No Water for the Congregation
Then the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to the awilderness of Zin in the first month; and the people stayed at Kadesh. And Miriam died there and was buried there.
2 aNow there was no water for the congregation, band they assembled themselves against Moses and Aaron. 3 aThe people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, “bIf only we had breathed our last cwhen our brothers breathed their last before Yahweh! 4 aWhy then have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness, for us and our beasts to die here? 5 And why have you made us come up from Egypt, to bring us into this evil place? aIt is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, nor is there water to drink.” 6 Then Moses and Aaron came in from the presence of the assembly to the doorway of the tent of meeting and afell on their faces. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared to them; 7 and Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 8 “Take athe rod; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it may yield its water. You shall thus bring forth water for them out of the rock and let the congregation and their beasts drink.”
Moses Strikes the Rock
9 So Moses took the rod afrom before Yahweh, just as He had commanded him; 10 and Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before the rock. And he said to them, “aListen now, you rebels; shall we bring forth water for you out of this rock?” 11 Then Moses raised high his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and awater came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank. 12 But Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “aBecause you did not believe Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” 13 Those were the waters of aMeribah because the sons of Israel contended with Yahweh, and He proved Himself holy among them.
Edom Refuses Passage
14 From Kadesh Moses then sent messengers to athe king of Edom: “Thus your brother Israel has said, ‘You bknow all the hardship that has befallen us, 15 that our fathers went down to Egypt, and we stayed in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our fathers badly. 16 So awe cried out to Yahweh, and He heard our voice and sent ban angel and brought us out from Egypt; now behold, we are at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory. 17 Please alet us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard; we will not even drink water from a well. We will go along the king’s highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we pass through your territory.’”
18 aEdom, however, said to him, “You shall not pass through us, lest I come out to meet you with the sword.” 19 Again, the sons of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway, and if I and amy livestock do drink any of your water, bthen I will pay its price. Let me only pass through on my feet, nothing else.” 20 But he said, “aYou shall not pass through.” And Edom came out to meet him with a heavy force and with a strong hand. 21 aThus Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his territory; bso Israel turned away from him.
22 Then they set out from aKadesh, and the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.
The Death of Aaron
23 And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron at aMount Hor by the border of the land of Edom, saying, 24 “Aaron will be agathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel because byou rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah. 25 Take Aaron and his son aEleazar and bring them up to Mount Hor; 26 and strip Aaron of his garments and put them on his son Eleazar. So Aaron will be agathered to his people and will die there.” 27 So Moses did just as Yahweh had commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and aput them on his son Eleazar, and bAaron died there on the mountain top. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. 29 So all the congregation saw that Aaron breathed his last, and all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty adays.
Destruction of Canaanite Cities
Then the Canaanite, the king of aArad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, and he fought against Israel and took some of them captive. 2 So aIsrael made a vow to Yahweh and said, “If You will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.” 3 Then Yahweh heard the voice of Israel and gave the Canaanites over; so they devoted them and their cities to destruction. Thus the name of the place was called aHormah.
4 Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to ago around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient on the way. 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “aWhy have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and bwe loathe this miserable food.”
The Bronze Serpent
6 aSo Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and bthey bit the people so that cmany people of Israel died. 7 aThen the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned because we have spoken against Yahweh and against you; bpray to Yahweh, that He may remove the serpents from us.” And Moses prayed for the people. 8 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a afiery serpent and set it on a standard; and it will be that everyone who is bitten and looks at it, will live.” 9 And Moses made a abronze serpent and set it on the standard; and it happened, that if a serpent bit any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived.
10 aThen the sons of Israel set out and camped in Oboth. 11 They then set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness which is opposite Moab, east toward the sunrise. 12 aFrom there they set out and camped in Wadi Zered. 13 From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites, afor the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of Yahweh,
“Waheb in Suphah,
And the wadis of the Arnon,
15 And the slope of the wadis
That extends to the site of aAr,
And leans to the border of Moab.”
16 aAnd from there they continued to Beer, that is the well where Yahweh said to Moses, “Assemble the people, that I may give them water.”
17 aThen Israel sang this song:
“Spring up, O well! Sing to it!
18 The well, which the leaders dug,
Which the nobles of the people carved out,
With the scepter and with their staffs.”
And from the wilderness they continued to Mattanah, 19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, 20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the land of Moab, at the top of Pisgah which overlooks the wasteland.
Sihon and Og Struck Down
21 aThen Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying, 22 “aLet me pass through your land. We will not turn off into field or vineyard; we will not drink water from wells. We will go by the king’s highway until we have passed through your border.” 23 aBut Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border. So Sihon gathered all his people and went out to meet Israel in the wilderness and came to bJahaz and fought against Israel. 24 Then aIsrael struck him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the sons of Ammon; for the bborder of the sons of Ammon was Jazer. 25 And Israel took all these cities, and aIsrael lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all her towns. 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites. Now it was he who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon. 27 Therefore those who use proverbs say,
“Come to Heshbon! Let it be built!
So let the city of Sihon be established.
28 aFor a fire went forth from Heshbon,
A flame from the town of Sihon;
It devoured bAr of Moab,
The cdominant heights of the Arnon.
29 aWoe to you, O Moab!
You perish, O people of bChemosh!
cHe has given his sons as fugitives,
dAnd his daughters into captivity,
To an Amorite king, Sihon.
30 But we have cast them down,
Heshbon perishes as far as aDibon,
And we have made desolate even to Nophah,
Which reaches to Medeba.”
31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out aJazer, and they captured its towns and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
33 aThen they turned and went up by the way of Bashan, and Og the king of Bashan went out to meet them, he and all his people for battle at bEdrei. 34 But Yahweh said to Moses, “aDo not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, and all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.” 35 So athey struck down him and his sons and all his people, until there was no survivor remaining for him; and they possessed his land.
Balak Sends for Balaam
aThen the sons of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan opposite Jericho.
2 And aBalak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 aSo Moab was in great fear because of the people, for they were numerous; and Moab was in dread of the sons of Israel. 4 Then Moab said to the elders of aMidian, “Now this assembly will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. 5 So he sent messengers to aBalaam the son of Beor, at bPethor, which is near the River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people came out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are settled opposite me. 6 aSo now, please come, bcurse this people for me since they are too mighty for me; perhaps I may be able to strike them down and drive them out of the land. For I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
7 So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went away with the fees for adivination in their hand; and they came to Balaam and spoke Balak’s words to him. 8 And he said to them, “Spend the night here, and I will bring word back to you as Yahweh may speak to me.” And the leaders of Moab stayed with Balaam. 9 Then aGod came to Balaam and said, “Who are these men with you?” 10 And Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent word to me, 11 ‘Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt, and they cover the surface of the land; now come, curse them for me; perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them out.’” 12 And God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them; ayou shall not curse the people, for they bare blessed.” 13 So Balaam arose in the morning and said to Balak’s leaders, “Go back to your land, for Yahweh has refused to allow me to go with you.” 14 And the leaders of Moab arose and came to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to go with us.”
15 Then Balak again sent leaders, more numerous and more honorable than the former. 16 And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, ‘Let nothing, I beg you, withhold you from coming to me; 17 for I will indeed honor you richly, and I will do whatever you say to me. aPlease come then, curse this people for me.’” 18 And Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “aThough Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything, either small or great, to trespass the command of Yahweh my God. 19 So now, please, you also stay here tonight, and I will know what else Yahweh will speak to me.” 20 And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise up and go with them; but aonly the word which I speak to you shall you do.”
21 aSo Balaam arose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the leaders of Moab.
Balaam’s Donkey and the Angel
22 But God was angry because he was going, aso the angel of Yahweh took his stand in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two young men were with him. 23 Then the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand, and the donkey turned off from the way and went into the field; so Balaam struck the donkey to turn it back into the way. 24 Then the angel of Yahweh stood in a narrow path of the vineyards, with a wall on this side and a wall on that side. 25 And the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and it pressed itself to the wall and pressed Balaam’s foot against the wall, so he struck it again. 26 And the angel of Yahweh passed on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no way to turn to the right hand or the left. 27 Then the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh and lay down under Balaam; so aBalaam was angry and struck the donkey with his stick. 28 And aYahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” 29 Then Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a mockery of me! If there had been a sword in my hand, aI would have killed you by now.” 30 And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden all your life to this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do so to you?” And he said, “No.”
31 Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw athe angel of Yahweh standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed his head down and prostrated himself to the ground. 32 And the angel of Yahweh said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary because your way was acontrary to me. 33 And the donkey saw me and turned aside from me these three times. If it had not turned aside from me, I would surely have killed you just now, and let it live.” 34 And Balaam said to the angel of Yahweh, “aI have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the way against me. So now, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back.” 35 But the angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but ayou shall speak only the word which I tell you.” So Balaam went along with the leaders of Balak.
36 Then Balak heard that Balaam was coming and went out to meet him at the city of Moab, which is on the Arnon border, at the end of the border. 37 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not urgently send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I indeed unable to honor you?” 38 So Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come now to you! aAm I able to speak anything at all? The word that God puts in my mouth, that I shall speak.” 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth. 40 And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent some to Balaam and the leaders who were with him.
41 Then it happened in the morning that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to athe high places of Baal, and he saw from there the bend of the camp of the people.
Yahweh Speaks Through Balaam
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.” 2 So Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar. 3 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you.” So he went to a bare hill.
4 Now God met Balaam, and he said to Him, “I have set up the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.” 5 Then Yahweh aput a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and you shall speak thus.” 6 So he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab. 7 Then he took up his discourse and said,
“From aAram Balak has brought me,
Moab’s king from the mountains of the East,
‘bCome curse Jacob for me,
And come, denounce Israel!’
8 aHow shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how can I denounce whom Yahweh has not denounced?
9 For I see him from the top of the rocks,
And I look at him from the hills;
aBehold, a people who dwells alone,
And will not be reckoned among the nations.
10 aWho can number the dust of Jacob,
Or count the fourth part of Israel?
bLet me die the death of the upright,
cAnd let my end be like his!”
11 Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? aI took you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have blessed them repeatedly!” 12 And he replied, “Must I not be careful to speak awhat Yahweh puts in my mouth?”
Balaam’s Discourse
13 Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from where you may see them, but you will only see the end of them and will not see all of them; and curse them for me from there.” 14 So he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. 15 And he said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet Yahweh over there.” 16 Then Yahweh met Balaam and aput a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” 17 So he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, “What has Yahweh spoken?” 18 Then he took up his discourse and said,
“Arise, O Balak, and hear;
Give ear to me, O son of Zippor!
19 aGod is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent;
bHas He said, and will He not do it?
Or has He spoken, and will He not establish it?
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
aWhen He has blessed, then bI cannot revoke it.
21 aHe has not observed misfortune in Jacob;
bNor has He seen trouble in Israel;
cYahweh his God is with him,
dAnd the shout of a king is among them.
22 aGod brings them out of Egypt,
He is for them like the bhorns of the wild ox.
23 aFor there is no omen against Jacob,
Nor is there any divination against Israel;
At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob
And to Israel, what God has done!
24 aBehold, a people rises like a lioness,
And as a lion it lifts itself;
It will not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”
25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all nor bless them at all!” 26 But Balaam replied to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘aWhatever Yahweh speaks, that I must do’?”
27 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be right in the eyes of God that you curse them for me from there.” 28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the wasteland. 29 And Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.” 30 And Balak did just as Balaam had said and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.
Spirit of God Comes upon Balaam
And Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of Yahweh to bless Israel, so he did not go as at other times to encounter aomens, but he set his face toward the bwilderness. 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel dwelling tribe by tribe; and athe Spirit of God came upon him. 3 Then he took up his discourse and said,
“aThe oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
And the oracle of the man whose eye is uncovered;
4 The oracle of him who ahears the words of God,
Who beholds the bvision of the Almighty,
Falling down, yet having his eyes opened,
5 How fair are your tents, O Jacob,
Your dwellings, O Israel!
6 Like valleys that stretch out,
Like gardens beside the river,
Like aaloes planted by Yahweh,
Like bcedars beside the waters.
7 Water will flow from his buckets,
And his seed will be by many waters,
And his king shall be lifted up higher than aAgag,
bAnd his kingdom shall be exalted.
8 aGod brings him out of Egypt,
He is for him like the horns of the wild ox.
bHe will devour the nations who are his adversaries,
And will gnaw their bones in pieces,
And shatter them with his carrows.
9 aHe crouches, he lies down as a lion,
And as a lion, who dares rouse him?
bBlessed is everyone who blesses you,
And cursed is everyone who curses you.”
10 Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have blessed them repeatedly these three times! 11 So now, flee to your place. I said I would honor you greatly, but behold, Yahweh has held you back from honor.” 12 And Balaam said to Balak, “aDid I not tell your messengers whom you had sent to me, saying, 13 ‘Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything to trespass the command of Yahweh, either good or bad, aof my own accord. bWhat Yahweh speaks, that I will speak’? 14 So now, behold, aI am going to my people; come, and I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the last days.”
Oracle of Balaam
15 Then he took up his discourse and said,
“aThe oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
And the oracle of the man whose eye is uncovered,
16 The oracle of him who hears the words of God,
And knows the knowledge of the Most High,
Who beholds the vision of the Almighty,
Falling down, yet having his eyes opened.
17 I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near;
A star shall come forth from Jacob,
aA scepter shall rise from Israel,
bAnd shall crush through the forehead of Moab,
And tear down all the sons of Sheth.
18 aAnd Edom shall be a possession,
bSeir, its enemies, also will be a possession,
While Israel performs valiantly.
19 And one from Jacob shall have dominion,
And will make the survivor perish from the city.”
20 Then he looked at Amalek and took up his discourse and said,
“Amalek was the first of the nations,
aBut his end shall be destruction.”
21 Then he looked at the aKenite and took up his discourse and said,
“Your habitation is enduring,
And your nest is set in the cliff.
22 Nevertheless Kain will be consumed;
How long will aAsshur keep you captive?”
23 Then he took up his discourse and said,
“Woe, who can live except when God has ordained it?
24 But ships shall come from the coast of aKittim,
And they shall afflict Asshur and will afflict bEber;
cSo they also will come to destruction.”
25 Then Balaam arose and went and returned to ahis place, and Balak also went his way.
Israel Sacrifices to Baal
And Israel remained at aShittim, and the people began bto play the harlot with the daughters of Moab. 2 Indeed athey called the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. 3 So aIsrael joined themselves to Baal of Peor, and the anger of Yahweh burned against Israel. 4 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Take all who are the heads of the people and execute them in broad daylight before Yahweh, aso that the burning anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.” 5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you akill his men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor.”
6 Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought near to his brothers a aMidianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, bwhile they were weeping at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 7 aAnd Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, so he arose from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand, 8 and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the body. aThen the plague on the sons of Israel was checked. 9 aSo those who died by the plague were 24,000.
The Jealousy of Phinehas
10 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 11 “aPhinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel bin My jealousy. 12 Therefore say, ‘aBehold, I give him My bcovenant of peace; 13 and it shall be for him and his seed after him, a covenant of a aperpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and bmade atonement for the sons of Israel.’”
14 Now the name of the slain man of Israel who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s household among the Simeonites. 15 And the name of the Midianite woman, who was struck down, was aCozbi the daughter of bZur, who was head of the people of a father’s household in Midian.
16 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 17 “aBe hostile to the Midianites and strike them, 18 for they have been hostile to you with their deceptive tricks, with which they have deceived you in the affair of Peor and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was slain on the day of the plague because of Peor.”
Census of the Sons of Israel
Then it happened after the aplague, that Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 “aTake a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ households, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel.” 3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them ain the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 4 “Take a census of the people from twenty years old and upward, as Yahweh has commanded Moses.”
Now the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were:
5 Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, the sons of Reuben:
of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites;
of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
6 of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites;
of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
7 These are the families of the Reubenites, and those who were numbered of them were a43,730.
8 And the son of Pallu: Eliab.
9 And the sons of Eliab:
Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram who were acalled upon by the congregation, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the congregation of Korah, when they contended against Yahweh,
10 and athe earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that congregation died, bwhen the fire consumed 250 men, so that they became a warning.
11 aThe sons of Korah, however, did not die.
12 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;
13 of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites;
of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
14 These are the families of the Simeonites, a22,200.
15 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;
16 of Ozni, the family of the Oznites;
of Eri, the family of the Erites;
17 of Arod, the family of the Arodites;
of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
18 These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, a40,500.
19 The asons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
20 And the asons of Judah according to their families were:
of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites;
of Perez, the family of the Perezites;
of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
21 And the sons of Perez were:
of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites;
of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
22 These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, a76,500.
23 The asons of Issachar according to their families:
of Tola, the family of the Tolaites;
of Puvah, the family of the Punites;
24 of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites;
of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
25 These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, a64,300.
26 The asons 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.
27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them, a60,500.
28 The asons of Joseph according to their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 The sons of Manasseh:
of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and aMachir became the father of Gilead:
of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
30 These are the sons of Gilead:
of Iezer, the family of the aIezerites;
of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
31 and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites;
and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
32 and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites;
and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
33 Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters;
and athe names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.
34 These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were a52,700.
35 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.
36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah:
of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, a32,500.
These are the sons of Joseph according to their families.
38 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;
39 of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites;
of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman:
of Ard, the family of the Ardites;
of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
41 These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were a45,600.
42 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.
43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were a64,400.
44 The asons 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.
45 Of the sons of Beriah:
of Heber, the family of the Heberites;
of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them, a53,400.
48 The asons of Naphtali according to their families:
of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites;
of Guni, the family of the Gunites;
49 of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites;
of aShillem, the family of the Shillemites.
50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were a45,400.
51 These are those who were numbered of the sons of Israel, a601,730.
52 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 53 “Among these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 aTo the larger group you shall increase their inheritance, and to the smaller group you shall diminish their inheritance; each shall be given their inheritance according to those who were numbered of them. 55 But the land shall be adivided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. 56 According to the selection by lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller groups.”
57 aAnd 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.
58 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. aKohath became the father of Amram.
59 And the name of Amram’s wife awas Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram: Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam. 60 aAnd to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 aBut Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before Yahweh. 62 And those who were numbered of them were a23,000, every male from a month old and upward, for bthey were not numbered among the sons of Israel csince no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel.
63 These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 64 aBut among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For Yahweh had said of them, “aThey shall surely die in the wilderness.” And not a man was left of them, bexcept Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.