I. The Reorganization of Israel............................. 26:1-27:23
Num 26:1
And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,Num 26:2
Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.Num 26:3
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,Num 26:4
Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.Num 26:5
Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:Num 26:6
Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.Num 26:7
These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.Num 26:8
And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.Num 26:9
And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:Num 26:10
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.Num 26:11
Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.Num 26:12
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:Num 26:13
Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.Num 26:14
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.Num 26:15
The children 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:Num 26:16
Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:Num 26:17
Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.Num 26:18
These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.Num 26:19
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.Num 26:20
And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.Num 26:21
And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.Num 26:22
These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.Num 26:23
Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:Num 26:24
Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.Num 26:25
These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.Num 26:26
Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.Num 26:27
These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.Num 26:28
The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.Num 26:29
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.Num 26:30
These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:Num 26:31
And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:Num 26:32
And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.Num 26:33
And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.Num 26:34
These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.Num 26:35
These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.Num 26:36
And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.Num 26:37
These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.Num 26:38
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:Num 26:39
Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.Num 26:40
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.Num 26:41
These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.Num 26:42
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.Num 26:43
All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.Num 26:44
Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.Num 26:45
Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.Num 26:46
And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.Num 26:47
These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.Num 26:48
Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:Num 26:49
Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.Num 26:50
These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.Num 26:51
These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.Num 26:52
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Num 26:53
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.Num 26:54
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.Num 26:55
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.Num 26:56
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.Num 26:57
And these are they that were numbered 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.Num 26:58
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, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.Num 26:59
And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.Num 26:60
And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.Num 26:61
And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.Num 26:62
And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.Num 26:63
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.Num 26:64
But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.Num 26:65
For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.Num 27:1
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.Num 27:2
And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,Num 27:3
Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.Num 27:4
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.Num 27:5
And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.Num 27:6
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Num 27:7
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.Num 27:8
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.Num 27:9
And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.Num 27:10
And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.Num 27:11
And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.Num 27:12
And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.Num 27:13
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.Num 27:14
For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.Num 27:15
And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,Num 27:16
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,Num 27:17
Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.Num 27:18
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;Num 27:19
And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.Num 27:20
And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.Num 27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.Num 27:22
And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:Num 27:23
And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.