Shillem, the Shillemite clan.

⁵⁰ These were the clans of Naphtali;^(BK) those numbered were 45,400.^(BL)

⁵¹ The total number of the men of Israel was 601,730.^(BM)

⁵² The Lord said to Moses, ⁵³ “The land is to be allotted to them as an inheritance based on the number of names.^{(BN) 54} To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one; each is to receive its inheritance according to the number^(BO) of those listed.^{(BP) 55} Be sure that the land is distributed by lot.^(BQ) What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe. ⁵⁶ Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups.”

⁵⁷ These were the Levites^(BR) who were counted by their clans:

through Gershon, the Gershonite clan;

through Kohath, the Kohathite clan;

through Merari, the Merarite clan.

⁵⁸ These also were Levite clans:

the Libnite clan,

the Hebronite clan,

the Mahlite clan,

the Mushite clan,

the Korahite clan.

(Kohath was the forefather of Amram;^{(BS) 59} the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed,^(BT) a descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites^[e] in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses^(BU) and their sister^(BV) Miriam.^{(BW) 60} Aaron was the father of Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.^{(BX) 61} But Nadab and Abihu^(BY) died when they made an offering before the Lord with unauthorized fire.)^(BZ)

⁶² All the male Levites a month old or more numbered 23,000.^(CA) They were not counted^(CB) along with the other Israelites because they received no inheritance^(CC) among them.^(CD)

⁶³ These are the ones counted^(CE) by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab^(CF) by the Jordan across from Jericho.^{(CG) 64} Not one of them was among those counted^(CH) by Moses and Aaron^(CI) the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Desert of Sinai. ⁶⁵ For the Lord had told those Israelites they would surely die in the wilderness,^(CJ) and not one of them was left except Caleb^(CK) son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.^(CL)

Footnotes

1. Numbers 26:17 Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also Gen. 46:16); Masoretic Text Arod
2. Numbers 26:23 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 7:1); Masoretic Text through Puvah, the Punite
3. Numbers 26:39 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Shephupham
4. Numbers 26:40 Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have through Ard.
5. Numbers 26:59 Or Jochebed, a daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi

Cross references

1. Numbers 26:1 : S Nu 14:37; 25:8
2. Numbers 26:2 : Ex 30:11-16
3. Numbers 26:2 : S Nu 1:3
4. Numbers 26:3 : ver 63; Nu 33:48; Jos 13:32
5. Numbers 26:3 : Nu 22:1
6. Numbers 26:4 : S Ex 6:14; S 13:3
7. Numbers 26:5 : Nu 1:20
8. Numbers 26:5 : S Ge 46:9
9. Numbers 26:5 : 1Ch 5:3
10. Numbers 26:6 : 1Ch 5:3
11. Numbers 26:6 : Ge 46:9
12. Numbers 26:9 : Nu 16:1
13. Numbers 26:9 : Nu 1:16
14. Numbers 26:9 : S Nu 16:2
15. Numbers 26:10 : S Ex 15:12
16. Numbers 26:10 : S Nu 16:35
17. Numbers 26:10 : S Ex 3:12; S Nu 16:38
18. Numbers 26:11 : Ex 6:24
19. Numbers 26:11 : Nu 16:33; Dt 5:9; 24:16; 2Ki 14:6; 2Ch 25:4; Eze 18:20
20. Numbers 26:12 : S Ge 46:10
21. Numbers 26:12 : 1Ch 4:24
22. Numbers 26:13 : S Ge 46:10
23. Numbers 26:14 : S Ge 46:10
24. Numbers 26:14 : Nu 1:23
25. Numbers 26:15 : Ge 46:16
26. Numbers 26:18 : S Ge 30:11; S Nu 1:25; S Jos 13:24-28
27. Numbers 26:19 : S Ge 38:3
28. Numbers 26:19 : S Ge 38:4
29. Numbers 26:19 : Ge 38:7
30. Numbers 26:20 : S Ge 38:5
31. Numbers 26:20 : S Ge 38:29
32. Numbers 26:20 : Jos 7:17
33. Numbers 26:21 : S Ge 38:29
34. Numbers 26:21 : Ru 4:19; 1Ch 2:9
35. Numbers 26:22 : Nu 1:27
36. Numbers 26:23 : S Ge 46:13
37. Numbers 26:24 : Ge 46:13
38. Numbers 26:25 : S Ge 30:18
39. Numbers 26:26 : Nu 1:30
40. Numbers 26:27 : S Ge 30:20
41. Numbers 26:28 : Nu 1:32; 36:1
42. Numbers 26:28 : S Ge 41:52
43. Numbers 26:29 : Nu 1:34
44. Numbers 26:29 : S Ge 50:23
45. Numbers 26:29 : Jdg 11:1
46. Numbers 26:30 : Nu 27:1; 36:1; 1Ch 7:14, 17
47. Numbers 26:30 : Jos 17:2; Jdg 6:11; 8:2
48. Numbers 26:33 : Nu 27:1; 36:2; Jos 17:3; 1Ch 7:15
49. Numbers 26:33 : Nu 27:3
50. Numbers 26:33 : Nu 36:11
51. Numbers 26:34 : Nu 1:35
52. Numbers 26:35 : Nu 1:32
53. Numbers 26:37 : S Nu 1:33
54. Numbers 26:38 : Ge 46:21; Nu 1:36; 1Ch 8:40
55. Numbers 26:40 : S Ge 46:21
56. Numbers 26:41 : Nu 1:37
57. Numbers 26:42 : Nu 1:38
58. Numbers 26:42 : Jdg 18:19
59. Numbers 26:42 : Ge 46:23
60. Numbers 26:44 : S Nu 1:40
61. Numbers 26:47 : Nu 1:41
62. Numbers 26:48 : S Ge 30:8
63. Numbers 26:50 : Nu 1:43
64. Numbers 26:50 : Nu 1:42
65. Numbers 26:51 : S Ex 12:37
66. Numbers 26:53 : ver 55; Jos 11:23; 14:1; Eze 45:8
67. Numbers 26:54 : Nu 33:54
68. Numbers 26:54 : Nu 35:8
69. Numbers 26:55 : S Lev 16:8
70. Numbers 26:57 : S Ge 46:11
71. Numbers 26:58 : Ex 6:20
72. Numbers 26:59 : S Ex 2:1
73. Numbers 26:59 : S Ex 6:20
74. Numbers 26:59 : S Ex 2:4
75. Numbers 26:59 : S Ex 15:20
76. Numbers 26:60 : Ex 6:23
77. Numbers 26:61 : S Lev 10:1-2
78. Numbers 26:61 : Nu 3:4
79. Numbers 26:62 : Nu 3:39
80. Numbers 26:62 : Nu 1:47
81. Numbers 26:62 : S Nu 18:23
82. Numbers 26:62 : S Nu 2:33
83. Numbers 26:63 : S Nu 1:19
84. Numbers 26:63 : S ver 3
85. Numbers 26:63 : Nu 22:1
86. Numbers 26:64 : S Nu 14:29
87. Numbers 26:64 : Nu 1:44
88. Numbers 26:65 : Nu 14:28; 1Co 10:5
89. Numbers 26:65 : Nu 13:6
90. Numbers 26:65 : S Nu 11:28