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And it came to pass after the plague, the Lord, spoke to Moses and Eleazar the priest, saying, ² Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, according to the houses ¹of their lineage; every one that goes forth ²to battle in Israel.

³ And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke in Araboth of Moab at the Jordan by Jericho, saying, ⁴ This is the numbering from twenty years old and upward as the Lord commanded Moses. And the sons of Israel that came out of Egypt are as follows: ⁵ Ruben was the first-born of Israel: and the sons of Ruben, Enoch, and the family of Enoch; to Phallu belongs the family of the Phalluites. ⁶ To Asron, the family of Asroni: to Charmi, the family of Charmi. ⁷ These are the families of Ruben; and the numbering was forty-three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

⁸And the sons of Phallu were Eliab, --⁹ and the sons of Eliab, Namuel, and Dathan, and Abiron: there are renowned men of the congregation; these are they that rose up against Moses and Aaron in the gathering of Core, in the rebellion against the Lord. ¹⁰ And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up them and Core, when their assembly perished, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty and they were ³made a sign. ¹¹ But the sons of Core died not.

¹² And the sons of Symeon: --the family of the sons of Symeon: to Namuel, belonged the family of the Namuelites; to Jamin the family of the Jaminites; to Jachin the family of the Jachinites. ¹³ To Zara the family of the Zaraites; to Saul the family of the Saulites. ¹⁴ These are the families of Symeon according to their numbering, two and twenty thousand and two hundred.

¹⁵ And the sons of Juda, Er and Aunan; and Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan. ¹⁶ And these were the sons of Juda, according to their families: to Selom belonged the family of the Selonites; to Phares, the family of the Pharesites; to Zara, the family

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of the Zaraites. ¹⁷ And the sons of Phares were, to Asron, the family of the Asronites; to Jamun, the family of the Jamunites. ¹⁸ These are the families of Juda according to their numbering, seventy-six thousand and five hundred.

¹⁹ And the sons of Issachar according to their families: to Thola, the family of the Tholaites; to Phua, the family of the Phuaites. ²⁰ To Jasub, the family of the Jasubites; to Samram, the family of the Samramites. ²¹ These are the families of Issachar according to their numbering, sixty-four thousand and four hundred.

²² The sons of Zabulon according to their families: to Sared, the family of the Saredites; to Allon, the family of the Allonites; to Allel, the family of the Allelites. ²³ These are the families of Zabulon according to their numbering, sixty thousand and five hundred.

²⁴ The sons of Gad according to their families: to Saphon, the family of the Saphonites; to Angi, the family of the Angites; to Suni, the family of the Sunites; ²⁵ to Azeni, the family of the Azenites; to Addi, the family of the Addites: ²⁶ to Aroadi, the family of the Aroadites; to Ariel, the family of the Arielites. ²⁷ These are the families of the children of Gad according to their numbering, forty-four thousand and five hundred.

²⁸ The sons of Aser according to their families; to Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; to Jesu, the family of the Jesusites; to Baria, the family of the Bariaites. ²⁹ To Chober, the family of the Choberites; to Melchiel, the family of the Melchielites. ³⁰ And the name of the daughter of Aser, Sara. ³¹ These are the families of Aser according to their numbering, forty-three thousand and ⁴four hundred.

³² The sons of Joseph according to their families, Manasse and Ephraim.

³³ The sons of Manasse. To Machir the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Galaad: to Galaad, the family of the Galaadites. ³⁴ And these are the sons of Galaad; to Achiezer, the family of the Achiezerites; to Cheleg, the family of the Chelegites. ³⁵ To Esriel, the family of the Esrielites; to Sychem, the family of the Sychemites. ³⁶ To Symaer, the family of the Symaerites; and to Opher, the family of the Opherites. ³⁷ And to Salpaad the son of Opher there were no sons, but daughters: and these were the names of the daughters of Salpaad; Mala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa. ³⁸ These are the families of Manasse according to their numbering, ⁵fifty-two thousand and seven hundred.

³⁹ And these are the children of Ephraim; to Suthala, the family of the Suthalanites; to Tanach, the family of the Tanachites. ⁴⁰ These are the sons of Suthala; to Eden, the family of the Edenites. ⁴¹ These are the families of Ephraim according to their numbering, thirty-two thousand and five hundred: these are the families of the children of Joseph according to their families.

⁴² The sons of Benjamin according to their families; to Bale, the family of the Balites; to Asyber, the family of the Asyberites; to Jachiran, the family of the Jachiranites.

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⁴³ To Sophan, the family of the Sophanites. ⁴⁴ And the sons of Bale were Adar and Noeman; to Adar, the family of the Adarites; and to Noeman, the family of the Noemanites. ⁴⁵ These are the sons of Benjamin by their families according to their numbering, thirty-five thousand and five hundred.

⁴⁶ And the sons of Dan according to their families; to Same, the family of the Sameites; these are the families of Dan according to their families. ⁴⁷ All the families of Samei according to their numbering, sixty-four thousand and ⁶four hundred.

⁴⁸ The sons of Nephthali according to their families; to Asiel, the family of the Asielites; to Gauni, the family of the Gaunites. ⁴⁹ To Jeser, the family of the Jeserites; to Sellem, the family of the Sellemites. ⁵⁰ These are the families of Nephthali, according to their numbering, forty thousand and three hundred.

⁵¹ This is the numbering of the children of Israel, six hundred and one thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

⁵² And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁵³ To these the land shall be divided, that they may inherit according to the number of the names. ⁵⁴ To the greater number thou shalt give the greater inheritance, and to the less number thou shalt give the less inheritance: to each one, as they have been numbered, shall their inheritance be given. ⁵⁵ The land shall be divided to the names by lot, they shall inherit according to the tribes of their families. ⁵⁶ Thou shalt divide their inheritance by lot between the many and the few.

⁵⁷ And the sons of Levi according their families; to Gedson, the family of the Gedsonites; to Caath, the family of the Caathites; to Merari, the family of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are the families of the sons of Levi; the family of the Lobenites, the family of the Chebronites, the family of the Coreites, and the family of the Musites; and Caath begot Amram. ⁵⁹ And the name of his wife was Jochabed, daughter of Levi, who bore these to Levi in Egypt, and she bore to Amram, Aaron and Moses; and Mariam their sister. ⁶⁰ And to Aaron were born both Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁶¹ And Nadab and Abiud died when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sina. ⁶² And there were according to their numbering, twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because they have no inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.

⁶³ And this is the numbering of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in Araboth of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho. ⁶⁴ And among these there was not a man numbered by Moses and Aaron, whom, even the children of Israel, they numbered in the wilderness of Sinai. ⁶⁵ For the Lord said to them, They shall surely die in the wilderness; and there was not left even one of them, accept Chaleb the son of Jephonne, and Joshua the son of Naue.