Open English Translation NUM Chapter 26

26 After the incident of the plague, Yahweh told Mosheh and Aharon’s son Eleazar the priest,[ref] 2 “Count all the Israeli people again listing all those by their clans who are twenty and over, and capable of going out to battle for Yisrael.” 3 So there in the Moav plains, across the Yarden river opposite Yeriho (Jericho), Mosheh and the priest Eleazar gave these instructions to the people, 4 “Yahweh has ordered us to list the names of the men who came out from Egypt who are twenty years old or older.

5 Reuven was Yisrael’s eldest son, and his descendants came via his sons Hanok, Pallu, 6 Hetsron, and Karmi. 7 Those clans added up to 43,730 men. 8 Pallu’s son was Eliav, 9 and Eliav’s son were Nemuel, Datan, and Aviram. (That was the Datan and Aviram who were the leaders that rebelled[ref] against Mosheh and Aharon when they joined Korah’s rebellion against Yahweh. 10 Then the earth split open and swallowed them and Korah. Yahweh had also sent a fire that consumed 250 men, and they became a warning sign. 11 However, Korah’s descendants hadn’t died then.)

12 Shimeon’s descendants came via his sons Nemuel, Yamin, Yakin, 13 Zerah, and Shaul. 14 Those clans added up to 22,200 men.

15 Gad’s descendants came via his sons Tsefon, Haggit, Shuni, 16 Ozni, Eir, 17 Arod, and Areli. 18 Those clans added up to 40,500 men.

19 Yehudah (Judah) had two sons Er and Onan who died childless in Kenaan. 20 His descendants came via his other sons Shelah, Perets, and Zerah. 21 Perets’s descendants came via his sons Hetsron and Hamul. 22 Those clans added up to 76,500 men.

23 Yissakar’s (Issachar’s) descendants came via his sons Tola, Puah, 24 Yashuv, and Shimron. 25 Those clans added up to 64,300 men.

26 Zevulun’s descendants came via his sons Sered, Eylon, and Yahle’el. 27 Those clans added up to 60,500 men.

28 Yosef’s (Joseph’s) descendants came via his sons Menashsheh (Manasseh) and Efrayim. 29 Menashsheh’s descendants came from his son Makir and then his son Gilead. 30 Gilead’s descendants came via his sons Iezer, Helek, 31 Asriel, Shekem, 32 Shemida, and Hefer. 33 Hefer’s son Tselofehad had no sons—only daughters named Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirtsah. 34 Those clans added up to 52,700 men.

35 Efrayim’s descendants came via his sons Shutelah, Beker, and Tahan, 36 Shutelah’s descendants came via his son Eran. 37 Those clans added up to 32,500 men. These last two totals were all Yosef’s (Joseph’s) descendants.

38 Benyamin’s descendants came via his sons Bela, Ashbel, Ahiram, 39 Shefufam, and Hufam. 40 Bela’s descendants came via his sons Ard and Naaman. 41 Those clans added up to 45,600 men.

42 Dan’s descendants came via his son Shuham. 43 That clan had 64,400 men.

44 Asher’s descendants came via his sons Yimnah, Yishvi, and Beriah. 45 Beriah’s descendants came via his sons Hever and Malkiel. 46 Asher’s daughter was named Serah. 47 Those clans added up to 53,400 men.

48 Naftali’s descendants came via his sons Yahtse’el, Guni, 49 Yetser, and Shillem. 50 Those clans added up to 45,400 men.

51 The total of all those tribes counted came to 601,730 men.[fn]

52 Then Yahweh told Mosheh,[ref] 53 “The land should be allocated to those clans according to the number of their names, to become their inheritance. 54 Those with larger numbers should receive more, and the smaller groups receive less, i.e., each inheritance depends on the number of family members. 55 You must throw lots to determine which clan gets which piece of land. The lands of the clans must be within their tribal lands. 56 Then the size of the area that will become their inheritance must be apportioned according to the census numbers.

57 The listed Levites included the clans from Levi’s sons Gershon, Kohat, and Merari, 58 which were the Livnites, the Hevronites, the Mahlites, the Mushites, and the Korahites. Also, Korah fathered Amram 59 whose wife was Levi’s daughter Yokeved who’d been born in Egypt. They had two sons Aharon (Aaron) and Mosheh (Moses), and their older sister Miryam (Miriam). 60 Aharon’s sons were Nadav, Avihu, Eleazar, and Itamar,[ref] 61 but Nadav and Avihu had died when they’d offered Yahweh fire in a disobedient manner.[ref] 62 The male Levites who were a month old or older came to 23,000, but they weren’t included in the above nation-wide count because they didn’t inherit land in the same way as other tribes.

63 Those were the census results from when Mosheh and the priest Eleazar counted the Israelis on the Moav plains on the east side of the Yarden river opposite Yeriho (Jericho). 64 None of the men on those lists were on the previous lists done by Mosheh and the priest Aharon when they’d counted the Israelis in the Sinai wilderness, 65 because Yahweh had told them that they’d certainly die there in the wilderness until none of those alive were left other than Yefunneh’s son Kalev (Caleb) and Nun’s son Yehoshua (Joshua).