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Numbers 26

1Now it came to pass after the plague that the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

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2'Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and above, by their fathers' houses, all able to go to war in Israel.'

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3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the Araboth of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying,

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4'Take a census from twenty years old and above, in the manner the Lord commanded Moses.' Now the sons of Israel who came out of Egypt were:

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5Reuben the firstborn of Israel. The sons of Reuben were Enoch and the tribe of Enochites; Pallu and the tribe of the Palluites;

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6Hezron and the tribe of the Hezronites; Carmi and the tribe of the Carmiites.

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7These are the tribes of Reuben, and their census was forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.

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8Now the son of Pallu was Eliab.

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9The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These were the ones chosen by the congregation to form a coalition against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, in their revolt against the Lord;

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10and the earth opening its mouth swallowed them and Korah in the death of his company, when fire devoured two hundred fifty men; and they became a sign.

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11But the sons of Korah did not die.

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12The sons of Simeon and the tribe of the sons of Simeon were: Nemuel and the tribe of the Nemuelites; and Jamin and the tribe of the Jaminites; and Jachin and the tribe of the Jachinites;

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13and Zerah and the tribe of the Zerahites; and Shaul, the tribe of the Shaulites.

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14These are the tribes of the Simeonites, and their census was twenty-two thousand two hundred.

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15The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

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16After these, Judah's sons according to their tribes were Shelah and the tribe of the Shelahites; and Perez and the tribe of the Perezites; and Zerah and the tribe of the Zerahites.

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17Now the sons of Perez were Hezron and the tribe of the Hezronites; and Hamul and the tribe of the Hamulites.

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18These are the tribes of Judah according to their census: seventy-six thousand five hundred.

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19The sons of Issachar according to their tribes were: Tola and the tribe of the Tolaites; and Puah and the tribe of the Puahites;

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20and Jashub and the tribe of the Jashubites; and Shimron and the tribe of the Shimronites.

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21These are the tribes of Issachar from their census: sixty-four thousand three hundred.

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22The sons of Zebulun according to their tribes were: Sered and the tribe of the Seredites; and Elon and the tribe of the Elonites; and Jahleel and the tribe of the Jahleelites.

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23These are the tribes of Zebulun from their census: sixty thousand five hundred.

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24The sons of Gad according to their tribes were Zephon and the tribe of the Zephonites; and Haggi and the tribe of the Haggiites; and Shuni and the tribe of the Shuniites;

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25and Ozni and the tribe of the Ozniites; and Addi and the tribe of the Addiites;

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26and Arod and the tribe of the Arodites; and Areli and the tribe of the Areliites.

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27These are the tribes of the sons of Gad from their census: forty thousand five hundred.

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28The sons of Asher according to their tribes were Jimna and the tribe of the Jimnaites; Jesui and the tribe of the Jesuiites; and Beriah and the tribe of the Beriahites;

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29and Heber and the tribe of the Heberites; and Malchiel and the tribe of the Malchielites.

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30Now the name of Asher's daughter was Sara.

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31These are the tribes of Asher from their census: fifty-three thousand four hundred.

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32The sons of Joseph according to their tribes were Manasseh and Ephraim.

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33The son of Manasseh was Machir and the tribe of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead and by Gilead the tribe of the Gileadites.

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34Now these are the sons of Gilead: Jeezer and the tribe of the Jeezerites; and Helek and the family of the Helekites;

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35and Asriel and the tribe of the Asrielites; and Shechem and the tribe of the Shechemites;

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36and Shemida and the tribe of the Shemi-daites; and Hepher and the tribe of the Hepherites.

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37Now 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.

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38These are the tribes of Manasseh from their census: fifty-two thousand seven hundred.

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39Now these are the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah and the tribe of the Shuthelahites; and Tahan and the tribe of the Tahanites.

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40Now these are the sons of Shuthelah: Eran and the tribe of the Eranites.

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41These are the tribes of the of sons of Ephraim from their census: thirty-two thousand five hundred. These tribes are the sons of Joseph according to their tribes.

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42The sons of Benjamin according to their tribes were: Bela and the tribe of the Belaites; and Ashbel and the tribe of the Ashbelites; and Ahiram and the family of the Ahiramites;

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43and Shupham and the tribe of the Shuphamites.

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44Now the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: Ard and the tribe of the Ardites; and Naaman and the tribe of the Naamanites.

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45These are the sons of Benjamin according to their tribes from their census: forty-five thousand six hundred.

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46This is the son of Dan according to his tribe: Shuham and the tribe of the Shuha-mites. This is the tribe of Dan according to Shuham's tribe.

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47The entire tribe of the Shuhamites from their census was sixty-four thousand four hundred.

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48The sons of Naphtali according to their tribes were: Jahzeel and the tribe of the Jahzeelites; and Guni and the tribe of the Guniites;

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49and Jezer and the tribe of the Jezerites; and Shillem and the family of the Shillemites.

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50These are the tribes of Naphtali from their census: forty-five thousand four hundred.

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51This is the census of the sons of Israel: six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.

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52Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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53'To these the land shall be divided as an inheritance based on the number of names.

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54To 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 based on its census.

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55But the land shall be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

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56By allotment their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller.'

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57Now the sons of Levi according to their tribes were: Gershon and the tribe of the Gershonites; and Kohath and the tribe of the Kohathites; and Merari and the tribe of the Merariites.

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58These are the tribes of the sons of Levi: the tribe of the Libniites, the tribe of the Hebronites, the tribe of the Korahites, and the tribe of the Mushites. Now Kohath begot Amram.

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59The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.

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60To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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61But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the Sinai Desert.

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62Now based on their census they numbered twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above; for a census was not taken of them among the other sons of Israel, because there was no allotment given to them among the sons of Israel.

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63This is the census of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in Araboth of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

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64But among these, there was not a man numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they took a census of the sons of Israel in the Sinai Desert.

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65For the Lord said of them, 'They shall surely die in the desert.' So there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

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