1. After the epidemic the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron,
2. “Take a census by families of the whole community of Israel, of all men twenty years old or older who are fit for military service.”
3-4. Moses and Eleazar obeyed, and called together all the men of that age group. They assembled in the plains of Moab across the River Jordan from Jericho.These were the Israelites who came out of Egypt:
10. The ground opened and swallowed them, and they died with Korah and his followers when fire destroyed 250 men; they became a warning to the people.
11. But the sons of Korah were not killed.)
12. The tribe of Simeon: the clans of Nemuel, Jamin, Jachin,
13. Zerah, and Shaul.
14. These clans numbered 22,200 men.
15. The tribe of Gad: the clans of Zephon, Haggi, Shuni,
16. Ozni, Eri,
17. Arod, and Areli.
18. These clans numbered 40,500 men.
19-21. The tribe of Judah: the clans of Shelah, Perez, Zerah, Hezron, and Hamul. (Two of Judah's sons, Er and Onan, had died in the land of Canaan.)
22. These clans numbered 76,500 men.
23. The tribe of Issachar: the clans of Tola, Puah,
24. Jashub, and Shimron.
25. These clans numbered 64,300 men.
26. The tribe of Zebulun: the clans of Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
27. These clans numbered 60,500 men.
28. The tribes of Joseph, who was the father of two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
29. The tribe of Manasseh: Machir son of Manasseh was the father of Gilead, and the following clans traced their ancestry to Gilead: