1. After the blood of the guilty was shed, the Lord said to Moses, and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest:
2. "Number the entire sum of the sons of Israel, from twenty years and above, by their houses and kinships, all who are able to go forth to war."
3. And so, Moses and Eleazar the priest, who were in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho, spoke to those who were
4. from twenty years and above, just as the Lord had commanded. And this is their number:
5. Ruben, the firstborn of Israel; his son, Hanoch, from whom is the family of the Hanochites; and Pallu, from whom is the family of the Palluites;
6. and Hezron, from whom is the family of the Hezronites; and Carmi, from whom is the family of the Carmites.
7. These are the families of the stock of Ruben, whose number was found to be forty-three thousand and seven hundred thirty.
8. The son of Phallu: Eliab;
9. his sons, Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are Dathan and Abiram, the leaders of the people, who rose up against Moses and Aaron in the sedition at Korah, when they rebelled against the Lord.
10. And the earth, opening its mouth, devoured Korah, with many others dying, when the fire burned two hundred fifty men. And a great miracle was wrought,
11. so that, when Korah perished, his sons did not perish.
12. The sons of Simeon, by their kinships: Nemuel, from him is the family of the Nemuelites; Jamin, from him is the family of the Jaminites; Jachin, from him is the family of the Jachinites;
13. Sohar, from him is the family of the Soharites; Shaul, from him is the family of the Shaulites.
14. These are the families of the stock of Simeon, whose entire number was twenty-two thousand two hundred.