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Census of the Sons of Israel

26 [a]Then it happened after the (A)plague, [b]that Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, (B)Take a [c]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.” So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them (C)in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 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:

Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, the sons of Reuben:
of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites;
of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites;
of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
These are the families of the Reubenites, and those who were numbered of them were (D)43,730.
And the son of Pallu: Eliab.
And the sons of Eliab:
Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram who were (E)called upon by the congregation, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the congregation of Korah, when they contended against Yahweh,
10 and (F)the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that congregation died, (G)when the fire consumed 250 men, so that they became a [d]warning.
11 (H)The sons of Korah, however, did not die.
12 The sons of Simeon according to their families:
of [e]Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites;
of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites;
of [f]Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;
13 of [g]Zerah, the family of the Zerahites;
of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
14 These are the families of the Simeonites, (I)22,200.
15 The sons of Gad according to their families:
of [h]Zephon, the family of the Zephonites;
of Haggi, the family of the Haggites;
of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
16 of [i]Ozni, the family of the Oznites;
of Eri, the family of the Erites;
17 of [j]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, (J)40,500.
19 The (K)sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
20 And the (L)sons 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, (M)76,500.
23 The (N)sons of Issachar according to their families:
of Tola, the family of the Tolaites;
of [k]Puvah, the family of the Punites;
24 of [l]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, (O)64,300.
26 The (P)sons 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, (Q)60,500.
28 The (R)sons of Joseph according to their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 The sons of Manasseh:
of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and (S)Machir [m]became the father of Gilead:
of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
30 These are the sons of Gilead:
of [n]Iezer, the family of the (T)Iezerites;
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 (U)the 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 (V)52,700.
35 These are the sons of Ephraim according to their families:
of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites;
of [o]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, (W)32,500.
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 [p]Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
39 of [q]Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites;
of [r]Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
40 And the sons of Bela were [s]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 (X)45,600.
42 These are the sons of Dan according to their families:
of [t]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 (Y)64,400.
44 The (Z)sons 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, (AA)53,400.
48 The (AB)sons 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 (AC)Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were (AD)45,400.

51 These are those who were numbered of the sons of Israel, (AE)601,730.

52 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 53 [u]Among these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 (AF)To 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 (AG)divided by lot. They shall [v]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 (AH)And 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. (AI)Kohath [w]became the father of Amram.

59 And the name of Amram’s wife (AJ)was 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 (AK)And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 (AL)But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before Yahweh. 62 And those who were numbered of them were (AM)23,000, every male from a month old and upward, for (AN)they were not numbered among the sons of Israel (AO)since 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 (AP)But 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 [x]of them, “(AQ)They shall surely die in the wilderness.” And not a man was left of them, (AR)except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 26:1 Ch 25:19 in Heb
  2. Numbers 26:1 Ch 26:1 in Heb
  3. Numbers 26:2 Lit sum
  4. Numbers 26:10 Lit sign
  5. Numbers 26:12 In Gen 46:10 and Ex 6:15, Jemuel
  6. Numbers 26:12 In 1 Chr 4:24, Jarib
  7. Numbers 26:13 In Gen 46:10, Zohar
  8. Numbers 26:15 In Gen 46:16, Ziphion
  9. Numbers 26:16 In Gen 46:16, Ezbon
  10. Numbers 26:17 In Gen 46:16, Arodi
  11. Numbers 26:23 In Gen 46:13, Puvvah; in 1 Chr 7:1, Puah
  12. Numbers 26:24 In Gen 46:13, Iob
  13. Numbers 26:29 Lit begot
  14. Numbers 26:30 In Josh 17:2, Abiezer
  15. Numbers 26:35 In 1 Chr 7:20, Bered
  16. Numbers 26:38 In Gen 46:21, Ehi; in 1 Chr 8:1, Aharah
  17. Numbers 26:39 In Gen 46:21, Muppim; in 1 Chr 7:12, Shuppim
  18. Numbers 26:39 In Gen 46:21, Muppim and Huppim
  19. Numbers 26:40 In 1 Chr 8:3, Addar
  20. Numbers 26:42 In Gen 46:23, Hushim
  21. Numbers 26:53 Lit To
  22. Numbers 26:55 Lit inherit according to
  23. Numbers 26:58 Lit begot
  24. Numbers 26:65 Or to

26 sprach der Herr zu Mose und zum Priester Eleasar, dem Sohn von Aaron:

»Zählt das ganze Volk Israel, alle wehrfähigen Männer ab 20 Jahren, und schreibt sie nach Sippen geordnet auf.«

3-4 Mose und Eleasar berichteten den Israeliten, was der Herr ihnen befohlen hatte. In der moabitischen Steppe östlich des Jordan, gegenüber von Jericho, zählten sie alle wehrfähigen Männer ab 20 Jahren. Dies sind die Nachkommen der Israeliten, die einst aus Ägypten fortgezogen waren:

5-7 Der Stamm Ruben umfasste 43.730 Männer und bestand aus den Sippen der Henochiter, Palluiter, Hezroniter und Karmiter. Sie waren die Nachkommen von Rubens Söhnen Henoch, Pallu, Hezron und Karmi. Ruben war der erstgeborene Sohn Israels gewesen. Rubens Sohn Pallu war der Vater von Eliab gewesen, dessen Söhne Nemuël, Datan und Abiram hießen. Datan und Abiram waren die Männer, die vom Volk zu Anführern ernannt worden waren und einen Aufruhr gegen Mose und Aaron angezettelt hatten. Als sie sich gemeinsam mit Korachs Leuten gegen den Herrn auflehnten, 10 öffnete sich die Erde und verschlang sie zusammen mit Korach. Die 250 Männer, die den Aufstand unterstützt hatten, verbrannten. Sie alle wurden für Israel zu einem abschreckenden Beispiel. 11 Die Söhne von Korach jedoch überlebten.

12-14 Der Stamm Simeon zählte 22.200 Männer und teilte sich in die Sippen der Jemuëliter, Jaminiter, Jachiniter, Serachiter und Schauliter. Sie waren die Nachkommen von Simeons Söhnen Jemuël, Jamin, Jachin, Serach und Schaul.

15-18 Der Stamm Gad hatte 40.500 Männer und bestand aus den Sippen der Zifjoniter, Haggiter, Schuniter, Osniter, Eriter, Aroditer und Areliter. Sie waren die Nachkommen von Gads Söhnen Zifjon, Haggi, Schuni, Osni, Eri, Arod und Areli.

19-22 Zum Stamm Juda gehörten 76.500 Männer. Er setzte sich aus den Sippen der Schelaniter, Pereziter und Serachiter zusammen. Sie stammten von Judas Söhnen Schela, Perez und Serach ab.

Juda hatte noch zwei andere Söhne gehabt, Er und Onan. Sie waren noch in Kanaan gestorben. Perez hatte zwei Söhne gehabt, Hezron und Hamul, die Vorfahren der Hezroniter und Hamuliter.

23-25 Der Stamm Issachar zählte 64.300 Mann. Er bestand aus den Sippen der Tolaiter, Puwaniter, Jaschubiter und Schimroniter, den Nachkommen von Issachars Söhnen Tola, Puwa, Jaschub und Schimron.

26-27 Der Stamm Sebulon umfasste 60.500 Männer und setzte sich aus den Sippen der Serediter, Eloniter und Jachleeliter zusammen. Sie waren die Nachkommen von Sebulons Söhnen Sered, Elon und Jachleel.

28 Josef hatte zwei Söhne gehabt: Manasse und Ephraim. Ihre Nachkommen bildeten zwei Stämme:

29-34 Der Stamm Manasse zählte 52.700 Mann und bestand aus den Sippen der Machiriter, Gileaditer, Iëseriter, Helekiter, Asriëliter, Sichemiter, Schemidaiter und Heferiter. Machir war der Sohn Manasses und Vater Gileads gewesen. Gileads Söhne hießen Iëser, Helek, Asriël, Sichem, Schemida und Hefer. Hefer war der Vater von Zelofhad. Dieser hatte keinen Sohn, sondern fünf Töchter: Machla, Noa, Hogla, Milka und Tirza.

35-37 Zum Stamm Ephraim gehörten 32.500 Männer. Er setzte sich aus den Sippen der Schutelachiter, Becheriter, Tahaniter und Eraniter zusammen. Schutelach, Becher und Tahan waren Söhne Ephraims gewesen, Eran war der Sohn von Schutelach.

38-41 Der Stamm Benjamin zählte 45.600 Mann. Er bestand aus den Sippen der Belaiter, Aschbeliter, Ahiramiter, Schufamiter, Hufamiter, Arditer und Naamaniter. Bela, Aschbel, Ahiram, Schufam und Hufam waren Söhne Benjamins gewesen, Ard und Naaman Söhne Belas.

42-43 Der Stamm Dan hatte 64.400 Mann. Sie stammten alle von Dans Sohn Schuham ab und bildeten die Sippe der Schuhamiter.

44-47 Der Stamm Asser besaß 53.400 Männer und setzte sich aus den Sippen der Jimniter, Jischwiter, Beriiter, Heberiter und Malkiëliter zusammen. Jimna, Jischwi und Beria waren Söhne Assers gewesen. Er hatte auch eine Tochter namens Serach gehabt. Beria war der Vater von Heber und Malkiël.

48-50 Zum Stamm Naftali gehörten 45.400 Mann. Er bestand aus den Sippen der Jachzeeliter, Guniter, Jezeriter und Schillemiter. Sie waren die Nachkommen von Naftalis Söhnen Jachzeel, Guni, Jezer und Schillem.

51 Die Gesamtzahl der wehrfähigen Männer Israels betrug 601.730.

52 Der Herr sprach zu Mose: 53 »Diese Zahlen sollst du zugrunde legen, wenn du das Land unter den Israeliten aufteilst. 54 Gib den großen Stämmen mehr Grundbesitz als den kleinen! Jeder Stamm soll so viel Land erhalten, wie es seiner Größe entspricht. 55-56 In welchem Gebiet ein Stamm Land erhält, soll das Los entscheiden. Aber die Ausdehnung des Gebiets soll sich nach der Größe des Stammes richten.«

Auch die Leviten werden gezählt

57 Der Stamm Levi bestand aus den Sippen der Gerschoniter, Kehatiter und Merariter – sie waren die Nachkommen von Gerschon, Kehat und Merari – 58 und aus den Sippen der Libniter, Hebroniter, Machliter, Muschiter und Korachiter. Kehat war ein Vorfahre von Amram. 59 Dieser heiratete Jochebed, eine Levitin, die in Ägypten geboren worden war. Sie brachte drei Kinder zur Welt: Aaron, Mose und deren Schwester Mirjam. 60 Aarons Söhne hießen Nadab, Abihu, Eleasar und Itamar. 61 Nadab und Abihu mussten sterben, weil sie dem Herrn eigenmächtig ein Räucheropfer dargebracht hatten. 62 Die Zahl aller männlichen Leviten, die mindestens einen Monat alt waren, betrug 23.000. Sie wurden unabhängig von den anderen Israeliten gezählt, weil sie kein eigenes Stammesgebiet erhalten sollten.

Die erste Generation aus Ägypten ist tot

63 Mose und der Priester Eleasar zählten die Israeliten in der moabitischen Ebene östlich des Jordan, gegenüber von Jericho. 64 Dabei stellte sich heraus, dass niemand mehr lebte, der bei der ersten Volkszählung aufgeschrieben worden war. Alle Männer, die Mose und der Priester Aaron damals in der Wüste Sinai gemustert hatten, 65 waren inzwischen gestorben, wie der Herr es ihnen angekündigt hatte. Nur Kaleb, der Sohn von Jefunne, und Josua, der Sohn von Nun, lebten noch.