International Children’s Bible

Numbers 26:48-62 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

48. These were the family groups in the tribe of Naphtali. From Jahzeel came the Jahzeelite family group. From Guni came the Gunite family group.

49. From Jezer came the Jezerite family group. From Shillem came the Shillemite family group.

50. These were the family groups of Naphtali. The total number of men was 45,400.

51. So the total number of the men of Israel was 601,730.

52. The Lord said to Moses,

53. “Divide the land among these people by the number of names.

54. A large tribe will get more land. And a small tribe will get less land. The amount of land each tribe gets will depend on the number of its people.

55. Divide the land by drawing lots. And the land each tribe gets will be named for that tribe.

56. Divide the land by drawing lots. Divide it between large and small groups.”

57. The tribe of Levi was also counted. These were the family groups of Levi. From Gershon came the Gershonite family group. From Kohath came the Kohathite family group. From Merari came the Merarite family group.

58. These also were Levite family groups: the Libnite family group, the Hebronite family group, the Mahlite family group, the Mushite family group and the Korahite family group. (Kohath was the ancestor of Amram.

59. Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was from the tribe of Levi. She was born in Egypt. She and Amram had two sons, Aaron and Moses, and their sister Miriam.

60. Aaron was the father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

61. But Nadab and Abihu died. They died because they made an offering before the Lord with the wrong kind of fire.)

62. The total number of male Levites one month old or older was 23,000. But these men were not counted with the other Israelites. They did not receive any of the land that the Lord gave the other Israelites.