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¹ And it came to pass, after the plague, that Yahweh spake unto Moses, and unto Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying:² Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upwards, by their ancestral houses, - every one able to go forth to war in Israel.³ So then Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them, in the waste plains of Moab, - by the Jordan near Jericho saying:⁴ From twenty years old and upwards, As Yahweh commanded Moses, and the sons of Israel, who had come forth out of the land of Egypt.

⁵ Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, - the sons of Reuben, To Hanoch, pertained the family of the Hanochites; To Pallu, the family of the Palluites;⁶ To Hezron, the family of the Hezronites, - To Carrel, the family of the Carmites.⁷ These, are the families of the Reubenites, - and they who were numbered of them were found to be - forty-three thousand, and seven hundred, and thirty.⁸ Now, the sons of Pallu, were Eliab;⁹ and the sons of Eliab, Nemuel, and Dathan and Abiram, - The same, Dathan and Abiram, notable men of the assembly, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the assembly of Korah, when they contended against Yahweh;¹⁰ and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up - with Korah also, when the assembly died, - when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a warning;¹¹ But, the sons of Korah, died not.¹² The sons of Simeon, by their families, To Nemuel, pertained the family of the Nemuelites, To Jamin, the family of the Jaminites, - To Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:¹³ To Zerah, the family of the Zerahites, - To Shaul, the family of the Shaulites:¹⁴ These, are the families of the Simeonites, - two and twenty thousand and two hundred.¹⁵ The sons of Gad, by their families, To Zephon, pertained the family of the Zephonites; To Haggi, the family of the Haggites, - To Shuni, the family of the Shunites;¹⁶ To Ozni, the family of the Oznites, - To Eri, the family of the Erites;¹⁷ To Arod, the family of the Arodites, - To Arelites, the family of the Arelites:¹⁸ These, are the families of the sons of Gad, as to them who were numbered of them, - forty thousand and five hundred.¹⁹ The sons of Judah, Er and Onan, - but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.²⁰ And so, as to the sons of Judah, by their families, it was found that - To Shelah, pertained the family of the Shelanites, To Perez, the family of the Perezites, - To Zerah, the family of the Zerahites;²¹ And, as to the sons of Perez, it was found that - To Hezron, pertained the family of the Hezronites, - To Hamul, the family of the Hamulites:²² These, are the families of Judah, as to them who were numbered of them, - seventy-six thousand, and five hundred,²³ The sons of Issachar, by their families, Unto Tola, pertained the family of the Tolaites, - To Puvah, the family of the Puvites;²⁴ To Jashub, the family of the Jashubites, - To Shimron, the family of the Shimronites:²⁵ These, are the families of Issachar. as to them who were numbered of them, - sixty-four thousand, and three hundred.²⁶ The sons of Zebulun, by their families, To Sered, pertained the family of the Seredites, To Elon, the family of the Elonites, - To Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites:²⁷ These are the families of the Zebulunites as to them who were numbered of them, - sixty thousand, and five hundred.²⁸ The sons of Joseph by their families, - Manasseh, and Ephraim.²⁹ The sons of Manasseh, To Machir, pertained the family of the Machirites, and, Machir, begat Gilead, - To Gilead, pertained the family of the Gileadites.³⁰ These are the sons of Gilead: Iezer, the family of the Iezerites, - To Helek, the family of the Helekites;³¹ And Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; And, Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;³² And Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; And, Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.³³ Now Zelophehad, son of Hepher, had no sons, but only, daughters, - and, the names of the daughters of Zelophehad, were Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah Milcah, and Tirzah.³⁴ These, are the families of Manasseh, - and, they who were numbered of them, - fifty-two thousand, and seven hundred.³⁵ These are the sons of Ephraim by their families, To Shuthelah, pertained the family of the Shuthelahites, To Becher, the family of the Becherites, - To Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.³⁶ And, these, are the sons of Shuthelah, To Eran, pertained the family of the Eranites.³⁷ These, are the families of the sons of Ephraim, as to them who were numbered of them, - thirty-two thousand, and five hundred, These, are the sons of Joseph by their families.³⁸ The sons of Benjamin by their families, To Bela, pertained the family of the Belaites, To Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites, - To Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;³⁹ To Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites, - To Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.⁴⁰ And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman, - To Ard, pertained the family of the Ardites, To Naaman, the family of the Naamites.⁴¹ These, are the sons of Benjamin by their families, - and they who were numbered of them, - were forty-five thousand and six hundred.⁴² These, are the sons of Dan, by their families: To Shuham, pertained the family of the Shuhamites, - These, are the families of Dan by their families:⁴³ All the families of the Shuhamites, as to them who were numbered of them, were, sixty-four thousand, and four hundred.⁴⁴ The sons of Asher, by their families: To Imnah, pertained the family of the Imnites, To Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites, - To Beriah, the family of the Beriites;⁴⁵ To the sons of Beriah, To Heber, pertained the family of the Heberites, To 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 as to them who were numbered of them, - fifty-three thousand and four hundred.⁴⁸ The sons of Naphtali, by their families, To Jahzeel, pertained the family of the Jahzeelites; To Guni, the family of the Gunites:⁴⁹ To Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; To Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.⁵⁰ These are the families of Naphtali, by their families, - and they who were numbered of them, were forty-five thousand and four hundred.⁵¹ These, are they who were numbered of the sons of Israel, six hundred and lice thousand, - seven hundred and thirty,

⁵² Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:⁵³ Unto these, shall be apportioned the land as an inheritance by the number of names.⁵⁴ For the large one, thou shalt make large his inheritance, and for the small one, thou shalt make small his inheritance, - unto each one, in proportion to them who were numbered of him, shall he given his inheritance. ⁵⁵ Nevertheless by lot, shall the land be apportioned, - by the names of the tribes of their fathers, shall they inherit.⁵⁶ At the bidding of the lot, shall be apportioned his inheritance, - between large and small.

⁵⁷ And these, are they who were numbered of the Levites by their families, To Gershon, pertained the family of the Gershonites, To Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; To Merari, the family of the Merarites.⁵⁸ These, are the families of Levi - The family of the Libnites, The family of the Hebronites, The family of the Mahlites, The family of the Mushites, The family of the Korahites, - And, Kohath, begat Amram;⁵⁹ and the name of the wife of Amram, was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt, - and she bare to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister:⁶⁰ And, there were born to Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, - Eleazar and Ithamar;⁶¹ But Nadab and Abihu died, - when they brought near strange fire before Yahweh:⁶² And they who were numbered of them were found to be - twenty-three thousand, all the males from one month old and upwards - for they had not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, because there was given unto them no inheritance, in the midst of the sons of Israel.

⁶³ These, are they who were numbered by Moses, and Eleazar, the priest, - when they numbered the sons of Israel, in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho.⁶⁴ And among these, was there not found a man of them who had been numbered by Moses, and Aaron the priest, - when they numbered the sons of Israel in the desert of Sinai.⁶⁵ For Yahweh had said of them, They shall surely die, in the desert. And there was not left of them a man, save only, Caleb on of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun.