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Numbers 26 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Census of a New Generation

Num 26:1

[fn]Then it came about after the plague, [fn]that the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

Num 26:2“Take a [fn]census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ households, whoever is able to go to war in Israel.”
Num 26:3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Num 26:4Take a census of the people from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD has commanded Moses.”

Now the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were as follows:

Num 26:5

Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

Num 26:6of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
Num 26:7These are the families of the Reubenites, and those who were counted of them were 43,730.
Num 26:8The son of Pallu: Eliab.
Num 26:9The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram who were called by the congregation, who fought against Moses and against Aaron in the group of Korah, when they fought against the LORD,
Num 26:10and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that group died, when the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a warning sign.
Num 26:11The sons of Korah, however, did not die.
Num 26:12

The sons of Simeon by their families: of [fn]Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of [fn]Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;

Num 26:13of [fn]Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
Num 26:14These are the families of the Simeonites, 22,200 in number.
Num 26:15

The sons of Gad by their families: of [fn]Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;

Num 26:16of [fn]Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;
Num 26:17of [fn]Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
Num 26:18These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, 40,500.
Num 26:19

The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

Num 26:20The sons of Judah by their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
Num 26:21The sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
Num 26:22These are the families of Judah by those who were numbered of them, 76,500.
Num 26:23

The sons of Issachar by their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of [fn]Puvah, the family of the Punites;

Num 26:24of [fn]Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
Num 26:25These are the families of Issachar by those who were numbered of them, 64,300.
Num 26:26

The sons of Zebulun by their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

Num 26:27These are the families of the Zebulunites by those who were numbered of them, 60,500.
Num 26:28

The sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

Num 26:29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir fathered Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
Num 26:30These are the sons of Gilead: of [fn]Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
Num 26:31and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
Num 26:32and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
Num 26:33Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, only daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Num 26:34These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were 52,700.
Num 26:35

These are the sons of Ephraim by their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of [fn]Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

Num 26:36These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
Num 26:37These are the families of the sons of Ephraim by those who were numbered of them, 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph by their families.
Num 26:38

The sons of Benjamin by their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of [fn]Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

Num 26:39of [fn]Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of [fn]Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
Num 26:40The sons of Bela were [fn]Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Num 26:41These are the sons of Benjamin by their families; and those who were numbered of them were 45,600.
Num 26:42

These are the sons of Dan by their families: of [fn]Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan by their families.

Num 26:43All the families of the Shuhamites, by those who were numbered of them, were 64,400.
Num 26:44

The sons of Asher by their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

Num 26:45Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
Num 26:46And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
Num 26:47These are the families of the sons of Asher by those who were numbered of them, 53,400.
Num 26:48

The sons of Naphtali by their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

Num 26:49of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
Num 26:50These are the families of Naphtali by their families; and those who were numbered of them were 45,400.
Num 26:51

These are the ones who were numbered of the sons of Israel, 601,730.

Num 26:52

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Num 26:53[fn]Among these the land shall be divided as an inheritance according to the number of names.
Num 26:54“To a larger group you shall increase their inheritance, and to a smaller group you shall decrease their inheritance; each shall be given their inheritance corresponding to the total of those who were numbered of them.
Num 26:55“But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
Num 26:56“Corresponding to the selection by lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller groups.
Num 26:57

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.

Num 26:58These are the families of Levi: 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 Korahites. Kohath fathered Amram.
Num 26:59And 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 their sister Miriam.
Num 26:60And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Num 26:61But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered [fn]strange fire before the LORD.
Num 26:62Those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel since no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel.
Num 26:63

These are the ones who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

Num 26:64But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
Num 26:65For the LORD had said [fn]of them, “They shall certainly die in the wilderness.” And not a man was left of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
NASB20 Footnotes
Ch 25:19 in Heb
Ch 26:1 in Heb
Lit sum
In Gen 46:10 and Ex 6:15, Jemuel
In 1 Chr 4:24, Jarib
In Gen 46:10, Zohar
In Gen 46:16, Ziphion
In Gen 46:16, Ezbon
In Gen 46:16, Arodi
In Gen 46:13, Puvvah; in 1 Chr 7:1, Puah
In Gen 46:13, Iob
In Josh 17:2, Abiezer
In 1 Chr 7:20, Bered
In Gen 46:21, Ehi; in 1 Chr 8:1, Aharah
In Gen 46:21, Muppim; in 1 Chr 7:12, Shuppim
In Gen 46:21, Huppim
In 1 Chr 8:3, Addar
In Gen 46:23, Hushim
Lit To
I.e., prohibited
Or to
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