New Living Translation

Numbers 26:45-62 New Living Translation (NLT)

45. These were the subclans descended from the Beriites:The Heberites, named after their ancestor Heber.The Malkielites, named after their ancestor Malkiel.

46. Asher also had a daughter named Serah.

47. These were the clans of Asher. Their registered troops numbered 53,400.

48. These were the clans descended from the sons of Naphtali:The Jahzeelite clan, named after their ancestor Jahzeel.The Gunite clan, named after their ancestor Guni.

49. The Jezerite clan, named after their ancestor Jezer.The Shillemite clan, named after their ancestor Shillem.

50. These were the clans of Naphtali. Their registered troops numbered 45,400.

51. In summary, the registered troops of all Israel numbered 601,730.

52. Then the lord said to Moses,

53. “Divide the land among the tribes, and distribute the grants of land in proportion to the tribes’ populations, as indicated by the number of names on the list.

54. Give the larger tribes more land and the smaller tribes less land, each group receiving a grant in proportion to the size of its population.

55. But you must assign the land by lot, and give land to each ancestral tribe according to the number of names on the list.

56. Each grant of land must be assigned by lot among the larger and smaller tribal groups.”

57. This is the record of the Levites who were counted according to their clans:The Gershonite clan, named after their ancestor Gershon.The Kohathite clan, named after their ancestor Kohath.The Merarite clan, named after their ancestor Merari.

58. The Libnites, the Hebronites, the Mahlites, the Mushites, and the Korahites were all subclans of the Levites.Now Kohath was the ancestor of Amram,

59. and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She also was a descendant of Levi, born among the Levites in the land of Egypt. Amram and Jochebed became the parents of Aaron, Moses, and their sister, Miriam.

60. To Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

61. But Nadab and Abihu died when they burned before the lord the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded.

62. The men from the Levite clans who were one month old or older numbered 23,000. But the Levites were not included in the registration of the rest of the people of Israel because they were not given an allotment of land when it was divided among the Israelites.