Chapter 26
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The LORD said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
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"Take the head of all the witness of the sons of Israel from a son of twenty years and upward, to the house of their fathers, all going out heavenly host in Israel."
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Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying:
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From twenty years old and upward, just as the LORD commanded Moses and the Israelites, those who came out from the land of Egypt.
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Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: the sons of Reuben; Enoch, the family of the Enochites; Pallu, the family of the Palluites.
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to Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; to Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
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These are the clans of the Reubenites, and their number was forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.
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The sons of Pallu: Eliab.
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And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These—Dathan and Abiram, the chosen ones of the assembly, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the assembly of Korah when they kindled against the LORD.
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And the land opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah in the deaths of the assembly in the eating of the fire—two hundred fifty men—and they became a sign.
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And the sons of Korah did not die.
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The sons of Simeon by their clans: Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites.
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to Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; to Saul, the clan of the Sauls.
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These are the families of the Simeonites: twenty-two thousand two hundred.
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The sons of Gad by their clans: of Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; of Shuni, the clan of the Shunites.
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to the Azni, the clan of the Azni; to the Ari, the clan of the Ari.
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to Arod, the clan of the Arodites; to Areli, the clan of the Arelites.
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These are the families of the sons of Gad according to their number: forty thousand five hundred.
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The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. And Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
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The sons of Judah according to their clans: for Shelah, the clan of the Shelahites; for Perez, the clan of the Perezites; for Zerah, the clan of the Zarhites.
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The sons of Perez were Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites.
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These are the families of Judah according to their visitations: seventy-six thousand five hundred.
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The clans of Issachar: Tola, the clan of the Tolaite; Puvah, the clan of the Puvite.
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to Jishub, the clan of the Jishubites; to Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites.
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These are the families of Issachar according to their clans: sixty-four thousand three hundred.
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The sons of Zebulun, by their clans: Sered, the clan of the Seredites; Elon, the clan of the Elonites; Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites.
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These are the clans of Zebulun by their censuses: sixty thousand five hundred.
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The sons of Joseph, by their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim.
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Beni Manasseh: for Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir fathered Et-Gilead; for Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
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These are the sons of Gilead: Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; Helek, the family of the Helekites.
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And Ashriel, the family of the Ashrielites, and Shechem, the family of the Shechemites.
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And Shmid'a, the family of the Shmid'ites, and Chfer, the family of the Chferites.
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And Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
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These are the clans of Manasseh, and their oversight/appointment was twenty thousand seven hundred and fifty.
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These are the sons of Ephraim by their clans: the Shotalchite clan of Shotalach, the Bachrite clan of Bacher, the Tahanite clan of Tahan.
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These are the sons of Shutalch: for Eran, the family of the Arni.
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These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim according to their being mustered: thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph according to their clans.
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Benjamin's sons, by their clans: Bela, the clan of the Belaites; Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites.
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to Shuppim, the clan of the Shuppites; to Huppim, the clan of the Huppites.
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The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: the family of the Ardites and the family of the Naamites.
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These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans, and their oversight numbered forty-five thousand six hundred.
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These are the sons of Dan by their families: of Hushim, the family of the Hushimites. These are the families of Dan by their families.
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All the families of the Shuchami, according to their visitation: sixty-four thousand four hundred.
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Sons of Asher, by their clans: of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriahites.
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to the sons of Barzillai, the family of the Haberite; to Malkiel, the family of the Malkielite.
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And the daughter of Asher was named Serah.
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These are the families of the sons of Asher; their number was fifty-three thousand four hundred.
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Of the children of Naphtali, by their clans: the clan of Jahzeel, the Jahzeelites; the clan of Guni, the Gunites.
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to Yitser, the clan of the Yitsri; to Shelom, the clan of the Shelomi.
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These are the families of Naphtali according to their families, and their number was forty-five thousand four hundred.
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These are the musterings of the sons of Israel: six hundred thousand seven hundred and thirty.
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying.
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To these you shall divide the land as an inheritance according to the number of the names.
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To the many you shall multiply his inheritance, and to the few you shall diminish his inheritance; each man according to those numbered of him shall give his inheritance.
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Only by lot will he divide the land for the names of the tribes of their fathers; they will inherit.
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According to the lot, his inheritance will be divided between many and few.
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And these are the families of the Levites according to their families: for Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; for Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; for Merari, the family of the Merarites.
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These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnite, the family of the Hebronite, the family of the Mahlite, the family of the Mushite, the family of the Korahite. And Kohath bore Amram.
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And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who bore her to Levi in Egypt. And she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam to Amram.
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Aaron had sons: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
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Nadab and Abihu died when they presented foreign fire before the LORD.
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Their number was twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel, because he did not give them an inheritance among the sons of Israel.
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These are the censuses of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who took the census of the sons of Israel on the plains of Moab at the Jordan of Jericho.
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And among these there was not a man of those mustered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had mustered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
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for the LORD had said to them, "They shall die in the wilderness," and not a man remained from them except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.