1-2. After the plague God said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, “Number the entire community of Israel by families—count every person who is twenty years and older who is able to serve in the army of Israel.”
3-4. Obeying God’s command, Moses and Eleazar the priest addressed them on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho: “Count off from age twenty and older.”
4-7. The People of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt:Reuben, Israel’s firstborn. The sons of Reuben were:Hanoch and the Hanochite clan,Pallu and the Palluite clan,Hezron and the Hezronite clan,Carmi and the Carmite clan.These made up the Reubenite clans. They numbered 43,730.
8. The son of Pallu: Eliab.
9-11. The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. (These were the same Dathan and Abiram, community leaders from Korah’s gang, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron in the Korah Rebellion against God. The Earth opened its jaws and swallowed them along with Korah’s gang who died when the fire ate them up, all 250 of them. After all these years, they’re still a warning sign. But the line of Korah did not die out.)
12-14. The sons of Simeon by clans:Nemuel and the Nemuelite clan,Jamin and the Jaminite clan,Jakin and the Jakinite clan,Zerah and the Zerahite clan,Shaul and the Shaulite clan.These were the clans of Simeon. They numbered 22,200 men.
15-18. The sons of Gad by clans:Zephon and the Zephonite clan,Haggi and the Haggite clan,Shuni and the Shunite clan,Ozni and the Oznite clan,Eri and the Erite clan,Arodi and the Arodite clan,Areli and the Arelite clan.These were the clans of Gad. They numbered 40,500 men.
19-22. Er and Onan were sons of Judah who died early on in Canaan. The sons of Judah by clans:Shelah and the Shelanite clan,Perez and the Perezite clan,Zerah and the Zerahite clan.The sons of Perez:Hezron and the Hezronite clan,Hamul and the Hamulite clan.These were the clans of Judah. They numbered 76,500.
23-25. The sons of Issachar by clans:Tola and the Tolaite clan,Puah and the Puite clan,Jashub and the Jashubite clan,Shimron and the Shimronite clan.These were the clans of Issachar. They numbered 64,300.
26-27. The sons of Zebulun by clans:Sered and the Seredite clan,Elon and the Elonite clan,Jahleel and the Jahleelite clan.These were the clans of Zebulun. They numbered 60,500.
28-34. The sons of Joseph by clans through Manasseh and Ephraim. Through Manasseh:Makir and the Makirite clan(now Makir was the father of Gilead),Gilead and the Gileadite clan.The sons of Gilead:Iezer and the Iezerite clan,Helek and the Helekite clan,Asriel and the Asrielite clan,Shechem and the Shechemite clan,Shemida and the Shemidaite clan,Hepher and the Hepherite clan.Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, only daughters.Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.These were the clans of Manasseh. They numbered 52,700.