Numbers 26 - Simple English

1After the plague, the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest. He said,

2"Count all the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, family by family, all in Israel who are able to go to war."

3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan near Jericho. They said,

4"Count the people, from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD commanded Moses and the people of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt."

5Reuben was the oldest son of Israel. The sons of Reuben were: Hanoch, from whom came the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

6from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

7These are the families of the Reubenites. The number counted of them was forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.

8The son of Pallu was Eliab.

9The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. This is the Dathan and Abiram who were well known in the congregation. They fought against Moses and against Aaron with the company of Korah, when that company fought against the LORD.

10The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, at the time the fire burned up two hundred and fifty men. They became a sign.

11But the sons of Korah did not die.

12The sons of Simeon, by their families, were: from Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; from Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; from Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;

13from Zerah, the family of the Zarhites; from Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

14These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred.

15The sons of Gad, by their families, were: from Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; from Haggi, the family of the Haggites; from Shuni, the family of the Shunites;

16from Ozni, the family of the Oznites; from Eri, the family of the Erites;

17from Arod, the family of the Arodites; from Areli, the family of the Arelites.

18These are the families of the sons of Gad, and the number counted of them was forty thousand five hundred.

19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

20The sons of Judah, by their families, were: from Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; from Pharez, the family of the Pharzites; from Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

21The sons of Pharez were: from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

22These are the families of Judah, and the number counted of them was seventy-six thousand five hundred.

23The sons of Issachar, by their families, were: from Tola, the family of the Tolaites; from Pua, the family of the Punites;

24from Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; from Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

25These are the families of Issachar, and the number counted of them was sixty-four thousand three hundred.

26The sons of Zebulun, by their families, were: from Sered, the family of the Sardites; from Elon, the family of the Elonites; from Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

27These are the families of the Zebulunites, and the number counted of them was sixty thousand five hundred.

28The sons of Joseph, by their families, were Manasseh and Ephraim.

29The sons of Manasseh: from Machir, the family of the Machirites. Machir was the father of Gilead. From Gilead came the family of the Gileadites.

30These are the sons of Gilead: from Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites; 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.

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

34These are the families of Manasseh, and the number counted of them was fifty-two thousand seven hundred.

35These are the sons of Ephraim, by their families: from Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites; from Becher, the family of the Bachrites; from Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

36These are the sons of Shuthelah: from Eran, the family of the Eranites.

37These are the families of the sons of Ephraim, and the number counted of them was thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph, by their families.

38The sons of Benjamin, by their families, were: 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 sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: from Ard, the family of the Ardites; from Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

41These are the sons of Benjamin, by their families. The number counted of them was forty-five thousand six hundred.

42These are the sons of Dan, by their families: from Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan, by their families.

43All the families of the Shuhamites, by the number counted of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.

44The sons of Asher, by their families: from Jimna, the family of the Jimnites; from Jesui, the family of the Jesuites; from Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

45The sons of Beriah: from Heber, the family of the Heberites; from Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

46The name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.

47These are the families of the sons of Asher, and the number counted of them was fifty-three thousand four hundred.

48The sons of Naphtali, 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 are the families of Naphtali, by their families. The number counted of them was forty-five thousand four hundred.

51This was the number of the people of Israel who were counted: six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.

52The LORD spoke to Moses. He said,

53"The land shall be divided among these as their inheritance, according to the number of names."

54"To the larger group you shall give the larger inheritance, and to the smaller group the smaller inheritance. Each one shall be given his inheritance according to the number counted of him."

55"But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers."

56"Whether the group is large or small, its share shall be divided by lot."

57These are the Levites who were counted, by their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; from 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, and the family of the Korathites. Kohath was the father of Amram.

59The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi. She was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

60To Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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

62The number counted of them was twenty-three thousand, all the males from a month old and upward. They were not counted among the people of Israel, because no inheritance was given them among the people of Israel.

63These are the ones counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who counted the people of Israel on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan near Jericho.

64But among these there was not one man whom Moses and Aaron the priest had counted, when they counted the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

65For the LORD had said of them, "They shall surely die in the wilderness." Not one of them was left, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.