2. Take the rosh (census) of kol Adat Bnei Yisroel from twenty years old and upward, throughout their bais avot, all that are yotzei tzava (able to go to war) in Yisroel.
3. And Moshe and Eleazar HaKohen spoke with them in the arevot Mo'av (plains of Moav) by Yarden near Yericho, saying,
4. Take the census of the people, from twenty years old and upward, just as Hashem commanded Moshe and the Bnei Yisroel, which went forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim.
5. Reuven, the Bechor Yisroel: the Bnei Reuven; Chanoch, of whom cometh the Mishpakhat HaChanochi; of Pallu, the Mishpakhat HaPallu'i;
6. Of Chetzron, Mishpakhat HaChetzroni; of Carmi, the Mishpakhat HaCaremi.
7. These are the Mishpekhot HaReuveni; and they that were numbered of them were 43,730.
8. And the Bnei Pallu; Eliav.
9. And the Bnei Eliav; Nemuel, and Datan, and Aviram. This is that Datan and Aviram, which were summoned by the edah, who made a contention against Moshe and against Aharon in the adat Korach, when they contended in opposition to Hashem:
10. And ha'aretz opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korach, when that edah died, when the eish devoured 250; and they became as a nes (warning).
11. Notwithstanding, the Bnei Korach died not.
12. The Bnei Shim'on after their mishpekhot: of Nemuel, the Mishpakhat HaNemueli; of Yamin, the Mishpakhat HaYamini; of Yachin, the Mishpakhat HaYachini;
13. Of Zerach, the Mishpakhat HaZarechi; of Shaul, the Mishpakhat HaShauli.