1 After the plague, the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 “Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go out to war in Israel.” 3 Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 4 “Take a census, from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel.” These are those who came out of the land of Egypt. 5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: 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; and those who were counted of them were forty-three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 The son of Pallu: Eliab. 9 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram who were called by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah when they rebelled against the LORD; 10 and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died; at the time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign. 11 Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn’t die. 12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites; 13 of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand and two hundred. 15 The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites; 16 of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; 17 of 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 counted of them, forty thousand and five hundred. 19 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. 21 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 counted of them, seventy-six thousand and five hundred. 23 The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites; 24 of 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 counted of them, sixty-four thousand and three hundred. 26 The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; 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 counted of them, sixty thousand and five hundred. 28 The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; 31 and Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; 32 and Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33 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. Those who were counted of them were fifty-two thousand and seven hundred. 35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36 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 counted of them, thirty-two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. 38 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; 39 of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40 The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: the family of the Ardites; and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those who were counted of them were forty-five thousand and six hundred. 42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were counted of them, were sixty-four thousand and four hundred. 44 The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Berites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were counted of them, fifty-three thousand and four hundred. 48 The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; 49 of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were counted of them were forty-five thousand and four hundred. 51 These are those who were counted of the children of Israel, six hundred and one thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 52 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 53 “To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance. To everyone according to those who were counted of him shall his inheritance be given. 55 Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.” 57 These are those who were counted of the Levites after 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 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 became the father of Amram. 59 The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD. 62 Those who were counted of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not counted amongst the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them amongst the children of Israel. 63 These are those who were counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 64 But amongst these there was not a man of them who were counted by Moses and Aaron the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” There was not a man left of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
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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
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
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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