Numbers 26-27New King James Version (NKJV)
The Second Census of Israel
26 And it came to pass, after the plague, that
the Lord spoke to Moses and 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 above, by their fathers’
houses, all who are able to go to war in Israel.” 3 So
Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the
Jordan, across fromJericho, saying: 4 “Take
a census of the people from twenty years old and above, just as
the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel who came out of
the land of Egypt.”
5 Reuben was the
firstborn of Israel. The children of Reuben were: 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: those who were numbered of them were forty-three
thousand seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the son of
Pallu was Eliab. 9 The sons of
Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the
Dathan and Abiram, representatives of the congregation, who contended against Moses
and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against
the Lord; 10 and the earth opened its mouth
and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, when the fire
devoured two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign. 11 Nevertheless
the children of Korah did not die.
12 The sons of Simeon according to
their families were: of Nemuel,[a] the family of the
Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin,[b] the family of the
Jachinites; 13 of Zerah,[c] the family of the
Zarhites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the
families of the Simeonites: twenty-two thousand two hundred.
15 The sons of Gad according to their
families were: of Zephon,[d] the family of the
Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni,
the family of the Shunites; 16 of Ozni,[e] the family of the
Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; 17 ofArod,[f] 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 numbered of them: forty
thousand five hundred.
19 The sons of Judah were Er
and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And
the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah,
the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the
Parzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And
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 numbered of them: seventy-six
thousand five hundred.
23 The sons of Issachar according to
their families were: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of
Puah,[g] the family of the
Punites;[h] 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 numbered of them: sixty-four
thousand three hundred.
26 The sons of Zebulun according to
their families were: of Sered, the family of the Sardites; 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 numbered of them: sixty
thousand five hundred.
28 The sons of Joseph according to
their families, by Manasseh and Ephraim, were: 29 The
sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot
Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the
sons of Gilead: of Jeezer,[i] the family of the
Jeezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; 31 of Asriel,
the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the family of the
Shechemites; 32 of Shemida, the family
of the Shemidaites; of Hepher, the family of the
Hepherites. 33 Now 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; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two
thousand seven hundred.
35 These are the
sons of Ephraim according to their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the
Shuthalhites; of Becher,[j] the family of the
Bachrites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36 And
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 numbered of them:
thirty-two thousand five hundred.
These are the sons of Joseph according to
their families.
38 The sons of Benjamin according to
their families were: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family
of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; 39 of
Shupham,[k] the family of the
Shuphamites; of Hupham,[l] the family of the
Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard[m] and Naaman: of
Ard,the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 41 These are the
sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of
them were forty-five thousand six hundred.
42 These are the
sons of Dan according to their families: of Shuham,[n] the family of the
Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according to their
families. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites,
according to those who were numbered of them, weresixty-four
thousand four hundred.
44 The sons of Asher according to
their families were: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites; of
Jesui, the family of the Jesuites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.45 Of
the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the
family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the
daughter of Asher was Serah.47 These are the
families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them:
fifty-three thousand four hundred.
48 The sons of Naphtali according to
their families were: of Jahzeel,[o] 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 numbered
of them wereforty-five thousand four hundred.
51 These are those
who were numbered of the children of Israel: six hundred and one thousand seven
hundred and thirty.
52 Then the Lord spoke to
Moses, saying: 53 “To these the land shall be
divided as an inheritance, according to the number of names. 54 To
a large tribe you shall give a larger inheritance, and to a
small tribe you shall give a smaller inheritance. Each shall
be given its inheritance according to those who were numbered of them.55 But
the land shall be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of
the tribes of their fathers. 56 According to the
lot their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller.”
57 And these are those
who were numbered of the Levites according to 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 the Levites: 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 Korathites. And Kohath begot Amram. 59 The
name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who
was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their
sister Miriam. 60 To Aaron were born Nadab and
Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu
died when they offered profane fire before the Lord.
62 Now those who were numbered of
them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above; for
they were not numbered among the other children of Israel, because there was no
inheritance given to them among the children of Israel.
63 These are those
who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of
Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across fromJericho. 64 But
among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron
the priest when they numbered the children of Israel in the Wilderness of
Sinai. 65 For the Lord had said of them,
“They shall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man of them,
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
Inheritance Laws
27 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad the son
of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the
families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these were the
names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And
they stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and
all the congregation, by the doorway of the tabernacle of
meeting, saying: 3 “Our father died in the
wilderness; but he was not in the company of those who gathered together
against the Lord, in company with Korah, but he died in his own sin; and
he had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father
be removed from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession
among our father’s brothers.”
5 So Moses brought their case before
the Lord.
6 And the Lord spoke to
Moses, saying: 7 “The daughters of Zelophehad
speak what is right; you shall surely give them a possession
of inheritance among their father’s brothers, and cause the inheritance of
their father to pass to them. 8 And you shall speak
to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you
shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter. 9 If
he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. 10 If
he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s
brothers. 11 And if his father has no brothers,
then you shall give his inheritance to the relative closest to him in his
family, and he shall possess it.’” And it shall be to the children of Israel a
statute of judgment, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
Joshua the Next Leader of Israel
12 Now the Lord said to
Moses: “Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to
the children of Israel. 13 And when you have seen
it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was
gathered. 14 For in the Wilderness of Zin, during
the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to hallow Me at
the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of
Meribah, at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.)
15 Then Moses spoke to the Lord,
saying: 16 “Let the Lord, the God of the
spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17 who
may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring
them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be like sheep
which have no shepherd.”
18 And the Lord said to
Moses: “Take Joshua the son of Nun with you, a man in whom is the
Spirit, and lay your hand on him; 19 set him before
Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and inaugurate him in their
sight. 20 And you shall give some of
your authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may
be obedient. 21 He shall stand before Eleazar the
priest, who shall inquire before the Lord for him by the judgment of
the Urim. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he
and all the children of Israel with him—all the congregation.”
22 So Moses did as
the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the
priest and before all the congregation. 23 And he
laid his hands on him and inaugurated him, just as the Lord commanded
by the hand of Moses.
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