²⁹ Here in the wilderness^(A) your dead bodies shall fall. Of all your men of twenty years or more, enrolled in your registration, who grumbled against me,

² Take a census, by ancestral houses, throughout the community of the Israelites of all those of twenty years or more who are eligible for military service in Israel.^{(A) 3} So on the plains of Moab along the Jordan at Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest enrolled them, ⁴ those of twenty years or more, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

The Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt were as follows:^[a]

^5 (B)Reuben, the firstborn of Israel. The descendants of Reuben by their clans were: through Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; through Pallu, the clan of the Palluites; ⁶ through Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; through Carmi, the clan of the Carmites. ⁷ These were the clans of the Reubenites, and those enrolled numbered forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.

⁸ From Pallu descended Eliab. ⁹ The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram^(C)—the same Dathan and Abiram, ones designated by the community, who contended with Moses and Aaron as part of Korah’s faction when they contended with the Lord. ¹⁰ The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with Korah, as a warning. The faction was destroyed when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men. ¹¹ The descendants of Korah, however, did not die out.

¹² The descendants of Simeon by clans were: through Nemuel,^[b] the clan of the Nemuelites; through Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; through Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites; ¹³ through Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; through Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites. ¹⁴ These were the clans of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred.

¹⁵ The descendants of Gad by clans were: through Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; through Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; through Shuni, the clan of the Shunites; ¹⁶ through Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; through Eri, the clan of the Erites; ¹⁷ through Arod, the clan of the Arodites; through Areli, the clan of the Arelites. ¹⁸ These were the clans of the descendants of Gad, of whom there were enrolled forty thousand five hundred.

¹⁹ The sons of Judah were Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.^{(D) 20} The descendants of Judah by their clans were: through Shelah, the clan of the Shelahites; through Perez, the clan of the Perezites; through Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites. ²¹ The descendants of Perez were: through Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; through Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites. ²² These were the clans of Judah, of whom there were enrolled seventy-six thousand five hundred.

²³ The descendants of Issachar by their clans were: through Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; through Puvah, the clan of the Puvahites; ²⁴ through Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; through Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites. ²⁵ These were the clans of Issachar, of whom there were enrolled sixty-four thousand three hundred.

²⁶ The descendants of Zebulun by their clans were: through Sered, the clan of the Seredites; through Elon, the clan of the Elonites; through Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites. ²⁷ These were the clans of the Zebulunites, of whom there were enrolled sixty thousand five hundred.

²⁸ The sons of Joseph were Manasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹ The descendants of Manasseh by clans were: through Machir, the clan of the Machirites. Now Machir begot Gilead: through Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites. ³⁰ The descendants of Gilead were: through Iezer, the clan of the Iezrites; through Helek, the clan of the Helekites; ³¹ through Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; through Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites; ³² through Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; through Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites. ^33 (E)As for Zelophehad, son of Hepher—he had no sons, but only daughters. The names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. ³⁴ These were the clans of Manasseh, and those enrolled numbered fifty-two thousand seven hundred.

³⁵ These were the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: through Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites; through Becher, the clan of the Becherites; through Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites. ³⁶ These were the descendants of Shuthelah: through Eran, the clan of the Eranites. ³⁷ These were the clans of the Ephraimites, of whom there were enrolled thirty-two thousand five hundred.

These were the descendants of Joseph by their clans.

³⁸ The descendants of Benjamin by their clans were: through Bela, the clan of the Belaites; through Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; through Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites; ³⁹ through Shupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; through Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites. ⁴⁰ The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: through Ard, the clan of the Ardites; through Naaman, the clan of the Naamites. ⁴¹ These were the descendants of Benjamin by their clans, of whom there were enrolled forty-five thousand six hundred.

⁴² These were the descendants of Dan by their clans: through Shuham the clan of the Shuhamites. These were the clans of Dan, ⁴³ of whom there were enrolled sixty-four thousand four hundred.

⁴⁴ The descendants of Asher by their clans were: through Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; through Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; through Beriah, the clan of the Beriites; ⁴⁵ through Heber, the clan of the Heberites; through Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites. ⁴⁶ The name of Asher’s daughter was Serah. ⁴⁷ These were the clans of the descendants of Asher, of whom there were enrolled fifty-three thousand four hundred.

⁴⁸ The descendants of Naphtali by their clans were: through Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; through Guni, the clan of the Gunites; ⁴⁹ through Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; through Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites. ⁵⁰ These were the clans of Naphtali, of whom there were enrolled forty-five thousand four hundred.

⁵¹ These were the Israelites who were enrolled: six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.

Allotment of the Land.^[c]