Dual Panel1After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest,
2"Take a census of all the men of Israel who are twenty years old or older, to find out how many of each family are of military age."
3At that time the entire nation of Israel was camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho. So Moses and Eleazar the priest issued these census instructions to the leaders of Israel:
4"Count all the men of Israel twenty years old and older, just as the LORD commanded Moses." This is the census record of all the descendants of Israel who came out of Egypt.
5These were the clans descended from Reuben, Jacob’s oldest son: The Hanochite clan, named after its ancestor Hanoch. The Palluite clan, named after its ancestor Pallu.
6The Hezronite clan, named after its ancestor Hezron. The Carmite clan, named after its ancestor Carmi.
7The men from all the clans of Reuben numbered 43,730.
8Pallu was the ancestor of Eliab,
9and 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, defying the LORD.
10But the earth opened up and swallowed them with Korah, and 250 of their followers were destroyed that day by fire from the LORD. This served as a warning to the entire nation of Israel.
11However, the sons of Korah did not die that day.
12These were the clans descended from the sons of Simeon: The Nemuelite clan, named after its ancestor Nemuel. The Jaminite clan, named after its ancestor Jamin. The Jakinite clan, named after its ancestor Jakin.
13The Zerahite clan, named after its ancestor Zerah. The Shaulite clan, named after its ancestor Shaul.
14The men from all the clans of Simeon numbered 22,200.
15These were the clans descended from the sons of Gad: The Zephonite clan, named after its ancestor Zephon. The Haggite clan, named after its ancestor Haggi. The Shunite clan, named after its ancestor Shuni.
16The Oznite clan, named after its ancestor Ozni. The Erite clan, named after its ancestor Eri.
17The Arodite clan, named after its ancestor Arodi. The Arelite clan, named after its ancestor Areli.
18The men from all the clans of Gad numbered 40,500.
19Judah had two sons, Er and Onan, who had died in the land of Canaan.
20But the following clans descended from Judah’s surviving sons: The Shelanite clan, named after its ancestor Shelah. The Perezite clan, named after its ancestor Perez. The Zerahite clan, named after its ancestor Zerah.
21These were the subclans descended from the Perezites: The Hezronites, named after their ancestor Hezron. The Hamulites, named after their ancestor Hamul.
22The men from all the clans of Judah numbered 76,500.
23These were the clans descended from the sons of Issachar: The Tolaite clan, named after its ancestor Tola. The Puite clan, named after its ancestor Puah.
24The Jashubite clan, named after its ancestor Jashub. The Shimronite clan, named after its ancestor Shimron.
25The men from all the clans of Issachar numbered 64,300.
26These were the clans descended from the sons of Zebulun: The Seredite clan, named after its ancestor Sered. The Elonite clan, named after its ancestor Elon. The Jahleelite clan, named after its ancestor Jahleel.
27The men from all the clans of Zebulun numbered 60,500.
28Two clans were descended from Joseph through Manasseh and Ephraim.
29These were the clans descended from Manasseh: The Makirite clan, named after its ancestor Makir. The Gileadite clan, named after its ancestor Gilead, Makir’s son.
30These were the subclans descended from the Gileadites: The Iezerites, named after their ancestor Iezer. The Helekites, named after their ancestor Helek.
31The Asrielites, named after their ancestor Asriel. The Shechemites, named after their ancestor Shechem.
32The Shemidaites, named after their ancestor Shemida. The Hepherites, named after their ancestor Hepher.
33Hepher’s son, Zelophehad, had no sons, but his daughters’ names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
34The men from all the clans of Manasseh numbered 52,700.
35These were the clans descended from the sons of Ephraim: The Shuthelahite clan, named after its ancestor Shuthelah. The Bekerite clan, named after its ancestor Beker. The Tahanite clan, named after its ancestor Tahan.
36This was the subclan descended from the Shuthelahites: The Eranites, named after their ancestor Eran.
37The men from all the clans of Ephraim numbered 32,500. These clans of Manasseh and Ephraim were all descendants of Joseph.
38These were the clans descended from the sons of Benjamin: The Belaite clan, named after its ancestor Bela. The Ashbelite clan, named after its ancestor Ashbel. The Ahiramite clan, named after its ancestor Ahiram.
39The Shuphamite clan, named after its ancestor Shupham. The Huphamite clan, named after its ancestor Hupham.
40These were the subclans descended from the Belaites: The Ardites, named after their ancestor Ard. The Naamites, named after their ancestor Naaman.
41The men from all the clans of Benjamin numbered 45,600.
42These were the clans descended from the sons of Dan: The Shuhamite clan, named after its ancestor Shuham.
43All the clans of Dan were Shuhamite clans, and the men from these clans numbered 64,400.
44These were the clans descended from the sons of Asher: The Imnite clan, named after its ancestor Imnah. The Ishvite clan, named after its ancestor Ishvi. The Beriite clan, named after its ancestor Beriah.
45These were the subclans descended from the Beriites: The Heberites, named after their ancestor Heber. The Malkielites, named after their ancestor Malkiel.
46Asher also had a daughter named Serah.
47The men from all the clans of Asher numbered 53,400.
48These were the clans descended from the sons of Naphtali: The Jahzeelite clan, named after its ancestor Jahzeel. The Gunite clan, named after its ancestor Guni.
49The Jezerite clan, named after its ancestor Jezer. The Shillemite clan, named after its ancestor Shillem.
50The men from all the clans of Naphtali numbered 45,400.
51So the total number of Israelite men counted in the census numbered 601,730.
52Then the LORD said to Moses,
53"Divide the land among the tribes in proportion to their populations, as indicated by the census.
54Give the larger tribes more land and the smaller tribes less land, each group’s inheritance reflecting the size of its population.
55Make sure you assign the land by lot, and define the inheritance of each ancestral tribe by means of the census listings.
56Each inheritance must be assigned by lot among the larger and smaller tribal groups."
57This is the census record for the Levites who were counted according to their clans: The Gershonite clan, named after its ancestor Gershon. The Kohathite clan, named after its ancestor Kohath. The Merarite clan, named after its ancestor Merari.
58The Libnites, the Hebronites, the Mahlites, the Mushites, and the Korahites were all subclans of the Levites. Now Kohath was the ancestor of Amram,
59and 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.
60To Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
61But Nadab and Abihu died when they burned before the LORD a different kind of fire than he had commanded.
62The men from the Levite clans who were one month old or older numbered 23,000. But the Levites were not included in the total census figure of the people of Israel because they were not given an inheritance of land when it was divided among the Israelites.
63So these are the census figures of the people of Israel as prepared by Moses and Eleazar the priest on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
64Not one person that was counted in this census had been among those counted in the previous census taken by Moses and Aaron in the wilderness of Sinai.
65For the LORD had said of them, "They will all die in the wilderness." The only exceptions were Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.