Numbers 26 - New King James Version (NKJV)

The Second Census of Israel

26 And it came to pass, after the ^(A)plague, that the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying: ^{2 (B)}“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel ^(C)from twenty years old and above, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go to war in Israel.” ³ So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them ^(D)in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying: ⁴ “Take a census of the people from twenty years old and above, just as the Lord ^(E)commanded Moses and the children of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt.”

^{5 (F)}Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The children of Reuben were: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; ⁶ of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. ⁷ These are the families of the Reubenites: those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty. ⁸ And the son of Pallu was Eliab. ⁹ The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, ^(G)representatives of the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord; ^{10 (H)}and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; ^(I)and they became a sign. ¹¹ Nevertheless ^(J)the children of Korah did not die.

¹² The sons of Simeon according to their families were: of ^[a]Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of ^[b]Jachin, the family of the Jachinites; ¹³ of ^[c]Zerah, the family of the Zarhites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. ¹⁴ These are the families of the Simeonites: twenty-two thousand two hundred.

¹⁵ The sons of Gad according to their families were: of ^[d]Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites; ¹⁶ of ^[e]Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; ¹⁷ of ^[f]Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites. ¹⁸ These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them: forty thousand five hundred.

^{19 (K)}The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰ And ^(L)the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Parzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. ²¹ And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. ²² These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them: seventy-six thousand five hundred.

²³ The sons of Issachar according to their families were: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of ^[g]Puah, the family of the ^[h]Punites; ²⁴ of ^[i]Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. ²⁵ These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them: sixty-four thousand three hundred.

^{26 (M)}The sons of Zebulun according to their families were: of Sered, the family of the Sardites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. ²⁷ These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them: sixty thousand five hundred.

^{28 (N)}The sons of Joseph according to their families, by Manasseh and Ephraim, were: ²⁹ The sons of ^(O)Manasseh: of ^(P)Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. ³⁰ These are the sons of Gilead: of ^[j]Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; ³¹ of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; ³² of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. ³³ Now ^(Q)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. ³⁴ These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.

³⁵ These are the sons of Ephraim according to their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites; of ^[k]Becher, the family of the Bachrites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. ³⁶ And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. ³⁷ These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them: thirty-two thousand five hundred.

These are the sons of Joseph according to their families.

^{38 (R)}The sons of Benjamin according to their families were: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of ^(S)Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; ³⁹ of ^(T)Shupham,^[l] the family of the Shuphamites; of ^[m]Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. ⁴⁰ And the sons of Bela were ^[n]Ard and Naaman: ^(U)of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. ⁴¹ These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.

⁴² These are the sons of Dan according to their families: of ^[o]Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according to their families. ⁴³ All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.

^{44 (V)}The sons of Asher according to their families were: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites; of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. ⁴⁵ Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. ⁴⁶ And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. ⁴⁷ These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them: fifty-three thousand four hundred.

^{48 (W)}The sons of Naphtali according to their families were: of ^[p]Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; ⁴⁹ of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of ^(X)Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. ⁵⁰ These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.

^{51 (Y)}These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel: six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.

⁵² Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ^{53 (Z)}“To these the land shall be ^(AA)divided as an inheritance, according to the number of names. ^{54 (AB)}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 according to those who were numbered of them. ⁵⁵ But the land shall be ^(AC)divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. ⁵⁶ According to the lot their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller.”

^{57 (AD)}And these are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, and the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begot Amram. ⁵⁹ The name of Amram’s wife was ^(AE)Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam. ^{60 (AF)}To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹ And ^(AG)Nadab and Abihu died when they offered profane fire before the Lord.

^{62 (AH)}Now those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above; ^(AI)for they were not numbered among the other children of Israel, because there was ^(AJ)no inheritance given to them among the children of Israel.

⁶³ These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel ^(AK)in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. ^{64 (AL)}But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the children of Israel in the ^(AM)Wilderness of Sinai. ⁶⁵ For the Lord had said of them, “They ^(AN)shall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man of them, ^(AO)except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

Footnotes

1. Numbers 26:12 Jemuel, Gen. 46:10; Ex. 6:15
2. Numbers 26:12 Jarib, 1 Chr. 4:24
3. Numbers 26:13 Zohar, Gen. 46:10
4. Numbers 26:15 Ziphion, Gen. 46:16
5. Numbers 26:16 Ezbon, Gen. 46:16
6. Numbers 26:17 Sam., Syr. Arodi and Gen. 46:16
7. Numbers 26:23 So with Sam., LXX, Syr., Vg.; Heb. Puvah, Gen. 46:13; 1 Chr. 7:1
8. Numbers 26:23 Sam., LXX, Syr., Vg. Puaites
9. Numbers 26:24 Job, Gen. 46:13
10. Numbers 26:30 Abiezer, Josh. 17:2
11. Numbers 26:35 Bered, 1 Chr. 7:20
12. Numbers 26:39 MT Shephupham; Shephuphan, 1 Chr. 8:5
13. Numbers 26:39 Huppim, Gen. 46:21
14. Numbers 26:40 Addar, 1 Chr. 8:3
15. Numbers 26:42 Hushim, Gen. 46:23
16. Numbers 26:48 Jahziel, 1 Chr. 7:13

Cross references

1. Numbers 26:1 : Num. 25:9
2. Numbers 26:2 : Ex. 30:12; 38:25, 26; Num. 1:2; 14:29
3. Numbers 26:2 : Num. 1:3
4. Numbers 26:3 : Num. 22:1; 31:12; 33:48; 35:1
5. Numbers 26:4 : Num. 1:1
6. Numbers 26:5 : Gen. 46:8; Ex. 6:14; 1 Chr. 5:1–3
7. Numbers 26:9 : Num. 1:16; 16:1, 2
8. Numbers 26:10 : Num. 16:32–35
9. Numbers 26:10 : Num. 16:38–40; 1 Cor. 10:6; 2 Pet. 2:6
10. Numbers 26:11 : Ex. 6:24; 1 Chr. 6:22, 23
11. Numbers 26:19 : Gen. 38:2; 46:12
12. Numbers 26:20 : 1 Chr. 2:3
13. Numbers 26:26 : Gen. 46:14
14. Numbers 26:28 : Gen. 46:20; Deut. 33:16
15. Numbers 26:29 : Josh. 17:1
16. Numbers 26:29 : 1 Chr. 7:14, 15
17. Numbers 26:33 : Num. 27:1; 36:11
18. Numbers 26:38 : Gen. 46:21; 1 Chr. 7:6
19. Numbers 26:38 : Gen. 46:21; 1 Chr. 8:1, 2
20. Numbers 26:39 : 1 Chr. 7:12
21. Numbers 26:40 : 1 Chr. 8:3
22. Numbers 26:44 : Gen. 46:17; 1 Chr. 7:30
23. Numbers 26:48 : Gen. 46:24; 1 Chr. 7:13
24. Numbers 26:49 : 1 Chr. 7:13
25. Numbers 26:51 : Ex. 12:37; 38:26; Num. 1:46; 11:21
26. Numbers 26:53 : Josh. 11:23; 14:1
27. Numbers 26:53 : Num. 33:54
28. Numbers 26:54 : Num. 33:54
29. Numbers 26:55 : Num. 33:54; 34:13; Josh. 11:23; 14:2
30. Numbers 26:57 : Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16–19; Num. 3:15; 1 Chr. 6:1, 16
31. Numbers 26:59 : Ex. 2:1, 2; 6:20
32. Numbers 26:60 : Num. 3:2
33. Numbers 26:61 : Lev. 10:1, 2; Num. 3:3, 4; 1 Chr. 24:2
34. Numbers 26:62 : Num. 3:39
35. Numbers 26:62 : Num. 1:49
36. Numbers 26:62 : Num. 18:20, 23, 24
37. Numbers 26:63 : Num. 26:3
38. Numbers 26:64 : Num. 14:29–35; Deut. 2:14–16; Heb. 3:17
39. Numbers 26:64 : Num. 1:1–46
40. Numbers 26:65 : Num. 14:26–35; [1 Cor. 10:5, 6]
41. Numbers 26:65 : Num. 14:30