1 After the blood of the guilty was shed, the Lord said to Moses, and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: 2 “Number the entire sum of the sons of Israel, from twenty years and above, by their houses and kinships, all who are able to go forth to war.” 3 And so, Moses and Eleazar the priest, who were in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho, spoke to those who were 4 from twenty years and above, just as the Lord had commanded. And this is their number: 5 Ruben, the firstborn of Israel; his son, Hanoch, from whom is the family of the Hanochites; and Pallu, from whom is the family of the Palluites; 6 and Hezron, from whom is the family of the Hezronites; and Carmi, from whom is the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the stock of Ruben, whose number was found to be forty-three thousand and seven hundred thirty. 8 The son of Phallu: Eliab; 9 his sons, Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are Dathan and Abiram, the leaders of the people, who rose up against Moses and Aaron in the sedition at Korah, when they rebelled against the Lord. 10 And the earth, opening its mouth, devoured Korah, with many others dying, when the fire burned two hundred fifty men. And a great miracle was wrought, 11 so that, when Korah perished, his sons did not perish. 12 The sons of Simeon, by their kinships: Nemuel, from him is the family of the Nemuelites; Jamin, from him is the family of the Jaminites; Jachin, from him is the family of the Jachinites; 13 Sohar, from him is the family of the Soharites; Shaul, from him is the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the families of the stock of Simeon, whose entire number was twenty-two thousand two hundred. 15 The sons of Gad, by their kinships: Zephon, from him is the family of the Zephonites; Haggi, from him is the family of the Haggites; Shuni, from him is the family of the Shunites; 16 Ozni, from him is the family of the Oznites; Eri, from him is the family of the Erites; 17 Arod, from him is the family of the Arodites; Areli, from him is the family of the Arelites. 18 These are the families of Gad, whose entire number was forty thousand five hundred. 19 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, who both died in the land of Canaan. 20 And these were the sons of Judah, by their kinships: Shelah, from whom is the family of the Shelahites; Perez, from whom is the family of the Perezites; Zerah, from whom is the family of the Zerahites. 21 Moreover, the sons of Phares were: Hezron, from whom is the family of the Hezronites; and Hamul, from whom is the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Judah, whose entire number was seventy-six thousand five hundred. 23 The sons of Issachar, by their kinships: Tola from whom is the family of the Tolaites; Puvah, from whom is the family of the Puvahites; 24 Jashub, from whom is the family of the Jashubites; Shimron, from whom is the family of the Shimronites. 25 These are the kinships of Issachar, whose number was sixty-four thousand three hundred. 26 The sons of Zebulon by their kinships: Sered, from whom is the family of the Seredites; Elon, from whom is the family of the Elonites; Jahleel, from whom is the family of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the kinships of Zebulun, whose number was sixty thousand five hundred. 28 The sons of Joseph by their kinships: Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 From Manasseh was born Machir, from whom is the family of the Machirites. Machir conceived Gilead, from whom is the family of the Gileadites. 30 Gilead had sons: Jezer, from whom is the family of the Jezerites; and Helek, from whom is the family of the Helekites; 31 and Asriel, from whom is the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, from whom is the family of the Shechemites; 32 and Shemida, from whom is the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, from whom is the family of the Hepherites. 33 Now Hepher was the father of Zelophehad, who had no sons, but only daughters, whose names are these: Mahlah, and Noa, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and their number was fifty-two thousand seven hundred. 35 Now the sons of Ephraim by their kinships were these: Shuthelah, from whom is the family of the Shuthelahites; Becher, from whom is the family of the Becherites; Tahan, from whom is the family of the Tahanites. 36 Furthermore, the son of Shuthelah was Eran, from whom is the family of the Eranites. 37 These are the kinships of the sons of Ephraim, whose number was thirty-two thousand five hundred. 38 These are the sons of Joseph by their families: the sons of Benjamin in their kinships: Bela, from whom is the family of the Belaites; Ashbel, from whom is the family of the Ashbelites; Ahiram, from whom is the family of the Ahiramites; 39 Shupham, from whom is the family of the Shuphamites; Hupham, from whom is the family of the Huphamites. 40 The sons of Bela: Arad and Naaman. From Arad, the family of the Aradites; from Naaman, the family of the Naamanites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin by their kinships, whose number was forty-five thousand six hundred. 42 The sons of Dan by their kinships: Shuham, from whom is the family of the Shuhamites. These are the kinships of Dan by their families. 43 All these were Shuhamites, whose number was sixty-four thousand four hundred. 44 The sons of Asher by their kinships: Imnah, from whom is the family of the Imnahites; Ishvi, from whom is the family of the Ishvites; Beriah, from whom is the family of the Beriahites. 45 The sons of Beriah: Heber, from whom is the family of the Heberites; and Malchiel, from whom is the family of the Malchielites. 46 Now the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. 47 These are the kinships of the sons of Asher, and their number was fifty-three thousand four hundred. 48 The sons of Naphtali by their kinships: Jahzeel, from whom is the family of the Jahzeelites; Guni, from whom is the family of the Gunites; 49 Jezer, from whom is the family of the Jezerites; Shillem, from whom is the family of the Shillemites. 50 These are the kinships of the sons of Naphtali by their families, whose number was forty-five thousand four hundred. 51 This is the sum of the sons of Israel, who were counted: six hundred thousand and one thousand seven hundred thirty. 52 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 53 “The land shall be divided to these, as their possessions, according to the number of their names. 54 To the greater number you shall give a greater portion, and to the lesser number, a lesser portion. To each one, just as they have now been counted, a possession shall be delivered. 55 Yet only in so far as the land is divided by lot to a tribe and to families. 56 Whatever the lot will happen to be, it shall be accepted, either by the greater, or by the lesser. 57 Likewise, this is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gershon, from whom is the family of the Gershonites; Kohath, from whom is the family of the Kohathites; Merari, from whom is the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of Levi: The family of Libni, the family of Hebroni, the family of Mahli, the family of Mushi, the family of Korah. Yet truly, Kohath conceived Amram, 59 who had a wife, Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to him in Egypt. She bore, to her husband Amram: sons, Aaron and Moses, as well as their sister, Miriam. 60 From Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, and Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 Of these, Nadab and Abihu died, when they had offered strange fire before the Lord. 62 And these were all who were numbered: twenty-three thousand of the male gender, from one month and above. For they were not counted among the sons of Israel, neither was a possession given to them with the others. 63 This is the number of the sons of Israel, who were enrolled by Moses and by Eleazar the priest, in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho. 64 Among these, not one of them was numbered before, by Moses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai. 65 For the Lord had foretold that all would die in the wilderness. And not one of them remained, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
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People
Abiram
A Reubenite, son of Eliab, who with his brother Dathan 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
Amram
Husband of Jochebed and father of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:18–20; Numbers 26:59
Ard
Listed among Benjamin's sons in Genesis 46, he is named a son of Bela in Numbers 26:40 and founded the Ardite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:40
Areli
Gad's seventh-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Arelite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:17
Ashbel
Benjamin's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Ashbelite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38; 1 Chronicles 8:1
Asriel
A son of Gilead and the founder of the Asrielite clan of Manasseh.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:31; Joshua 17:2
Becher
A son of Ephraim and the founder of the Becherite clan.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:35
Bela
Benjamin's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Belaite clan; Numbers 26:40 names Ard and Naaman as his sons.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38; Numbers 26:40
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
Eran
A descendant of Shuthelah of Ephraim and the founder of the Eranite clan.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:36
Eri
Gad's fifth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Erite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:16
Gilead
The son of Machir son of Manasseh and the ancestor of the Gileadite clans, whose sons are listed in Numbers 26.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:29–30; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:1
Guni
Naphtali's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Gunite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:24; Numbers 26:48; 1 Chronicles 7:13
Haggi
Gad's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Haggite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:15
Hamul
The second-listed son of Perez, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Hamulite clan of Judah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:21; 1 Chronicles 2:5
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
Heber
Beriah's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Heberite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:45; 1 Chronicles 7:31
Helek
A son of Gilead and the founder of the Helekite clan of Manasseh.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:30; Joshua 17:2
Hepher
A son of Gilead, the founder of the Hepherite clan of Manasseh and the father of Zelophehad.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:32–33; Numbers 27:1; Joshua 17:2
Hezron
Reuben's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Hezronite clan of Reuben.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:6
Hoglah
One of the five daughters of Zelophehad who asked Moses for their father's inheritance, which the LORD granted, and who married cousins on their father's side.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:11
Huppim
Benjamin's ninth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; the clan list of Numbers 26:39 gives the name Hupham in the same place and calls his clan the Huphamites.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:39
Imnah
Asher's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Imnite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:44; 1 Chronicles 7:30
Ishvi
Asher's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Ishvite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:44; 1 Chronicles 7:30
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
Jahleel
Zebulun's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Jahleelite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26
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
Jashub
Issachar's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; he is called Job in Genesis 46:13 and Jashub in Numbers 26:24, where his clan is the Jashubites.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:24; 1 Chronicles 7:1
Jemuel
Simeon's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; Numbers 26:12 gives the name Nemuel in the same place and calls his clan the Nemuelites.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12
Jezer
Naphtali's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Jezerite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:24; Numbers 26:49; 1 Chronicles 7:13
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
Mahlah
One of the five daughters of Zelophehad who asked Moses for their father's inheritance, which the LORD granted, and who married cousins on their father's side.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:11
Malchiel
Beriah's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Malchielite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:45; 1 Chronicles 7:31
Milcah
One of the five daughters of Zelophehad who asked Moses for their father's inheritance, which the LORD granted, and who married cousins on their father's side.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:11
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
Nemuel
A son of Eliab of Reuben and brother of Dathan and Abiram, listed first among Eliab's sons.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:9
Pallu
Reuben's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household, founded the Palluite clan, and was the father of Eliab.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5
Puvah
Issachar's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Punite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:23; 1 Chronicles 7:1
Serah
Asher's daughter, the only sister named among the sons of Asher who went to Egypt with Jacob's household.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:46; 1 Chronicles 7:30
Sered
Zebulun's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Seredite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26
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
Shechem
A son of Gilead and the founder of the Shechemite clan of Manasseh.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:31; Joshua 17:2
Shelah
Judah's third son, withheld from Tamar until she took matters into her own hands.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:5, 11; Numbers 26:20
Shemida
A son of Gilead and the founder of the Shemidaite clan of Manasseh.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:32; Joshua 17:2; 1 Chronicles 7:19
Shillem
Naphtali's fourth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Shillemite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:24; Numbers 26:49
Shimron
Issachar's fourth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Shimronite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:24; 1 Chronicles 7:1
Shuni
Gad's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Shunite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:15
Shuthelah
A son of Ephraim and the founder of the Shuthelahite clan, whose descendant Eran founded the Eranite clan.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:35–36; 1 Chronicles 7:20
Tahan
A son of Ephraim and the founder of the Tahanite clan.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:35
Tirzah
One of the five daughters of Zelophehad who asked Moses for their father's inheritance, which the LORD granted, and who married cousins on their father's side.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:11
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
Zelophehad
A Manassite, son of Hepher, who died in the wilderness without sons, so that the LORD granted his five daughters his inheritance.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 27:7
Cross references (57)
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- 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
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