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Numbers 26:27-64

27These were the families of the Zebulunites, according to those numbered of them, 60,500.

28The descendants of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

29The Manassehites: from Machir, the family of the Machirites (now Machir became the father of Gilead); from Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

30These were the Gileadites: from Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; from Helek, the family of the Helekites;

31from Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; from Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;

32from Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; from Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

33Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

34These were the families of Manasseh; those numbered of them were 52,700.

35These are the Ephraimites by their families: from Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; from Beker, the family of the Bekerites; from Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

36Now these were the Shuthelahites: from Eran, the family of the Eranites.

37These were the families of the Ephraimites, according to those numbered of them, 32,500. These were the descendants of Joseph by their families.

38The Benjaminites by their families: from Bela, the family of the Belaites; from Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; from Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

39from Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites; from Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

40The descendants of Bela were Ard and Naaman. From Ard, the family of the Ardites; from Naaman, the family of the Naamanites.

41These are the Benjaminites, according to their families, and according to those numbered of them, 45,600.

42These are the Danites by their families: from Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These were the families of Dan, according to their families.

43All the families of the Shuhahites according to those numbered of them were 64,400.

44The Asherites by their families: from Imnah, the family of the Imnahites; from Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; from Beriah, the family of the Beriahites.

45From the Beriahites: from Heber, the family of the Heberites; from Malkiel, the family of the Malkielites.

46Now the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.

47These are the families of the Asherites, according to those numbered of them, 53,400.

48The Naphtalites by their families: from Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; from Guni, the family of the Gunites;

49from Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; from Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

50These were the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those numbered of them were 45,400.

51These were those numbered of the Israelites, 601,730.

52Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

53“To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names.

54To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it.

55The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes.

56Their inheritance must be apportioned by lot among the larger and smaller groups.

57And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites.

58These are the families of the Levites: 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. Kohath became the father of Amram.

59Now the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And to Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister.

60And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

61But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the Lord.

62Those of them who were numbered were 23,000, all males from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the Israelites; no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

63These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the Israelites in the plains of Moab along the Jordan River opposite Jericho.

64But there was not a man among these who had been among those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the Israelites in the wilderness of Sinai.

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