Numbers 26

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 26 of 36

1 And it happened, after the plague, Jehovah spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

2 Lift the heads of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, from a son of twenty years and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.

3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab beside Jordan, at Jericho, saying,

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Chapter Summary

A second census is taken in the plains of Moab, counting all males from twenty years old and upward. The total is 601,730. Laws for dividing the inheritance by lot are given. The Levites are numbered separately. Only Caleb and Joshua remain from the original generation numbered at Sinai.

Key Hebrew Words

נַחֲלָת֔ possession H5159 · TWOT 1342a
יִנְחָֽלוּ get as a possession H5157 · TWOT 1342
בְּכ֣וֹר first-born H1060 · TWOT 244a
חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה five H2568 · TWOT 686a
חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים fifty H2572 · TWOT 686c

People & Context

Second Census Taken

Moses and Eleazar number the Israelite men twenty years and older in the plains of Moab. The major tribal counts are: Reuben 43,730; Simeon 22,200; Ga…

Levites Counted

The Levite males from a month old and upward are numbered separately, totaling 23,000. They are not counted among the general sons of Israel because t…

Joshua and Caleb Mentioned

The census reveals that not one man from the original Sinai census remains alive, fulfilling God's judgment that the older generation would die in the…

Timeline

Second Census Taken

Moses and Eleazar number the Israelite men twenty years and older in the plains of Moab. The major tribal counts are: Reuben 43,730; Simeon 22,200; Gad 40,500; Judah 76,500; Issachar 64,300; Zebulun 60,500; Manasseh 52,700; Ephraim 32,500; Benjamin 45,600; Dan 64,400; Asher 53,400; Naphtali 45,400, totaling 601,730.

Numbers 26:1-56
Levites Counted

The Levite males from a month old and upward are numbered separately, totaling 23,000. They are not counted among the general sons of Israel because they are not given a land inheritance.

Numbers 26:57-62
Joshua and Caleb Mentioned

The census reveals that not one man from the original Sinai census remains alive, fulfilling God's judgment that the older generation would die in the wilderness. The only exceptions preserved alive are Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

Numbers 26:63-65

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