And it came to pass after the plague, that the compassions of the heavens were turned to avenge His people with judgment. And the Lord spake to Mosheh and Elazar bar Aharon the priest, saying:
Take the sum of the account of the whole congregation of the Beni Israel, from twenty years old and upward, according to the house of their fathers, of every one who goeth forth with the host in Israel.
And Mosheh and Elazar the priest spake with the leaders, and commanded that they should number them in the plain of Moab, by the Jordan (over against) Jericho, saying
(You are to number them) from a son of twenty years and upward, as the Lord commanded Mosheh and the sons of Israel when they came out of the land of Mizraim.
Reuben, the first-born of Israel: the sons of Reuben, Hanok, the family of Hanok; of Phallu, the family of Phallu;
of Hezron, the family of Hezron; of Karmi, the family of Karmi.
These are the families of Reuben, and their numbers were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.
And the sons of Phallu Eliab;
the sons of Eliab, Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. The same were Dathan and Abiram who brought together the congregation that gathered and made the division against Mosheh and Aharon in the congregation of Korach, when they gathered together and made division against the Lord,
and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and Korach, when the congrergation of the wicked died, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty men, and they were made an example.
But the sons of Korach were not in the counsel of their father, but followed the doctrine of Mosheh the prophet; and therefore they died not by the plague, nor were smitten by the fire, nor engulphed in the yawning of the earth.
The Beni Shemeon with their families, of Nemuel, the family of Nemuel; of Jamin, the family of Jamin; of Jakin, the family of Jakin.
Of Zerach, the family of Zerach; of Shaul, the family of Shaul.
These are the families of Shemeon, twenty-two thousand two hundred.
Of Gad, with the families, of Zephon, the family of of Zephon; of Haggi, the family of Haggi; of Suni, the family of Suni.
Of Ozni, the family of Ozni; of Heri, the family of Heri.
Of Arod, the family of Arod; of Areli, the family of Areli.
These are the families of Gad, and their numbers were forty thousand five hundred.
Of Jehudah, Her and Onan. But Her and Onan died, on account of their sins, in the land of Kenaan.
Of the Beni Jehudah with their families, of Shela, the family of Shela; of Pherez, the family of Pherez; of Zerach, the family of Zerach.
The sons of Pherez, of Hezron, the family of Hezron; of Amul the family of Amul.
The numbers of the families of Jehudah, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
Of Issakar, with their families, of Thola, the family of Thola; of Puah, the family of Puah.
Of Jashub, the family of Jashub; of Shimron, the family of Shimron.
The numbers of the families of Issakar, sixty-four thousand three hundred.
Of Zebulon, with their families, of Sered, the family of Sered; of Elon, the family of Elon; of Jahleel, the family of Jahleel.
The numbers of the families of Zebulon, sixty thousand five hundred.
Of Joseph, with their families, Menasheh and Ephraim;
the Beni Menasheh, of Makir, the family of Makir, and Makir begat Gilead; of Gilead, the family of Gilead.
These are the sons of Gilead, of Thezar, the family of Theazar; of Helek, the family of Helek.
Of Asriel, the family of Asriel; of Shekem, the family of Shekem.
Of Shemida, the family of Shemida; of Hepher, the family of Hepher.
But Zelophehad bar Hepher had no sons, but daughters only; and the names of the daughters of Zelophebad were, Mahelah, Nohah, Hogelah, Milchah, and Thirzah.
These are the families of Menasheh, and their number fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
The Beni Ephraim by their numbers, of Shuthelah, the family of Shutelah; of Bekir, the family of Bekir; of Tachan, the family of Tachan.
The sons of Shuthelah, of Heran, the family of Heran.
These are the families of Ephraim, and their numbers thirty-two thousand five hundred, these are the families of Joseph.
The families of Benjamin with their families, of Bela, the family of Bela; of Ashbel, the family of Ashbel; of Ahiram, the family of Ahiram.
Of Shephuphia, the family of Shephuphia; of Hupham, the family of Hupham.
The sons of Bela, Ared and Naaman; the family of Ared; of Naaman, the family of Naaman.
These are the Beni Benjamin with their families, and their number forty-five thousand six hundred.
The Beni Dan, with their families, of Shuham, the family of Shuham; These are the families of Beni Dan.
The whole family of Shuham, their number sixty-four thousand four hundred.
Those of Asher with their families, of Jimnah, the family of Jimnah; of Jishvah, the family of Jishvah; of Beriah, the family of Beriah.
and of the sons of Beriah, of Heber the family of Heber; of Malkiel, the family of Malkiel.
The name of the daughter of Asher was Sarach, who was conducted by six myriads of angels, and taken into the Garden of Eden alive, because she had made known to Jacob that Joseph was living.
These are the families of Asher, their numbers fifty three thousand four hundred.
The Beni Naphtali, according to their families, of Jaczeel, the family of Jaczeel; of Guni, the family of Guni.
Of Jezer, the family of Jezer; of Shillem, the family of Shillem.
The Beni Naphtali, according to their families, and their number forty-five thousand four hundred.
These are the numbers of the sons of Israel, six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.
And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying:
Unto these tribes shall the land be divided by inheritances according to their names.
To that tribe whose people are many thou shalt make their inheritance large, and to the tribe whose people are few thou shalt give a smaller inheritance; to each his heritage shall be given according to the number of his names.
Yet the land shall be divided by lots; according to the names of their fathers tribes they shall inherit.
Their heritage shall be divided by lots, whether great or small.
But these are the names of the Levites after their families, the families of Gershon, Kehath, Merari. _
These are the families of the Levites: the family of Lebni, Hebron, Maheli, Mushi, Korach. And Kehath begat Amram;
and the name of Amram's wife was Jokebed, a daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi when they had come into Mizraim, within the walls; and she bare to Amram Aharon, and Mushe, and Miriam their sister.
And to Aharon were born Nadab and Abihu, Elazar and Ithamar.
But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered the strange fire from the hearth-pots before the Lord.
And the number of them (the Levites) was twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old, and upward; for they were not reckoned among the children of Israel, as no possession was given them among the sons of Israel.
These are the numbers when Mosheh and Elazar the priest numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, (over against) Jericho.
And among them was not a man of the numbers when Mosheh and Aharon the priest took the sum of the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai,
because the Lord had said that dying they should die in the wilderness; and none of them remained except Kaleb bar Jephunneh, and Jehoshua bar Nun.