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Numbers 26

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Korah’s followers vanish into earth and fire, and then the chapter pauses to make sure nobody thinks Korah’s family vanished with them.

A census with a survivor in the marginvv. 1–51

After the plague, the LORD orders Moses and Eleazar to count Israel by ancestral clans, beginning with Reuben and moving through the tribes in a long roll of names and numbers. The list carries one remarkable interruption: Dathan and Abiram rebelled with Korah’s followers, the earth swallowed them, and fire consumed 250 men—yet “the line of Korah did not die out.” A census fond of fathers and sons also stops for Zelophehad, who had no sons but five daughters, all named: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. By the end, the men of Israel number 601,730, which is a great many names to fit beneath one sky.

Inheritance, Levites, and the missing generationvv. 52–65

The numbers now acquire parcels of land: large tribes are to receive more, small tribes less, with the inheritance divided by lot. The Levites are counted separately, including the Kohathite family of Amram, Jochebed’s children Aaron, Moses, and Miriam, and Aaron’s sons. Nadab and Abihu are mentioned with the stark economy of a family register: they died after offering unauthorized fire. Finally the chapter looks back at the earlier census in the Wilderness of Sinai. Not one of that counted generation remains, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

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Num 26:1After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
Num 26:2“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”
Num 26:3So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,
Num 26:4“Take a census of the men twenty years of age or older, as the LORD has commanded Moses.” And these were the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt:
Num 26:5 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu,
Num 26:6the Hezronite clan from Hezron, and the Carmite clan from Carmi.
Num 26:7These were the clans of Reuben, and their registration numbered 43,730.
Num 26:8Now the son of Pallu was Eliab,
Num 26:9and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.
Num 26:10And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.
Num 26:11However, the line of Korah did not die out.
Num 26:12These were the descendants of Simeon by their clans: The Nemuelite clan from Nemuel, the Jaminite clan from Jamin, the Jachinite clan from Jachin,
Num 26:13the Zerahite clan from Zerah, and the Shaulite clan from Shaul.
Num 26:14These were the clans of Simeon, and there were 22,200 men.
Num 26:15These were the descendants of Gad by their clans: The Zephonite clan from Zephon, the Haggite clan from Haggi, the Shunite clan from Shuni,
Num 26:16the Oznite clan from Ozni, the Erite clan from Eri,
Num 26:17the Arodite clan from Arod, and the Arelite clan from Areli.
Num 26:18These were the clans of Gad, and their registration numbered. . . 40,500.
Num 26:19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
Num 26:20These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
Num 26:21And these were the descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the Hamulite clan from Hamul.
Num 26:22These were the clans of Judah, and their registration numbered. . . 76,500.
Num 26:23These were the descendants of Issachar by their clans: The Tolaite clan from Tola, the Punite clan from Puvah,
Num 26:24the Jashubite clan from Jashub, and the Shimronite clan from Shimron.
Num 26:25These were the clans of Issachar, and their registration numbered. . . 64,300.
Num 26:26These were the descendants of Zebulun by their clans: The Seredite clan from Sered, the Elonite clan from Elon, and the Jahleelite clan from Jahleel.
Num 26:27These were the clans of Zebulun, and their registration numbered. . . 60,500.
Num 26:28The descendants of Joseph included the clans of Manasseh and Ephraim.
Num 26:29These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
Num 26:30These were the descendants of Gilead: the Iezerite clan from Iezer, the Helekite clan from Helek,
Num 26:31the Asrielite clan from Asriel, the Shechemite clan from Shechem,
Num 26:32the Shemidaite clan from Shemida, and the Hepherite clan from Hepher.
Num 26:33Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Num 26:34These were the clans of Manasseh, and their registration numbered. . . 52,700.
Num 26:35These were the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The Shuthelahite clan from Shuthelah, the Becherite clan from Becher, and the Tahanite clan from Tahan.
Num 26:36And the descendants of Shuthelah were the Eranite clan from Eran.
Num 26:37These were the clans of Ephraim, and their registration numbered. . . 32,500. These clans were the descendants of Joseph.
Num 26:38These were the descendants of Benjamin by their clans: The Belaite clan from Bela, the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel, the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram,
Num 26:39the Shuphamite clan from Shupham, and the Huphamite clan from Hupham.
Num 26:40And the descendants of Bela from Ard and Naaman were the Ardite clan from Ard and the Naamite clan from Naaman.
Num 26:41These were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered. . . 45,600.
Num 26:42These were the descendants of Dan by their clans: The Shuhamite clan from Shuham. These were the clans of Dan.
Num 26:43All of them were Shuhamite clans, and their registration numbered. . . 64,400.
Num 26:44These were the descendants of Asher by their clans: The Imnite clan from Imnah, the Ishvite clan from Ishvi, and the Beriite clan from Beriah.
Num 26:45And these were the descendants of Beriah: the Heberite clan from Heber and the Malchielite clan from Malchiel.
Num 26:46And the name of Asher’s daughter was Serah.
Num 26:47These were the clans of Asher, and their registration numbered. . . 53,400.
Num 26:48These were the descendants of Naphtali by their clans: The Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel, the Gunite clan from Guni,
Num 26:49the Jezerite clan from Jezer, and the Shillemite clan from Shillem.
Num 26:50These were the clans of Naphtali, and their registration numbered. . . 45,400.
Num 26:51These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.
Num 26:52Then the LORD said to Moses,
Num 26:53“The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names.
Num 26:54Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one; each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those registered.
Num 26:55Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
Num 26:56Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”
Num 26:57Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
Num 26:58These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath was the father of Amram,
Num 26:59and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
Num 26:60 Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,
Num 26:61but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.
Num 26:62The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.
Num 26:63These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
Num 26:64Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.
Num 26:65For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

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65 1 Corinthians 10:5–6Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
10 Numbers 16:38As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”
65 Numbers 14:38Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
59 Exodus 6:20And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
64 Deuteronomy 2:14–15The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
1 Numbers 25:9but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
2 Exodus 38:25–26The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—
3 Numbers 22:1Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
9 Numbers 1:16These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.
19 Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
23 1 Chronicles 7:1The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.
23 Genesis 46:13The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.
29 Joshua 17:1Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
33 Numbers 27:1Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached
48 1 Chronicles 7:13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—the descendants of Bilhah.
48 Genesis 46:24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

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