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Bamidbar 26

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The Second Census and the Law of Inheritance

And it came to pass after the plague, that 𐀉𐀄𐀅𐀄 spake unto Mushah and unto Eleazar the son of Aharon the priest, saying,
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"Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Yashar'al, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' houses, all that are able to go to war in Yashar'al."
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And Mushah and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Yardan near Yaricho, saying,
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"Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as 𐀉𐀄𐀅𐀄 commanded Mushah and the children of Yashar'al, which went forth out of the land of Mitzrayim."
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The Tribe of Ra'uban

Ra'uban, the eldest son of Yashar'al: the children of Ra'uban; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
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Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
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These are the families of the Ra'ubanites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
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And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
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And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Mushah and against Aharon in the company of Korah, when they strove against 𐀉𐀄𐀅𐀄:
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And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
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Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
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The Tribe of Sham'un

The sons of Sham'un after their families: of Yemuel, the family of the Yemuelites: of Yamin, the family of the Yaminites: of Yachin, the family of the Yachinites:
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Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
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These are the families of the Sham'unites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
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The Tribe of Gad

The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: 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 Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
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These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
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The Tribe of Yahudah

The sons of Yahudah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Kena’an.
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And the sons of Yahudah after their families were: of Shalach, the family of the Shelanites: of Perez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
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And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
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These are the families of Yahudah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
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The Tribe of Yassakar

Of the sons of Yassakar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Puvah, the family of the Punites:
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Of Yashub, the family of the Yashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
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These are the families of Yassakar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
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The Tribe of Zabalun

Of the sons of Zabalun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Yahleel, the family of the Yahleelites.
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These are the families of the Zabalunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
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The Tribes of Yusaph: Manashah

The sons of Yusaph after their families were Manashah and Aphrayiym.
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Of the sons of Manashah: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begot Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
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These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
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And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
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And of Shamida, the family of the Shamidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
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And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Nuach, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
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These are the families of Manashah, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
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The Tribes of Yusaph: Aphrayiym

These are the sons of Aphrayiym after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
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And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
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These are the families of the sons of Aphrayiym according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Yusaph after their families.
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The Tribe of Binyamiyn

The sons of Binyamiyn after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:
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Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
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And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
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These are the sons of Binyamiyn after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
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The Tribe of Dan

These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
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All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
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The Tribe of Ashar

Of the children of Ashar after their families: of Yimnah, the family of the Yimnites: of Yishvi, the family of the Yishvites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
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Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malkiel, the family of the Malkielites.
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And the name of the daughter of Ashar was Serah.
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These are the families of the sons of Ashar according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
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The Tribe of Naphtaliy

Of the sons of Naphtaliy after their families: of Yahzeel, the family of the Yahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
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Of Yezer, the family of the Yezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
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These are the families of Naphtaliy according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
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The Total Sum of the Armies

These were the numbered of the children of Yashar'al, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
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The Law of the Lut and the Inheritance

And 𐀉𐀄𐀅𐀄 spake unto Mushah, saying,
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"Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names."
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"To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him."
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"Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit."
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"According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few."
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The Census of the Lawiytes

And these are they that were numbered of the Lawiytes after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
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These are the families of the Lawiytes: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Chabrunites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begot Amram.
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And the name of Amram's wife was Yokhebed, the daughter of Lawiy, whom her mother bore to Lawiy in Mitzrayim: and she bore unto Amram Aharon and Mushah, and Miryam their sister.
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And unto Aharon was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before 𐀉𐀄𐀅𐀄.
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And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Yashar'al, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Yashar'al.
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The Fulfillment of the Wilderness Decree

These are they that were numbered by Mushah and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Yashar'al in the plains of Moab by Yardan near Yaricho.
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But among these there was not a man of them whom Mushah and Aharon the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Yashar'al in the wilderness of Siynay.
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For 𐀉𐀄𐀅𐀄 had said of them, "They shall surely die in the wilderness." And there was not left a man of them, save Kalab the son of Yephunneh, and Yahushua the son of Nun.