Thematic Bible




Numbers 26:1 (show verse)

Then it happened after the plague that the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest,

Numbers 26:2 (show verse)

“Take a census of all the [males in the] congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ households, all in Israel who are able to go to war.”

Numbers 26:3 (show verse)

So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with the people in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

Numbers 26:4 (show verse)

“A census of the people shall be taken from twenty years old and upward, just as the Lord has commanded Moses.”

Now the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt were:

Numbers 26:5 (show verse)

Reuben, the firstborn of Israel (Jacob), the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

Numbers 26:6 (show verse)

of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

Numbers 26:7 (show verse)

These are the families (clans) of the Reubenites; and those who were numbered of them were 43,730.

Numbers 26:8 (show verse)

The son of Pallu: Eliab.

Numbers 26:9 (show verse)

The sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram who were called by the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord,

Numbers 26:10 (show verse)

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, so that they became a [warning] sign.

Numbers 26:11 (show verse)

But Korah’s sons did not die [because they did not participate in the rebellion].

Numbers 26:12 (show verse)

The sons of Simeon according to their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;

Numbers 26:13 (show verse)

of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

Numbers 26:14 (show verse)

These are the families (clans) of the Simeonites, 22,200.

Numbers 26:15 (show verse)

The sons of Gad according to their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;

Numbers 26:16 (show verse)

of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;

Numbers 26:17 (show verse)

of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.

Numbers 26:18 (show verse)

These are the families (clans) of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered, 40,500.

Numbers 26:19 (show verse)

The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan [were judged by God and] died in the land of Canaan.

Numbers 26:20 (show verse)

The sons of Judah according to their families: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

Numbers 26:21 (show verse)

The sons of Perez: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

Numbers 26:22 (show verse)

These are the families (clans) of Judah according to those who were numbered, 76,500.

Numbers 26:23 (show verse)

The sons of Issachar according to their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;

Numbers 26:24 (show verse)

of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

Numbers 26:25 (show verse)

These are the families (clans) of Issachar according to those who were numbered, 64,300.

Numbers 26:26 (show verse)

The sons of Zebulun according to their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

Numbers 26:27 (show verse)

These are the families (clans) of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered, 60,500.

Numbers 26:28 (show verse)

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

Numbers 26:29 (show verse)

The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

Numbers 26:30 (show verse)

These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

Numbers 26:31 (show verse)

of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;

Numbers 26:32 (show verse)

of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

Numbers 26:33 (show verse)

Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters, and the names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Numbers 26:34 (show verse)

These are the families (clans) of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were 52,700.

Numbers 26:35 (show verse)

These are the sons of Ephraim according to their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

Numbers 26:36 (show verse)

And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

Numbers 26:37 (show verse)

These are the families (clans) of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered, 32,500. These are the descendants of Joseph according to their families (clans).

Numbers 26:38 (show verse)

The sons of Benjamin according to their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

Numbers 26:39 (show verse)

of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

Numbers 26:40 (show verse)

The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

Numbers 26:41 (show verse)

These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families (clans); and those who were numbered, 45,600.

Numbers 26:42 (show verse)

These are the sons of Dan according to their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according to their families.

Numbers 26:43 (show verse)

All the families (clans) of the Shuhamites according to those who were numbered, 64,400.

Numbers 26:44 (show verse)

Of the sons of Asher according to their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

Numbers 26:45 (show verse)

Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

Numbers 26:46 (show verse)

And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

Numbers 26:47 (show verse)

These are the families (clans) of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered, 53,400.

Numbers 26:48 (show verse)

Of the sons of Naphtali according to their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

Numbers 26:49 (show verse)

of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

Numbers 26:50 (show verse)

These are the families (clans) of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were 45,400.

Numbers 26:51 (show verse)

This was the [total] number of the [male] Israelites, 601,730 [twenty years old and upward who were able to go to war].

Numbers 26:52 (show verse)

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Numbers 26:53 (show verse)

“Among these the land shall be divided as an inheritance according to the number of names.

Numbers 26:54 (show verse)

To the larger tribe you shall give the larger inheritance, and to the smaller tribe the smaller inheritance; each tribe shall be given its inheritance according to its numbers.

Numbers 26:55 (show verse)

But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers (tribal ancestors).

Numbers 26:56 (show verse)

According to the [location selected by] lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller [groups].”

Numbers 26:57 (show verse)

These are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

Numbers 26:58 (show verse)

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 was the father of Amram.

Numbers 26:59 (show verse)

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

Numbers 26:60 (show verse)

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

Numbers 26:61 (show verse)

But Nadab and Abihu died [in the presence of God] when they offered [in their ceremonial censers] strange [unholy, unacceptable, unauthorized] fire before the Lord.

Numbers 26:62 (show verse)

Those numbered of the Levites were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel, since no inheritance [of land] was given to them among the Israelites.

Numbers 26:63 (show verse)

These are those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel [for the second time] in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [River] at Jericho.

Numbers 26:64 (show verse)

But among these there was not a man [left] of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel [for the first time] in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Numbers 26:65 (show verse)

For the Lord had said of them, “They shall certainly die in the wilderness.” And not a man was left of them except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.