Numbers 25-26New King James Version (NKJV)
Israel’s Harlotry in Moab
25 Now Israel remained in Acacia Grove,[a] and the people began
to commit harlotry with the women of Moab. 2 They
invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and
bowed down to their gods. 3 So Israel was joined to
Baal of Peor, and the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel.
4 Then the Lord said to
Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang the offenders before
the Lord, out in the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may
turn away from Israel.”
5 So Moses said to the judges of
Israel, “Every one of you kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.”
6 And indeed, one of the children of
Israel came and presented to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of
Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel,
who were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of
meeting. 7 Now when Phinehas the son of Eleazar,
the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose from among the
congregation and took a javelin in his hand; 8 and
he went after the man of Israel into the tent and thrust both of them through,
the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stopped
among the children of Israel. 9 And those who died
in the plague were twenty-four thousand.
10 Then the Lord spoke to
Moses, saying: 11 “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the
son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel,
because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the
children of Israel in My zeal. 12 Therefore say,
‘Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace; 13 and
it shall be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting
priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the
children of Israel.’”
14 Now the name of the Israelite who
was killed, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri
the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s house among the Simeonites. 15 And
the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the
daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a father’s house
in Midian.
16 Then the Lord spoke to
Moses, saying: 17 “Harass the Midianites, and
attack them; 18 for they harassed you with their
schemes by which they seduced you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of
Cozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed in the
day of the plague because of Peor.”
The Second Census of Israel
26 And it came to pass, after the plague, that
the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest,
saying: 2 “Take a census of all the congregation of
the children of Israel from twenty years old and above, by their fathers’
houses, all who are able to go to war in Israel.” 3 So
Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the
Jordan, across from Jericho, saying: 4 “Take
a census of the people from twenty years old and above, just as
the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel who came out of
the land of Egypt.”
5 Reuben was the
firstborn of Israel. The children of Reuben were: of Hanoch,
the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the
Palluites; 6 of Hezron, the family of
the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the
families of the Reubenites: those who were numbered of them were forty-three
thousand seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the son of
Pallu was Eliab. 9 The sons of
Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the
Dathan and Abiram, representatives of the congregation, who contended against
Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against
the Lord; 10 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 sign. 11 Nevertheless
the children of Korah did not die.
12 The sons of Simeon according to
their families were: of Nemuel,[b] the family of the
Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin,[c] the family of the
Jachinites; 13 of Zerah,[d] the family of the
Zarhites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the
families of the Simeonites: twenty-two thousand two hundred.
15 The sons of Gad according to their
families were: of Zephon,[e] the family of the
Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni,
the family of the Shunites; 16 of Ozni,[f] the family of the
Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; 17 of Arod,[g] the family of the
Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18 These are the
families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them: forty
thousand five hundred.
19 The sons of Judah were Er
and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And
the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah,
the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the
Parzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And
the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the
Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the
families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them: seventy-six
thousand five hundred.
23 The sons of Issachar according to
their families were: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of
Puah,[h] the family of the
Punites;[i] 24 of
Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the
Shimronites. 25 These are the
families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them: sixty-four
thousand three hundred.
26 The sons of Zebulun according to
their families were: of Sered, the family of the Sardites; of
Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the
Jahleelites. 27 These are the
families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them: sixty
thousand five hundred.
28 The sons of Joseph according to
their families, by Manasseh and Ephraim, were: 29 The
sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot
Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the
sons of Gilead: of Jeezer,[j] the family of the
Jeezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; 31 of Asriel,
the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the family of the
Shechemites; 32 of Shemida, the family
of the Shemidaites; of Hepher, the family of the
Hepherites. 33 Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had
no sons, but daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah,
Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the
families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two
thousand seven hundred.
35 These are the
sons of Ephraim according to their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the
Shuthalhites; of Becher,[k] the family of the
Bachrites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36 And
these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the
Eranites. 37 These are the
families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them:
thirty-two thousand five hundred.
These are the sons of Joseph according to
their families.
38 The sons of Benjamin according to
their families were: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family
of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; 39 of
Shupham,[l] the family of the
Shuphamites; of Hupham,[m] the family of the
Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard[n] and Naaman: of
Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the
Naamites. 41 These are the sons of
Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five
thousand six hundred.
42 These are the
sons of Dan according to their families: of Shuham,[o] the family of the
Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according to their
families. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites,
according to those who were numbered of them, were sixty-four
thousand four hundred.
44 The sons of Asher according to
their families were: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites; of
Jesui, the family of the Jesuites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of
the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the
family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the
daughter of Asher was Serah. 47 These are the
families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them:
fifty-three thousand four hundred.
48 The sons of Naphtali according to
their families were: of Jahzeel,[p] the family of the
Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; 49 of
Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the
Shillemites. 50 These are the
families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered
of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.
51 These are those
who were numbered of the children of Israel: six hundred and one thousand seven
hundred and thirty.
52 Then the Lord spoke to
Moses, saying: 53 “To these the land shall be
divided as an inheritance, according to the number of names. 54 To
a large tribe you shall give a larger inheritance, and to a
small tribe you shall give a smaller inheritance. Each shall
be given its inheritance according to those who were numbered of them. 55 But
the land shall be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of
the tribes of their fathers. 56 According to the
lot their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller.”
57 And these are those
who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the
family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari,
the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the
families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the
Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, and the
family of the Korathites. And Kohath begot Amram. 59 The
name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was
born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister
Miriam. 60 To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu,
Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu died
when they offered profane fire before the Lord.
62 Now those who were numbered of
them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above; for
they were not numbered among the other children of Israel, because there was no
inheritance given to them among the children of Israel.
63 These are those
who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of
Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. 64 But
among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron
the priest when they numbered the children of Israel in the Wilderness of
Sinai. 65 For the Lord had said of them,
“They shall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man of them,
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
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