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Census of the New Generation
After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest,
After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest,
“From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their families. List all the men twenty years old or older who are able to go to war.”
“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.”
So there on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued these instructions to the leaders of Israel:
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
“List all the men of Israel twenty years old and older, just as the LORD commanded Moses.”
This is the record of all the descendants of Israel who came out of Egypt.
This is the record of all the descendants of Israel who came out of Egypt.
Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites;
The Hezronite clan, named after their ancestor Hezron.
The Carmite clan, named after their ancestor Carmi.
The Carmite clan, named after their ancestor Carmi.
of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites.
These were the clans of Reuben. Their registered troops numbered 43,730.
These are the clans of the Reubenites, and those listed were 43,730.
and Eliab was the father of Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. This Dathan and Abiram are the same community leaders who conspired with Korah against Moses and Aaron, rebelling against the LORD.
The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, chosen from the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord
But the earth opened up its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, and fire devoured 250 of their followers. This served as a warning to the entire nation of Israel.
and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they became a warning.
The sons of 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;
of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites.
These were the clans of Simeon. Their registered troops numbered 22,200.
These are the clans of the Simeonites, 22,200.
The Tribe of Gad
These were the clans descended from the sons of Gad:
The Zephonite clan, named after their ancestor Zephon.
The Haggite clan, named after their ancestor Haggi.
The Shunite clan, named after their ancestor Shuni.
The sons of 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;
The Oznite clan, named after their ancestor Ozni.
The Erite clan, named after their ancestor Eri.
The Erite clan, named after their ancestor Eri.
of Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; of Eri, the clan of the Erites;
of Arod, the clan of the Arodites; of Areli, the clan of the Arelites.
These were the clans of Gad. Their registered troops numbered 40,500.
These are the clans of the sons of Gad as they were listed, 40,500.
The Tribe of Judah
Judah had two sons, Er and Onan, who had died in the land of Canaan.
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
These were the clans descended from Judah’s surviving sons:
The Shelanite clan, named after their ancestor Shelah.
The Perezite clan, named after their ancestor Perez.
The Zerahite clan, named after their ancestor Zerah.
The Shelanite clan, named after their ancestor Shelah.
The Perezite clan, named after their ancestor Perez.
The Zerahite clan, named after their ancestor Zerah.
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.
These were the subclans descended from the Perezites:
The Hezronites, named after their ancestor Hezron.
The Hamulites, named after their ancestor Hamul.
The Hezronites, named after their ancestor Hezron.
The Hamulites, named after their ancestor Hamul.
And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites.
These were the clans of Judah. Their registered troops numbered 76,500.
These are the clans of Judah as they were listed, 76,500.
The sons of Issachar according to their clans: of Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites;
The Jashubite clan, named after their ancestor Jashub.
The Shimronite clan, named after their ancestor Shimron.
The Shimronite clan, named after their ancestor Shimron.
of Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites.
These were the clans of Issachar. Their registered troops numbered 64,300.
These are the clans of Issachar as they were listed, 64,300.
The Tribe of Zebulun
These were the clans descended from the sons of Zebulun:
The Seredite clan, named after their ancestor Sered.
The Elonite clan, named after their ancestor Elon.
The Jahleelite clan, named after their ancestor Jahleel.
The sons of 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.
These were the clans of Zebulun. Their registered troops numbered 60,500.
These are the clans of the Zebulunites as they were listed, 60,500.
The Tribe of Manasseh
Two clans were descended from Joseph through Manasseh and Ephraim.
The sons of Joseph according to their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim.
These were the clans descended from Manasseh:
The Makirite clan, named after their ancestor Makir.
The Gileadite clan, named after their ancestor Gilead, Makir’s son.
The Makirite clan, named after their ancestor Makir.
The Gileadite clan, named after their ancestor Gilead, Makir’s son.
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.
These were the subclans descended from the Gileadites:
The Iezerites, named after their ancestor Iezer.
The Helekites, named after their ancestor Helek.
The Iezerites, named after their ancestor Iezer.
The Helekites, named after their ancestor Helek.
These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; of Helek, the clan of the Helekites;
The Asrielites, named after their ancestor Asriel.
The Shechemites, named after their ancestor Shechem.
The Shechemites, named after their ancestor Shechem.
and of Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites;
The Shemidaites, named after their ancestor Shemida.
The Hepherites, named after their ancestor Hepher.
The Hepherites, named after their ancestor Hepher.
and of Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites.
(One of Hepher’s descendants, Zelophehad, had no sons, but his daughters’ names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.)
Now 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.
These were the clans of Manasseh. Their registered troops numbered 52,700.
These are the clans of Manasseh, and those listed were 52,700.
The Tribe of Ephraim
These were the clans descended from the sons of Ephraim:
The Shuthelahite clan, named after their ancestor Shuthelah.
The Bekerite clan, named after their ancestor Beker.
The Tahanite clan, named after their ancestor Tahan.
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.
This was the subclan descended from the Shuthelahites:
The Eranites, named after their ancestor Eran.
The Eranites, named after their ancestor Eran.
And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites.
These were the clans of Ephraim. Their registered troops numbered 32,500.
These clans of Manasseh and Ephraim were all descendants of Joseph.
These clans of Manasseh and Ephraim were all descendants of Joseph.
These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were listed, 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to their clans.
The Tribe of Benjamin
These were the clans descended from the sons of Benjamin:
The Belaite clan, named after their ancestor Bela.
The Ashbelite clan, named after their ancestor Ashbel.
The Ahiramite clan, named after their ancestor Ahiram.
The sons of 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;
of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites.
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites.
These were the clans of Benjamin. Their registered troops numbered 45,600.
These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans, and those listed were 45,600.
The Tribe of Dan
These were the clans descended from the sons of Dan:
The Shuhamite clan, named after their ancestor Shuham.
These are the sons of Dan according to their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan according to their clans.
These were the Shuhamite clans of Dan. Their registered troops numbered 64,400.
All the clans of the Shuhamites, as they were listed, were 64,400.
The Tribe of Asher
These were the clans descended from the sons of Asher:
The Imnite clan, named after their ancestor Imnah.
The Ishvite clan, named after their ancestor Ishvi.
The Beriite clan, named after their ancestor Beriah.
The sons of 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.
These were the subclans descended from the Beriites:
The Heberites, named after their ancestor Heber.
The Malkielites, named after their ancestor Malkiel.
The Heberites, named after their ancestor Heber.
The Malkielites, named after their ancestor Malkiel.
Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the clan of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites.
These were the clans of Asher. Their registered troops numbered 53,400.
These are the clans of the sons of Asher as they were listed, 53,400.
The Tribe of Naphtali
These were the clans descended from the sons of Naphtali:
The Jahzeelite clan, named after their ancestor Jahzeel.
The Gunite clan, named after their ancestor Guni.
The sons of Naphtali according to their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites;
The Jezerite clan, named after their ancestor Jezer.
The Shillemite clan, named after their ancestor Shillem.
The Shillemite clan, named after their ancestor Shillem.
of Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites.
These were the clans of Naphtali. Their registered troops numbered 45,400.
These are the clans of Naphtali according to their clans, and those listed were 45,400.
Results of the Registration
In summary, the registered troops of all Israel numbered 601,730.
This was the list of the people of Israel, 601,730.
“Divide the land among the tribes, and distribute the grants of land in proportion to the tribes’ populations, as indicated by the number of names on the list.
“Among these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names.
Give the larger tribes more land and the smaller tribes less land, each group receiving a grant in proportion to the size of its population.
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.
But you must assign the land by lot, and give land to each ancestral tribe according to the number of names on the list.
But the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
Each grant of land must be assigned by lot among the larger and smaller tribal groups.”
Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller.”
The Tribe of Levi
This is the record of the Levites who were counted according to their clans:
The Gershonite clan, named after their ancestor Gershon.
The Kohathite clan, named after their ancestor Kohath.
The Merarite clan, named after their ancestor Merari.
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.
The Libnites, the Hebronites, the Mahlites, the Mushites, and the Korahites were all subclans of the Levites.
Now Kohath was the ancestor of Amram,
Now Kohath was the ancestor of Amram,
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.
and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She also was a descendant of Levi, born among the Levites in the land of Egypt. Amram and Jochebed became the parents of Aaron, Moses, and their sister, Miriam.
The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister.
To Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
And to Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
But Nadab and Abihu died when they burned before the LORD the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded.
But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord.
The men from the Levite clans who were one month old or older numbered 23,000. But the Levites were not included in the registration of the rest of the people of Israel because they were not given an allotment of land when it was divided among the Israelites.
And those listed were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward. For they were not listed among the people of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the people of Israel.
So these are the results of the registration of the people of Israel as conducted by Moses and Eleazar the priest on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
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.
Not one person on this list had been among those listed in the previous registration taken by Moses and Aaron in the wilderness of Sinai.
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.
For the LORD had said of them, “They will all die in the wilderness.” Not one of them survived except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
For the Lord had said of them, “They shall die in the wilderness.” Not one of them was left, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.