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¹ And it cometh to pass, after the plague, that Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying,² `Take up the sum of all the company of the sons of Israel, from a son of twenty years and upward, by the house of their fathers, every one going out to the host in Israel.'<sup>3</sup> And Moses speaketh -- Eleazar the priest also -- with them, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho, saying,<sup>4</sup> `From a son of twenty years and upward,' as Jehovah hath commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who are coming out from the land of Egypt.

⁵ Reuben, first-born of Israel -- sons of Reuben: [of] Hanoch [is] the family of the Hanochite; of Pallu the family of the Palluite;⁶ of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Carmi the family of the Carmite.⁷ These [are] families of the Reubenite, and their numbered ones are three and forty thousand and seven hundred and thirty.⁸ And the son of Pallu [is] Eliab;⁹ and the sons of Eliab [are] Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram; this [is that] Dathan and Abiram, called ones of the company, who have striven against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, in their striving against Jehovah,¹⁰ and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them and Korah, in the death of the company, in the fire consuming the two hundred and fifty men, and they become a sign;¹¹ and the sons of Korah died not.¹² Sons of Simeon by their families: of Nemuel [is] the family of the Nemuelite; of Jamin the family of the Jaminite; of Jachin the family of the Jachinite;¹³ of Zerah the family of the Zarhite; of Shaul the family of the Shaulite.¹⁴ These [are] families of the Simeonite, two and twenty thousand and two hundred.¹⁵ Sons of Gad by their families: of Zephon [is] the family of the Zephonite; of Haggi the family of the Haggite; of Shuni the family of the Shunite;¹⁶ of Ozni the family of the Oznite; of Eri the family of the Erite:¹⁷ of Arod the family of the Arodite; of Areli the family of the Arelite.¹⁸ These [are] families of the sons of Gad, by their numbered ones, forty thousand and five hundred.¹⁹ Sons of Judah [are] Er and Onan; and Er dieth -- Onan also -- in the land of Canaan.²⁰ And sons of Judah, by their families, are: of Shelah the family of the Shelanite; of Pharez the family of the Pharzite; of Zerah the family of the Zarhite;²¹ and sons of Pharez are: of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Hamul the family of the Hamulite.²² These [are] families of Judah, by their numbered ones, six and seventy thousand and five hundred.²³ Sons of Issachar by their families; [of] Tola [is] the family of the Tolaite; of Pua the family of the Punite;²⁴ of Jashub the family of the Jashubite; of Shimron the family of the Shimronite.²⁵ These [are] families of Issachar, by their numbered ones, four and sixty thousand and three hundred.²⁶ Sons of Zebulun by their families: of Sered [is] the family of the Sardite; of Elon the family of the Elonite; of Jahleel the family of the Jahleelite.²⁷ These [are] families of the Zebulunite by their numbered ones, sixty thousand and five hundred.²⁸ Sons of Joseph by their families [are] Manasseh and Ephraim.²⁹ Sons of Manasseh: of Machir [is] the family of the Machirite; and Machir hath begotten Gilead; of Gilead [is] the family of the Gileadite.³⁰ These [are] sons of Gilead: [of] Jeezer [is] the family of the Jeezerite; of Helek the family of the Helekite;³¹ and [of] Asriel the family of the Asrielite; and [of] Shechem the family of the Shechemite;³² and [of] Shemida the family of the Shemidaite; and [of] Hepher the family of the Hepherite.³³ And Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad [are] Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.³⁴ These [are] families of Manasseh, and their numbered ones [are] two and fifty thousand and seven hundred.³⁵ These [are] sons of Ephraim by their families: of Shuthelah [is] the family of the Shuthelhite; of Becher the family of the Bachrite; of Tahan the family of the Tahanite.³⁶ And these [are] sons of Shuthelah: of Eran the family of the Eranite.³⁷ These [are] families of the sons of Ephraim, by their numbered ones, two and thirty thousand and five hundred. These [are] sons of Joseph by their families.³⁸ Sons of Benjamin by their families: of Bela [is] the family of the Belaite; of Ashbel the family of the Ashbelite; of Ahiram the family of the Ahiramite;³⁹ of Shupham the family of the Shuphamite; of Hupham the family of the Huphamite.⁴⁰ And sons of Bela are Ard and Naaman: [of Ard is] the family of the Ardite: of Naaman the family of the Naamite.⁴¹ These [are] sons of Benjamin by their families, and their numbered ones [are] five and forty thousand and six hundred.⁴² These [are] sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham [is] the family of the Shuhamite; these [are] families of Dan by their families;⁴³ all the families of the Shuhamite, by their numbered ones, [are] four and sixty thousand and four hundred.⁴⁴ Sons of Asher by their families: of Jimna [is] the family of the Jimnite; of Jesui the family of the Jesuite; of Beriah the family of the Beriite.⁴⁵ Of sons of Beriah: of Heber [is] the family of the Heberite; of Malchiel the family of the Malchielite.⁴⁶ And the name of the daughter of Asher [is] Sarah.⁴⁷ These [are] families of the sons of Asher, by their numbered ones, three and fifty thousand and four hundred.⁴⁸ Sons of Naphtali by their families: of Jahzeel [is] the family of the Jahzeelite; of Guni the family of the Gunite;⁴⁹ of Jezer the family of the Jezerite; of Shillem the family of the Shillemite.⁵⁰ These [are] families of Naphtali by their families, and their numbered ones [are] five and forty thousand and four hundred.⁵¹ These [are] numbered ones of the sons of Israel, six hundred thousand, and a thousand, seven hundred and thirty.

⁵² And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,⁵³ `To these is the land apportioned by inheritance, by the number of names;<sup>54</sup> to the many thou dost increase their inheritance, and to the few thou dost diminish their inheritance; [to] each according to his numbered ones is given his inheritance.<sup>55</sup> `Only by lot is the land apportioned, by the names of the tribes of their fathers they inherit;⁵⁶ according to the lot is their inheritance apportioned between many and few.'

⁵⁷ And these [are] numbered ones of the Levite by their families: of Gershon [is] the family of the Gershonite; of Kohath the family of the Kohathite; of Merari the family of the Merarite.⁵⁸ These [are] families of the Levite: the family of the Libnite, the family of the Hebronite, the family of the Mahlite, the family of the Mushite, the family of the Korathite. And Kohath hath begotten Amram,⁵⁹ and the name of Amram's wife is Jochebed, daughter of Levi, whom [one] hath born to Levi in Egypt; and she beareth to Amram Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam their sister.⁶⁰ And born to Aaron Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar;⁶¹ and Nadab dieth -- Abihu also -- in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah.⁶² And their numbered ones are three and twenty thousand, every male from a son of a month and upwards, for they have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel; for an inheritance hath not been given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel.

⁶³ These [are] those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who have numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho;⁶⁴ and among these there hath not been a man of those numbered by Moses, and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai,⁶⁵ for Jehovah said of them, `They do certainly die in the wilderness;' and there hath not been left of them a man save Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun.