1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar the priest, saying, 2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, according to the houses of their lineage, every one that goes forth to battle in Israel. 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke in Araboth of Moab at the Jordan by Jericho, saying, 4 [This is the numbering] from twenty years old and upward as the Lord commanded Moses. And the sons of Israel that came out of Egypt [are as follows]: 5 Ruben [was] the first-born of Israel: and the sons of Ruben, Enoch, and the family of Enoch; to Phallu belongs the family of the Phalluites. 6 To Asron, the family of Asroni: to Charmi, the family of Charmi. 7 These [are] the families of Ruben; and their numbering was forty-three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Phallu [were] Eliab,— 9 and the sons of Eliab, Namuel, and Dathan, and Abiron: these [are] renowned men of the congregation; these are they that rose up against Moses and Aaron in the gathering of Core, in the rebellion against the Lord. 10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up them and Core, when their assembly perished, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty, and they were made a sign. 11 But the sons of Core died not. 12 And the sons of Symeon:—the family of the sons of Symeon: to Namuel, [belonged] the family of the Namuelites; to Jamin the family of the Jaminites; to Jachin the family of the Jachinites. 13 To Zara the family of the Zaraites; to Saul the family of the Saulites. 14 These [are] the families of Symeon according to their numbering, two and twenty thousand and two hundred. 15 And the sons of Juda, Er and Aunan; and Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan. 16 And these were the sons of Juda, according to their families: to Selom [belonged] the family of the Selonites; to Phares, the family of the Pharesites; to Zara, the family of the Zaraites. 17 And the sons of Phares were, to Asron, the family of the Asronites; to Jamun, the family of the Jamunites. 18 These [are] the families of Juda according to their numbering, seventy-six thousand and five hundred. 19 And the sons of Issachar according to their families: to Thola, the family of the Tholaites; to Phua, the family of the Phuaites. 20 To Jasub, the family of the Jasubites; to Samram, the family of the Samramites. 21 These [are] the families of Issachar according to their numbering, sixty-four thousand and four hundred. 22 The sons of Zabulon according to their families: to Sared, the family of the Saredites; to Allon, the family of the Allonites; to Allel, the family of the Allelites. 23 These [are] the families of Zabulon according to their numbering, sixty thousand and five hundred. 24 The sons of Gad according to their families: to Saphon, the family of the Saphonites; to Angi, the family of the Angites; to Suni, the family of the Sunites; 25 to Azeni, the family of the Azenites; to Addi, the family of the Addites: 26 to Aroadi, the family of the Aroadites; to Ariel, the family of the Arielites. 27 These [are] the families of the children of Gad according to their numbering, forty-four thousand and five hundred. 28 The sons of Aser according to their families; to Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; to Jesu, the family of the Jesusites; to Baria, the family of the Bariaites. 29 To Chober, the family of the Choberites; to Melchiel, the family of the Melchielites. 30 And the name of the daughter of Aser, Sara. 31 These [are] the families of Aser according to their numbering, forty-three thousand and four hundred. 32 The sons of Joseph according to their families, Manasse and Ephraim. 33 The sons of Manasse. To Machir the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Galaad: to Galaad, the family of the Galaadites. 34 And these [are] the sons of Galaad; to Achiezer, the family of the Achiezerites; to Cheleg, the family of the Chelegites. 35 To Esriel, the family of the Esrielites; to Sychem, the family of the Sychemites. 36 To Symaer, the family of the Symaerites; and to Opher, the family of the Opherites. 37 And to Salpaad the son of Opher there were no sons, but daughters: and these [were] the names of the daughters of Salpaad; Mala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa. 38 These [are] the families of Manasse according to their numbering, fifty-two thousand and seven hundred. 39 And these [are] the children of Ephraim; to Suthala, the family of the Suthalanites; to Tanach, the family of the Tanachites. 40 These [are] the sons of Suthala; to Eden, the family of the Edenites. 41 These [are] the families of Ephraim according to their numbering, thirty-two thousand and five hundred: these [are] the families of the children of Joseph according to their families. 42 The sons of Benjamin according to their families; to Bale, the family of the Balites; to Asyber, the family of the Asyberites; to Jachiran, the family of the Jachiranites. 43 To Sophan, the family of the Sophanites. 44 And the sons of Bale were Adar and Noeman; to Adar, the family of the Adarites; and to Noeman, the family of the Noemanites. 45 These [are] the sons of Benjamin by their families according to their numbering, thirty-five thousand and five hundred. 46 And the sons of Dan according to their families; to Same, the family of the Sameites; these [are] the families of Dan according to their families. 47 All the families of Samei according to their numbering, sixty-four thousand and four hundred. 48 The sons of Nephthali according to their families; to Asiel, the family of the Asielites; to Gauni, the family of the Gaunites. 49 To Jeser, the family of the Jeserites; to Sellem, the family of the Sellemites. 50 These [are] the families of Nephthali, according to their numbering, forty thousand and three hundred. 51 This [is] the numbering of the children of Israel, six hundred and one thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 52 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 53 To these the land shall be divided, so that they may inherit according to the number of the names. 54 To the greater number thou shalt give the greater inheritance, and to the less number thou shalt give the less inheritance: to each one, as they have been numbered, shall their inheritance be given. 55 The land shall be divided to the names by lot, they shall inherit according to the tribes of their families. 56 Thou shalt divide their inheritance by lot between the many and the few. 57 And the sons of Levi according to their families; to Gedson, the family of the Gedsonites; to Caath, the family of the Caathites; to Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These [are] the families of the sons of Levi; the family of the Lobenites, the family of the Chebronites, the family of the Coreites, and the family of the Musites; and Caath begot Amram. 59 And the name of his wife [was] Jochabed, daughter of Levi, who bore these to Levi in Egypt, and she bore to Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Mariam their sister. 60 And to Aaron were born both Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abiud died when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sina. 62 And there were according to their numbering, twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because they have no inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel. 63 And this [is] the numbering of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in Araboth of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho. 64 And among these there was not a man numbered by Moses and Aaron, whom, [even] the children of Israel, they numbered in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the Lord said to them, They shall surely die in the wilderness; and there was not left even one of them, except Chaleb the son of Jephonne, and Joshua the [son] of Naue.
Numbers · Brenton's English Septuagint
Numbers 26 Brenton's English Septuagint
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- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Amram
Husband of Jochebed and father of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:18–20; Numbers 26:59
Beriah
Asher's fourth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household, founded the Beriite clan, and was the father of Heber and Malchiel.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:44–45; 1 Chronicles 7:30
Carmi
Reuben's fourth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Carmite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:6
Dathan
A Reubenite, son of Eliab, who with his brother Abiram joined Korah's rebellion against Moses, refused to come when summoned, and was swallowed by the earth with his household.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 16:1; Numbers 16:12; Numbers 26:9
Eliab
The son of Pallu of Reuben and the father of Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 16:1; Numbers 26:8–9; Deuteronomy 11:6
Elon
Zebulun's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Elonite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26
Hanoch
Reuben's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Hanochite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5
Jachin
Simeon's fourth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Jachinite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12
Jahzeel
Naphtali's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Jahzeelite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:24; Numbers 26:48
Jamin
Simeon's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Jaminite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12
Jochebed
The Levite mother who hid her baby in the Nile to save Moses' life.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2; Exodus 6:20; Numbers 26:59
Machir
Manasseh's son, whose own sons were brought up on Joseph's knees, called the father of Gilead; his descendants captured Gilead and Moses gave it to his clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 50:23; Numbers 26:29; Numbers 32:39–40
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Naaman
Listed among Benjamin's sons in Genesis 46, he is named a son of Bela in Numbers 26:40 and founded the Naamite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:40; 1 Chronicles 8:4
Shaul
Simeon's son by a Canaanite woman, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Shaulite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:13
Tola
Issachar's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Tolaite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:23; 1 Chronicles 7:1
Cross references (57)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Numbers 25:9
- 2 Exodus 38:25–26; Numbers 1:2–3; Exodus 30:11–16
- 3 Numbers 22:1; Numbers 33:48; Numbers 26:63; Numbers 35:1; Numbers 31:12
- 4 Numbers 1:1; 1 Chronicles 21:1
- 5 1 Chronicles 5:3; 1 Chronicles 5:1; Genesis 46:8–9; Exodus 6:14; Genesis 29:32
- 7 Genesis 46:9; Numbers 26:21; Numbers 1:21; Numbers 26:1; Numbers 2:11
- 9 Numbers 1:16; Numbers 16:1–35; Psalm 106:17; Jude 11
- 10 Numbers 16:38; 2 Peter 2:6; Numbers 16:31–35; Jeremiah 29:22; 1 Samuel 2:34
- 11 Exodus 6:24; Deuteronomy 24:16; Psalm 42:1; Psalm 44:1; Psalm 45:1
- 12 1 Chronicles 4:24; Exodus 6:15; Genesis 46:10; 1 Kings 7:21
- 13 Genesis 46:10
- 14 Numbers 1:22–23; Numbers 2:12–13
- 15 Genesis 46:16; Numbers 2:14
- 16 Genesis 46:16
- 17 Genesis 46:16
- 18 Numbers 2:14–15; Numbers 1:24–25
- 19 Genesis 46:12; 1 Chronicles 2:3–8; Genesis 38:1–10
- 20 Genesis 46:12; Nehemiah 11:24; 1 Chronicles 2:3–8; Genesis 38:5; Nehemiah 11:4
- 22 Genesis 49:8; Psalm 115:14; 1 Chronicles 5:2; Hebrews 7:14; Numbers 2:3–4
- 23 Genesis 46:13; 1 Chronicles 7:1; Genesis 30:17–18; Numbers 2:5
- 24 Genesis 46:13
- 25 Numbers 2:5–6; Numbers 1:28–29
- 26 Genesis 46:14; Genesis 30:19–20
- 27 Numbers 1:30–31; Numbers 2:7–8
- 28 Genesis 46:20; Genesis 41:51–52; Genesis 48:5; Genesis 48:13–20
- 29 Joshua 17:1; 1 Chronicles 7:14–19; Numbers 36:1; Numbers 32:39–40; Judges 5:14
- 30 Judges 6:11; Judges 6:34; Joshua 17:2; Judges 6:24; Judges 8:2
- 33 Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:10–12
- 34 Numbers 1:34–35; Numbers 2:20–21
- 35 1 Chronicles 7:20–21
- 37 Numbers 2:18–19; Numbers 1:32–33
- 38 1 Chronicles 8:1; Genesis 46:2; Genesis 46:21; 1 Chronicles 7:6–12
- 39 Genesis 46:21
- 40 1 Chronicles 8:3
- 41 Numbers 2:22–23; Genesis 46:21; Numbers 1:36–37
- 42 Genesis 46:23
- 43 Numbers 1:38–39; Numbers 2:25–26
- 44 1 Chronicles 7:30; Genesis 46:17
- 46 Genesis 46:17
- 47 Numbers 1:40–41; Numbers 2:27–28
- 48 1 Chronicles 7:13; Genesis 46:24
- 49 1 Chronicles 7:13
- 50 Numbers 2:29–30; Numbers 1:42–43
- 51 Numbers 1:46; Job 12:9–10; Job 12:14; Numbers 11:21; Job 12:20–23
- 53 Joshua 14:1; Joshua 11:23; Psalm 105:44; Genesis 12:7; Daniel 7:27
- 54 Numbers 33:54; Numbers 32:5; Joshua 17:14; Numbers 32:3
- 55 Numbers 33:54; Numbers 34:13; Joshua 14:2; Joshua 11:23; Proverbs 18:18
- 56 Romans 11:7; 1 Corinthians 12:4
- 57 Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16–19; 1 Chronicles 6:1; 1 Chronicles 6:16–30; Numbers 3:1–4
- 58 Numbers 3:17–21; Numbers 16:1; Exodus 6:20
- 59 Exodus 6:20; Exodus 2:1–2; Leviticus 18:12
- 60 Numbers 3:2; Numbers 3:8
- 61 Numbers 3:4; Leviticus 10:1–2; 1 Chronicles 24:1–2
- 62 Numbers 1:49; Deuteronomy 10:9; Numbers 3:39; Numbers 35:2–8; Joshua 13:33
- 63 Numbers 26:3
- 64 Deuteronomy 2:14–15; Hebrews 3:17; 1 Corinthians 10:5; Numbers 14:29; Numbers 1:1–2
- 65 1 Corinthians 10:5–6; Numbers 14:38; Romans 11:22; Hebrews 3:17–18; Numbers 14:35
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences