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After the plague the LORD said to Moses and to Elea '
zar the son of Aaron ,
the priest ,
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Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel ,
from twenty years old and upward ,
by their fathers '
houses ,
all in Israel who are able to go forth to war ."
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And Moses and Elea '
zar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho ,
saying ,
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Take a census of the people ,
from twenty years old and upward ,"
as the LORD commanded Moses .
The people of Israel ,
who came forth out of the land of Egypt ,
were :
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Reuben ,
the first-born of Israel ;
the sons of Reuben :
of Hanoch ,
the family of the Ha '
nochites ;
of Pallu ,
the family of the Pal '
luites ;
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of Hezron ,
the family of the Hez '
ronites ;
of Carmi ,
the family of the Carmites .
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These are the families of the Reubenites ;
and their number was forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty .
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And the sons of Pallu :
Eli '
ab .
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The sons of Eli '
ab :
Nem '
uel ,
Dathan ,
and Abi '
ram .
These are the Dathan and Abi '
ram ,
chosen from the congregation ,
who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah ,
when they contended against the LORD ,
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and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah ,
when that company died ,
when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men ;
and they became a warning .
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Notwithstanding ,
the sons of Korah did not die .
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The sons of Simeon according to their families :
of Nem '
uel ,
the family of the Nem '
uelites ;
of Jamin ,
the family of the Ja '
minites ;
of Jachin ,
the family of the Ja '
chinites ;
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of Zerah ,
the family of the Zer '
ahites ;
of Sha '
ul ,
the family of the Sha '
ulites .
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These are the families of the Simeonites ,
twenty-two thousand two hundred .
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The sons of Gad according to their families :
of Zephon ,
the family of the Ze '
phonites ;
of Haggi ,
the family of the Haggites ;
of Shuni ,
the family of the Shunites ;
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of Ozni ,
the family of the Oznites ;
of Eri ,
the family of the Erites ;
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of Ar '
od ,
the family of the Ar '
odites ;
of Are '
li ,
the family of the Are '
lites .
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These are the families of the sons of Gad according to their number ,
forty thousand five hundred .
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The sons of Judah were Er and Onan ;
and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan .
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And the sons of Judah according to their families were :
of Shelah ,
the family of the Shela '
nites ;
of Perez ,
the family of the Per '
ezites ;
of Zerah ,
the family of the Zer '
ahites .
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And the sons of Perez were :
of Hezron ,
the family of the Hez '
ronites ;
of Hamul ,
the family of the Hamu '
lites .
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These are the families of Judah according to their number ,
seventy-six thousand five hundred .
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The sons of Is '
sachar according to their families :
of Tola ,
the family of the To '
laites ;
of Puvah ,
the family of the Punites ;
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of Jashub ,
the family of the Jash '
ubites ;
of Shimron ,
the family of the Shim '
ronites .
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These are the families of Is '
sachar according to their number ,
sixty-four thousand three hundred .
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The sons of Zeb '
ulun ,
according to their families :
of Sered ,
the family of the Ser '
edites ;
of Elon ,
the family of the E '
lonites ;
of Jahleel ,
the family of the Jah '
leelites .
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These are the families of the Zeb '
ulunites according to their number ,
sixty thousand five hundred .
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The sons of Joseph according to their families :
Manas '
seh and E '
phraim .
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The sons of Manas '
seh :
of Machir ,
the family of the Ma '
chirites ;
and Machir was the father of Gilead ;
of Gilead ,
the family of the Gileadites .
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These are the sons of Gilead :
of Ie '
zer ,
the family of the Ie '
zerites ;
of Helek ,
the family of the He '
lekites ;
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and of As '
riel ,
the family of the As '
rielites ;
and of Shechem ,
the family of the She '
chemites ;
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and of Shemi '
da ,
the family of the Shemi '
daites ;
and of Hepher ,
the family of the He '
pherites .
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Now Zeloph '
ehad the son of Hepher had no sons ,
but daughters :
and the names of the daughters of Zeloph '
ehad were Mahlah ,
Noah ,
Hoglah ,
Milcah ,
and Tirzah .
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These are the families of Manas '
seh ;
and their number was fifty-two thousand seven hundred .
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These are the sons of E '
phraim according to their families :
of Shuthe '
lah ,
the family of the Shuthe '
lahites ;
of Becher ,
the family of the Bech '
erites ;
of Tahan ,
the family of the Ta '
hanites .
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And these are the sons of Shuthe '
lah :
of Eran ,
the family of the E '
ranites .
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These are the families of the sons of E '
phraim according to their number ,
thirty-two thousand five hundred .
These are the sons of Joseph according to their families .
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The sons of Benjamin according to their families :
of Bela ,
the family of the Be '
la-ites ;
of Ashbel ,
the family of the Ash '
belites ;
of Ahi '
ram ,
the family of the Ahi '
ramites ;
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of Shephu '
pham ,
the family of the Shu '
phamites ;
of Hupham ,
the family of the Hu '
phamites .
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And the sons of Bela were Ard and Na '
aman :
of Ard ,
the family of the Ard '
ites ;
of Na '
aman ,
the family of the Na '
amites .
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These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families ;
and their number was forty-five thousand six hundred .
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These are the sons of Dan according to their families :
of Shuham ,
the family of the Shu '
hamites .
These are the families of Dan according to their families .
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All the families of the Shu '
hamites ,
according to their number ,
were sixty-four thousand four hundred .
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The sons of Asher according to their families :
of Imnah ,
the family of the Imnites ;
of Ishvi ,
the family of the Ishvites ;
of Beri '
ah ,
the family of the Beri '
ites .
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Of the sons of Beri '
ah :
of Heber ,
the family of the He '
berites ;
of Mal '
chi-el ,
the family of the Mal '
chi-elites .
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And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah .
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These are the families of the sons of Asher according to their number ,
fifty-three thousand four hundred .
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The sons of Naph '
tali according to their families :
of Jahzeel ,
the family of the Jah '
zeelites ;
of Guni ,
the family of the Gunites ;
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of Jezer ,
the family of the Je '
zerites ;
of Shillem ,
the family of the Shil '
lemites .
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These are the families of Naph '
tali according to their families ;
and their number was forty-five thousand four hundred .
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This was the number of the people of Israel ,
six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty .
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The LORD said to Moses :
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To these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names .
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To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance ,
and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance ;
every tribe shall be given its inheritance according to its numbers .
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But the land shall be divided by lot ;
according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit .
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Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller ."
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These are the Levites as numbered according to their families :
of Gershon ,
the family of the Gershonites ;
of Kohath ,
the family of the Ko '
hathites ;
of Merar '
i ,
the family of the Merar '
ites .
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These are the families of Levi :
the family of the Libnites ,
the family of the He '
bronites ,
the family of the Mahlites ,
the family of the Mushites ,
the family of the Ko '
rahites .
And Kohath was the father of Amram .
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The name of Amram '
s wife was Joch '
ebed the daughter of Levi ,
who was born to Levi in Egypt ;
and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister .
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And to Aaron were born Nadab ,
Abi '
hu ,
Elea '
zar and Ith '
amar .
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But Nadab and Abi '
hu died when they offered unholy fire before the LORD .
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And those numbered of them were twenty-three thousand ,
every male from a month old and upward ;
for they were not numbered among the people of Israel ,
because there was no inheritance given to them among the people of Israel .
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These were those numbered by Moses and Elea '
zar the priest ,
who numbered the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho .
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But among these there was not a man of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest ,
who had numbered the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai .
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For the LORD had said of them , "
They shall die in the wilderness ."
There was not left a man of them ,
except Caleb the son of Jephun '
neh and Joshua the son of Nun .