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Numbers 26

Numbers 26 records the second census of Israel’s fighting men, taken after the plague at Baal-peor. The new generation is counted by tribe and family for both military organization and future land distribution. The total is 601,730, close to but slightly below the first census total. The Levites are counted separately. The chapter closes by emphasizing that none of the men counted in the first census remain except Joshua and Caleb, exactly as the LORD had said.

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Numbers 26 records the second census of Israel’s fighting men, taken after the plague at Baal-peor. The new generation is counted by tribe and family for both military organization and future land distribution. The total is 601,730, close to but slightly below the first census total. The Levites are counted separately. The chapter closes by emphasizing that none of the men counted in the first census remain except Joshua and Caleb, exactly as the LORD had said.

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Verses 1–4A new census is commanded after the plagueVerses 5–51The tribes of Israel are numbered for inheritanceVerses 52–56The land is to be divided according to the censusVerses 57–62The Levites are numbered separatelyVerses 63–65Only Joshua and Caleb remain from the earlier numbered generation
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1And it came to pass after the plague, that the…2Take the sum of all the congregation of the children…3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in…4Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old…5Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben;…6Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the…7These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that…8And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.9And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram.…10And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up…11Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.12The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the…13Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the…14These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two…15The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the…16Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the…17Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the…18These are the families of the children of Gad according…19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er…20And the sons of Judah after their families were; of…21And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family…22These are the families of Judah according to those that…23Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola,…24Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the…25These are the families of Issachar according to those that…26Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered,…27These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those…28The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and…29Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of…30These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family…31And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of…32And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of…33And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but…34These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were…35These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of…36And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the…37These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according…38The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the…39Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the…40And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of…41These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and…42These are the sons of Dan after their families: of…43All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that…44Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna,…45Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of…46And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.47These are the families of the sons of Asher according…48Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel,…49Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the…50These are the families of Naphtali according to their families:…51These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six…52And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,53Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance…54To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to…55Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to…56According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided…57And these are they that were numbered of the Levites…58These are the families of the Levites: the family of…59And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter…60And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and…61And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire…62And those that were numbered of them were twenty and…63These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar…64But among these there was not a man of them…65For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely…