1 And it comes to pass, after the plague, that YHWH speaks to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 “Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, from a son of twenty years and upward, by the house of their fathers, everyone going out to the host in Israel.” 3 And Moses speaks—Eleazar the priest also—with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, [near] Jericho, saying, 4 “From a son of twenty years and upward,” as YHWH has commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who are coming out from the land of Egypt. 5 Reuben, firstborn of Israel—sons of Reuben: of Enoch [is] the family of the Enochite; of Pallu the family of the Palluite; 6 of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Carmi the family of the Carmite. 7 These [are] families of the Reubenite, and their numbered ones are forty-three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the son of Pallu [is] Eliab; 9 and the sons of Eliab [are] Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram; this [is that] Dathan and Abiram, called ones of the congregation, who have striven against Moses and against Aaron in the congregation of Korah, in their striving against YHWH, 10 and the earth opens her mouth, and swallows them and Korah, in the death of the congregation, in the fire consuming the two hundred and fifty men, and they become a sign; 11 but the sons of Korah did not die. 12 Sons of Simeon by their families: of Nemuel [is] the family of the Nemuelite; of Jamin the family of the Jaminite; of Jachin the family of the Jachinite; 13 of Zerah the family of the Zerahite; of Shaul the family of the Shaulite. 14 These [are] families of the Simeonite—twenty-two thousand and two hundred. 15 Sons of Gad by their families: of Zephon [is] the family of the Zephonite; of Haggi the family of the Haggite; of Shuni the family of the Shunite; 16 of Ozni the family of the Oznite; of Eri the family of the Erite: 17 of Arod the family of the Arodite; of Areli the family of the Arelite. 18 These [are] families of the sons of Gad by their numbered ones—forty thousand and five hundred. 19 Sons of Judah [are] Er and Onan; and Er dies—Onan also—in the land of Canaan. 20 And sons of Judah by their families are: of Shelah the family of the Shelanite; of Perez the family of the Perezite; of Zerah the family of the Zerahite; 21 and sons of Perez are: of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Hamul the family of the Hamulite. 22 These [are] families of Judah by their numbered ones—seventy-six thousand and five hundred. 23 Sons of Issachar by their families: of Tola [is] the family of the Tolaite; of Pua the family of the Punite; 24 of Jashub the family of the Jashubite; of Shimron the family of the Shimronite. 25 These [are] families of Issachar by their numbered ones—sixty-four thousand and three hundred. 26 Sons of Zebulun by their families: of Sered [is] the family of the Sardite; of Elon the family of the Elonite; of Jahleel the family of the Jahleelite. 27 These [are] families of the Zebulunite by their numbered ones—sixty thousand and five hundred. 28 Sons of Joseph by their families [are] Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 Sons of Manasseh: of Machir [is] the family of the Machirite; and Machir has begotten Gilead; of Gilead [is] the family of the Gileadite. 30 These [are] sons of Gilead: of Jeezer [is] the family of the Jeezerite; of Helek the family of the Helekite; 31 and of Asriel the family of the Asrielite; and of Shechem the family of the Shechemite; 32 and of Shemida the family of the Shemidaite; and of Hepher the family of the Hepherite. 33 And Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but [only] daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad [are] Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These [are] families of Manasseh, and their numbered ones [are] fifty-two thousand and seven hundred. 35 These [are] sons of Ephraim by their families: of Shuthelah [is] the family of the Shuthelhite; of Becher the family of the Bachrite; of Tahan the family of the Tahanite. 36 And these [are] sons of Shuthelah: of Eran the family of the Eranite. 37 These [are] families of the sons of Ephraim by their numbered ones—thirty-two thousand and five hundred. These [are] sons of Joseph by their families. 38 Sons of Benjamin by their families: of Bela [is] the family of the Belaite; of Ashbel the family of the Ashbelite; of Ahiram the family of the Ahiramite; 39 of Shupham the family of the Shuphamite; of Hupham the family of the Huphamite. 40 And sons of Bela are Ard and Naaman: [of Ard is] the family of the Ardite; of Naaman the family of the Naamite. 41 These [are] sons of Benjamin by their families, and their numbered ones [are] forty-five thousand and six hundred. 42 These [are] sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham [is] the family of the Shuhamite; these [are] families of Dan by their families; 43 all the families of the Shuhamite by their numbered ones—sixty-four thousand and four hundred. 44 Sons of Asher by their families: of Jimna [is] the family of the Jimnite; of Jesui the family of the Jesuite; of Beriah the family of the Beriite. 45 Of sons of Beriah: of Heber [is] the family of the Heberite; of Malchiel the family of the Malchielite. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher [is] Sarah. 47 These [are] families of the sons of Asher by their numbered ones—fifty-three thousand and four hundred. 48 Sons of Naphtali by their families: of Jahzeel [is] the family of the Jahzeelite; of Guni the family of the Gunite; 49 of Jezer the family of the Jezerite; of Shillem the family of the Shillemite. 50 These [are] families of Naphtali by their families, and their numbered ones [are] forty-five thousand and four hundred. 51 These [are] numbered ones of the sons of Israel—six hundred thousand and one thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, 53 “The land is apportioned to these by inheritance, by the number of names; 54 to the many you increase their inheritance, and to the few you diminish their inheritance; each is given his inheritance according to his numbered ones. 55 Surely the land is apportioned by lot; they inherit by the names of the tribes of their fathers; 56 their inheritance is apportioned according to the lot between many and few.” 57 And these [are] numbered ones of the Levite by their families: of Gershon [is] the family of the Gershonite; of Kohath the family of the Kohathite; of Merari the family of the Merarite. 58 These [are] families of the Levite: the family of the Libnite, the family of the Hebronite, the family of the Mahlite, the family of the Mushite, the family of the Korathite. And Kohath has begotten Amram, 59 and the name of Amram’s wife is Jochebed, daughter of Levi, whom has been born to Levi in Egypt; and she bears to Amram Aaron, and Moses, and their sister Miriam. 60 And born to Aaron [are] Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar; 61 and Nadab dies—Abihu also—in their bringing strange fire near before YHWH. 62 And their numbered ones are twenty-three thousand, every male from a son of a month and upwards, for they have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, because an inheritance has not been given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel. 63 These [are] those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who have numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, [near] Jericho; 64 and among these there has not been a man of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai, 65 for YHWH said of them, “They certainly die in the wilderness”; and there has not been left a man of them, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
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Numbers 26 Literal Standard Version
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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
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
Noah
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
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
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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