Census of the New Generation

Numbers 26

1 z After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest, 2 a "Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war." 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them b in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 4 "Take a census of the people, 1 from twenty years old and upward," as the Lord c commanded Moses. The people of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were:

5 d Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites; 6 of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites. 7 These are the clans of the Reubenites, and those listed were e 43,730. 8 And the sons of Pallu: Eliab. 9 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, f chosen from the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord 10 and g the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and h they became a warning. 11 But i the sons of Korah did not die.

12 The sons of j Simeon according to their clans: of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites; 13 of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites. 14 These are the clans of the Simeonites, k 22,200.

15 The sons of l Gad according to their clans: of Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; of Shuni, the clan of the Shunites; 16 of Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; of Eri, the clan of the Erites; 17 of Arod, the clan of the Arodites; of Areli, the clan of the Arelites. 18 These are the clans of the sons of Gad as they were listed, m 40,500.

19 The sons of n Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the sons of Judah according to their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites. 21 And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites. 22 These are the clans of Judah as they were listed, o 76,500.

23 The sons of p Issachar according to their clans: of Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites; 24 of Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites. 25 These are the clans of Issachar as they were listed, q 64,300.

26 The sons of r Zebulun, according to their clans: of Sered, the clan of the Seredites; of Elon, the clan of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the clans of the Zebulunites as they were listed, s 60,500.

28 The sons of t Joseph according to their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 u The sons of Manasseh: of v Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; w of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; of Helek, the clan of the Helekites; 31 and of Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites; 32 and of Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites. 33 Now x 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 clans of Manasseh, and those listed were y 52,700.

35 These are the sons of Ephraim according to their clans: of Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the clan of the Becherites; of Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites. 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites. 37 These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were listed, z 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to their clans.

38 The sons of a Benjamin according to their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites; 39 of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans, and those listed were b 45,600.

42 These are the sons of c Dan according to their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan according to their clans. 43 All the clans of the Shuhamites, as they were listed, were d 64,400.

44 The sons of e Asher according to their clans: of Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the clan of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. 47 These are the clans of the sons of Asher as they were listed, f 53,400.

48 The sons of g Naphtali according to their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites; 49 of Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites. 50 These are the clans of Naphtali according to their clans, and those listed were h 45,400.

51 This was the list of the people of Israel, i 601,730.

52 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 53 j "Among these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names. 54 k To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance; every tribe shall be given its inheritance in proportion to its list. 55 But the land shall be l divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller."

57 m This was the list of the Levites according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites. 58 These are the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram. 59 The name of Amram's wife was n Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister. 60 o And to Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 p But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord. 62 And those listed were q 23,000, every male from a month old and upward. For r they were not listed among the people of Israel, because s there was no inheritance given to them among the people of Israel.

63 These were those listed by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who listed the people of Israel t in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 64 u But among these there was not one of those listed by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had listed the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the Lord had said of them, v "They shall die in the wilderness." Not one of them was left, w except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 25:9
    Nevertheless, those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 1:2 - 3
    Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.
    Exodus 30:12
    When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.
    Exodus 38:25 - 26
    The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary:
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 26:63
    These were those listed by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who listed the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
    Numbers 22:1
    Then the people of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 1:1
    The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 46:8 - 9
    Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
    Exodus 6:14
    These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben.
    1 Chronicles 5:1 - 3
    The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel ( for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son.
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 1:21
    Those listed of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.
  7. Cross References
    Numbers 1:16
    These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.
    Numbers 16:2
    And they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, 250 chiefs of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men.
  8. Cross References
    Numbers 16:31 - 35
    And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart.
  9. Cross References
    Numbers 16:38
    As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the Lord, and they became holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel.
    1 Corinthians 10:6
    Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did.
    2 Peter 2:6
    If by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 6:24
    The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the clans of the Korahites.
    1 Chronicles 6:22
    The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son.
    Numbers 16:32
    And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 46:10
    The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
    Exodus 6:15
    The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the clans of Simeon.
    1 Chronicles 4:24
    The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul.
  12. Cross References
    Numbers 1:23
    Those listed of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 46:16
    The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
  14. Cross References
    Numbers 1:25
    Those listed of the tribe of Gad were 45,650.
  15. Cross References
    Genesis 46:12
    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
    1 Chronicles 2:3 - 5
    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death.
    Genesis 38:3 - 10
    And she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.
  16. Cross References
    Numbers 1:27
    Those listed of the tribe of Judah were 74,600.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 46:13
    The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron.
    1 Chronicles 7:1
    The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
  18. Cross References
    Numbers 1:29
    Those listed of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.
  19. Cross References
    Genesis 46:14
    The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
  20. Cross References
    Numbers 1:31
    Those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.
  21. Cross References
    Genesis 46:20
    And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him.
  22. Cross References
    Numbers 26:29 - 37
    The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites.
    1 Chronicles 7:14 - 20
    The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
  23. Cross References
    Joshua 17:1
    Then allotment was made to the people of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.
  24. Cross References
    Numbers 36:1
    The heads of the fathers' houses of the clan of the people of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of the people of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the chiefs, the heads of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel.
  25. Cross References
    Numbers 27:1
    Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
    Numbers 36:11
    For Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father's brothers.
    Joshua 17:3
    Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters, and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
  26. Cross References
    Numbers 1:35
    Those listed of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200.
  27. Cross References
    Numbers 1:33
    Those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.
  28. Cross References
    Genesis 46:21
    And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
    1 Chronicles 7:6
    The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three.
    1 Chronicles 8:1 - 5
    Benjamin fathered Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third.
  29. Cross References
    Numbers 1:37
    Those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.
  30. Cross References
    Genesis 46:23
    The sons of Dan: Hushim.
  31. Cross References
    Numbers 1:39
    Those listed of the tribe of Dan were 62,700.
  32. Cross References
    Genesis 46:17
    The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
    1 Chronicles 7:30 - 31
    The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.
  33. Cross References
    Numbers 1:41
    Those listed of the tribe of Asher were 41,500.
  34. Cross References
    Genesis 46:24
    The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
    1 Chronicles 7:13
    The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah.
  35. Cross References
    Numbers 1:43
    Those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400.
  36. Cross References
    Numbers 1:46
    All those listed were 603,550.
  37. Cross References
    Joshua 11:23
    So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war.
    Joshua 14:1 - 2
    These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit.
    Psalms 105:44
    And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil.
  38. Cross References
    Numbers 33:54
    You shall inherit the land by lot according to your clans. To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.
    Numbers 35:8
    And as for the cities that you shall give from the possession of the people of Israel, from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance that it inherits, shall give of its cities to the Levites.
  39. Cross References
    Numbers 33:54
    You shall inherit the land by lot according to your clans. To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.
    Numbers 34:13
    Moses commanded the people of Israel, saying, "This is the land that you shall inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe.
    Joshua 11:23
    So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war.
    Joshua 14:2
    Their inheritance was by lot, just as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.
  40. Cross References
    Genesis 46:11
    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
    Exodus 6:16 - 19
    These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years.
    1 Chronicles 6:1
    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
    1 Chronicles 6:16 - 30
    The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
  41. Cross References
    Exodus 2:1 - 2
    Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman.
    Exodus 2:4
    And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him.
    Exodus 6:20
    Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father's sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years.
  42. Cross References
    Numbers 3:2
    These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
    1 Chronicles 24:1
    The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  43. Cross References
    Numbers 3:4
    But Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father.
    Leviticus 10:1 - 2
    Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them.
    1 Chronicles 24:2
    But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests.
  44. Cross References
    Numbers 3:39
    All those listed among the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron listed at the commandment of the Lord, by clans, all the males from a month old and upward, were 22,000.
  45. Cross References
    Numbers 1:49
    Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel.
  46. Cross References
    Numbers 18:20
    And the Lord said to Aaron, "You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the people of Israel.
  47. Cross References
    Numbers 26:3
    And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying.
    Numbers 22:1
    Then the people of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
  48. Cross References
    Numbers 1:44
    These are those who were listed, whom Moses and Aaron listed with the help of the chiefs of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers' house.
    Deuteronomy 2:14 - 15
    And the time from our leaving Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until the entire generation, that is, the men of war, had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.
  49. Cross References
    Numbers 14:28 - 29
    Say to them, 'As I live, declares the Lord, what you have said in my hearing I will do to you:
    1 Corinthians 10:5
    Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
  50. Cross References
    Numbers 13:6
    From the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
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