Census of the New Generation

Numbers 26

1 And it came to pass, after the a plague, that the LORD spoke to Moses and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying: 2 b "Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel c 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 d in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying: 4 "Take a census of the people from twenty years old and above, just as the LORD e commanded Moses and the children of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt."

5 f 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, g representatives of the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the LORD; 10 h 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; i and they became a sign. 11 Nevertheless j the children of Korah did not die.

12 The sons of Simeon according to their families were: of 1 Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of 2 Jachin, the family of the Jachinites; 13 of 3 Zerah, 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 4 Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites; 16 of 5 Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; 17 of 6 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 who were numbered of them: forty thousand five hundred.

19 k The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And l 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 7 Puah, the family of the 8 Punites; 24 of 9 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 m 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 n The sons of Joseph according to their families, by Manasseh and Ephraim, were: 29 The sons of o Manasseh: of p 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 10 Jeezer, 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 q 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 11 Becher, 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 r The sons of Benjamin according to their families were: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of s Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; 39 of t Shupham, 12 the family of the Shuphamites; of 13 Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were 14 Ard and Naaman: u 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 15 Shuham, 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, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.

44 v 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 w The sons of Naphtali according to their families were: of 16 Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; 49 of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of x Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.

51 y 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 z "To these the land shall be a divided as an inheritance, according to the number of names. 54 b "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 c 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 d 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 e 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 f To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 And g Nadab and Abihu died when they offered profane fire before the LORD. 62 h Now those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above; i for they were not numbered among the other children of Israel, because there was j 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 k in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. 64 l 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 m Wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had said of them, "They n shall surely die in the wilderness." So there was not left a man of them, o except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 25:9
    And those who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 30:12
    When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD, when you number them, that there may be no plague among them when you number them.
    Exodus 38:25
    And the silver from those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:
    Exodus 38:26
    A bekah for each man ( that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone included in the numbering from twenty years old and above, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.
    Numbers 1:2
    Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male individually.
    Numbers 14:29
    The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above.
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 1:3
    From twenty years old and above - all who are able to go to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 22:1
    Then the children of Israel moved, and camped in the plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan across from Jericho.
    Numbers 31:12
    Then they brought the captives, the booty, and the spoil to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
    Numbers 33:48
    They departed from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
    Numbers 35:1
    And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying:
  5. Cross References
    Numbers 1:1
    Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle 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:
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 46:8
    Now these were the names of the children of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben was Jacob's firstborn.
    Exodus 6:14
    These are the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.
    1 Chronicles 5:1 - 3
    Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel - he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright.
  7. Cross References
    Numbers 1:16
    These were chosen from the congregation, leaders of their fathers' tribes, heads of the divisions in Israel.
    Numbers 16:1
    Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men.
    Numbers 16:2
    And they rose up before Moses with some of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, representatives of the congregation, men of renown.
  8. Cross References
    Numbers 16:32 - 35
    And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men with Korah, with all their goods.
  9. Cross References
    Numbers 16:38 - 40
    "The censers of these men who sinned against their own souls, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar. Because they presented them before the LORD, therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel."
    1 Corinthians 10:6
    Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.
    2 Peter 2:6
    And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 6:24
    And the sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites.
    1 Chronicles 6:22
    The sons of Kohath were Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son.
    1 Chronicles 6:23
    Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 38:2
    And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and went in to her.
    Genesis 46:12
    The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
  12. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 2:3
    The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so He killed him.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 46:14
    The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 46:20
    And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of PotiPherah' priest of On, bore to him.
    Deuteronomy 33:16
    With the precious things of the earth and its fullness, And the favor of Him who dwelt in the bush. Let the blessing come 'on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
  15. Cross References
    Joshua 17:1
    There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph: namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war; therefore he was given Gilead and Bashan.
  16. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 7:14
    The descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead, the father of Asriel.
    1 Chronicles 7:15
    Machir took as his wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose name was Maachah. The name of Gilead's grandson was Zelophehad, but Zelophehad begot only daughters.
  17. Cross References
    Numbers 27:1
    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.
    Numbers 36:11
    For Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to the sons of their father's brothers.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 46:21
    The sons of Benjamin were Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
    1 Chronicles 7:6
    The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Becher, and Jediael - three in all.
  19. Cross References
    Genesis 46:21
    The sons of Benjamin were Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
    1 Chronicles 8:1
    Now Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third.
    1 Chronicles 8:2
    Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
  20. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 7:12
    Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, and Hushim was the son of Aher.
  21. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 8:3
    The sons of Bela were Addar, Gera, Abihud.
  22. Cross References
    Genesis 46:17
    The sons of Asher were Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah, and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel.
    1 Chronicles 7:30
    The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.
  23. Cross References
    Genesis 46:24
    The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
    1 Chronicles 7:13
    The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
  24. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 7:13
    The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
  25. Cross References
    Exodus 12:37
    Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children.
    Exodus 38:26
    A bekah for each man ( that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone included in the numbering from twenty years old and above, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.
    Numbers 1:46
    All who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
    Numbers 11:21
    And Moses said, "The people whom I am among are six hundred thousand men on foot; yet You have said, 'I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.
  26. Cross References
    Joshua 11:23
    So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land rested from war.
    Joshua 14:1
    These are the areas which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed as an inheritance to them.
  27. Cross References
    Numbers 33:54
    And you shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance; there everyone's inheritance shall be whatever falls to him by lot. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.
  28. Cross References
    Numbers 33:54
    And you shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance; there everyone's inheritance shall be whatever falls to him by lot. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.
  29. Cross References
    Numbers 33:54
    And you shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance; there everyone's inheritance shall be whatever falls to him by lot. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.
    Numbers 34:13
    Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: "This is the land which 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 said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land rested from war.
    Joshua 14:2
    Their inheritance was by lot, as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.
  30. Cross References
    Genesis 46:11
    The sons of Levi were 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. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.
    Numbers 3:15
    "Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families; you shall number every male from a month old and above."
    1 Chronicles 6:1
    The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
    1 Chronicles 6:16
    The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  31. Cross References
    Exodus 2:1
    And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi.
    Exodus 2:2
    So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months.
    Exodus 6:20
    Now Amram took for himself Jochebed, his father's sister, as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven.
  32. Cross References
    Numbers 3:2
    And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  33. Cross References
    Leviticus 10:1
    Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them.
    Leviticus 10:2
    So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
    Numbers 3:3
    These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.
    Numbers 3:4
    Nadab and Abihu had died before the LORD when they offered profane fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the presence of Aaron their father.
    1 Chronicles 24:2
    And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests.
  34. Cross References
    Numbers 3:39
    All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and above, were twenty-two thousand.
  35. Cross References
    Numbers 1:49
    Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel.
  36. Cross References
    Numbers 18:20
    Then the LORD said to Aaron: "You shall have no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
    Numbers 18:23
    But the Levites shall perform the work of the tabernacle of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a statute forever, throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
    Numbers 18:24
    "For the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer up as a heave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I have said to them, 'Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.'"
  37. Cross References
    Numbers 26:3
    So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying:
  38. Cross References
    Numbers 14:29 - 35
    The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above.
    Deuteronomy 2:14 - 16
    And the time we took to come from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed over the Valley of the Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp, just as the LORD had sworn to them.
    Hebrews 3:17
    Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?
  39. Cross References
    Numbers 1:1 - 46
    Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle 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:
  40. Cross References
    Numbers 14:26 - 35
    And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying.
    1 Corinthians 10:5
    But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
    1 Corinthians 10:6
    Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.
  41. Cross References
    Numbers 14:30
    Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.
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