Chapter 26
1 that HaShem spoke unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of
Aaron the priest, saying:
2 'Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of
Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all that are
able to go forth to war in Israel.'
3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the
plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying:
4 'Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and
upward, as HaShem commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth
out of the land of Egypt.'
5 Reuben, the first-born 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 they that
were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and
thirty.
8 And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.
9 And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram.
These are that Dathan and Abiram, the elect of the congregation, who strove
against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove
against HaShem;
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.
11 Notwithstanding the sons of Korah died not.
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 and 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 that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
19 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in
the land of Canaan.
20 And 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 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 that
were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen 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 that
were numbered of them, threescore and 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 that were numbered of them, threescore 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 begot 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 of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of
Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
32 and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of
Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
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.
34 These are the families of Manasseh; and they that were
numbered of them were fifty and 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 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 that were numbered of them, thirty and 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 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman; of Ard, the
family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
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.
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
that were numbered of them, were threescore and 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 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 that were numbered of them, fifty and 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 they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and
four hundred.
51 These are they that were numbered of the children of
Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
52 And HaShem spoke unto Moses, saying:
53 'Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance
according to the number of names.
54 To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to
the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance; to each one according to those
that were numbered of it shall its 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 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.
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, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begot Amram.
59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of
Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore unto Amram Aaron and Moses,
and Miriam their sister.
60 And unto Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and
Ithamar.
61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire
before HaShem.
62 And they that were numbered of them were twenty and three
thousand, every male 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.
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 the Jordan
at Jericho.
64 But among these there was not a man of them that were
numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in
the wilderness of Sinai.
65 For HaShem 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.
Sources: Portions copyright © 1997 by Benyamin Pilant, All Rights Reserved
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