1 Depois de ter passado a praga, o Senhor disse a Moisés e a Eleazar, filho de Aarão, o sacerdote: 2 "Recenseia todos os homens de Israel, de 20 anos para cima, para se saber com quantas pessoas de cada tribo e família se poderá contar para a guerra." 3,4 Moisés e Eleazar instruíram os chefes de Israel nesse sentido. Toda a nação estava acampada nas planícies de Moabe, nas margens do rio Jordão, em frente de Jericó.

Seguem-se os resultados do recenseamento.

5-7 Tribo de Rúben: 43 730. Rúben era o filho mais velho de Israel. Nesta tribo integravam-se as seguintes famílias, cujas designações correspondiam aos filhos de Rúben:

os descendentes de Hezrom,

os descendentes de Carmi,

os descendentes de Enoque.

Os descendentes de Palu; dentro destes, havia o subgrupo familiar

8 de Eliabe, que era um dos filhos de Palu, 9 e que se dividia ainda nos agregados familiares de Nemuel, Datã e Abirão. Estes últimos foram aqueles dois chefes que apoiaram Coré na conspiração contra Moisés e contra Aarão num desafio à autoridade do Senhor. 10 Mas a terra abriu-se e engoliu-os vivos. Foram nessa altura destruídos igualmente pelo fogo de Deus 250 homens, como aviso a toda a nação. 11 Mas os filhos de Coré não morreram.

12-14 Tribo de Simeão: 22 200. Nesta tribo havia as seguintes famílias, segundo os filhos de Simeão:

de Nemuel, Jamim, Jaquim, Zera e de Saul.

15-18 Tribo de Gad: 40 500. Eram as seguintes, as famílias de Gad, de acordo com os seus descendentes:

de Zefom, Hagi, Suni, de Ozni, Eri, Arodi e de Areli.

19-22 Tribo de Judá: 76 500. As famílias dos descendentes de Judá eram estas, não incluindo nem Er nem Onã, os quais morreram na terra de Canaã:

de Sela, de Perez e de Zera.

Este recenseamento inclui também os seguintes subgrupos descendentes de Perez:

os descendentes de Hezrom e de Hamul.

23-25 Tribo de Issacar: 64 300. As famílias de Issacar eram estas:

os descendentes de Tola, de Puva, de Jasube e de Simrom.

26,27 Tribo de Zebulão: 60 500. As famílias desta tribo designavam-se assim:

Serede, Elom e Jaleel.

28-37 Tribo de José: 32 500 da tribo de Efraim e 52 700 da tribo de Manassés.

Na tribo de Manassés, havia as famílias de:

Maquir, filho de Manassés. Da mesma tribo contaram-se ainda:

Os descendentes de Gileade, filho de Maquir, neto de Manassés:

Os descendentes de Iezer, de Heleque, de Asriel, de Siquem, de Semida e de Hefer; este último teve um filho, Zelofeade, o qual não teve descendentes do sexo masculino; teve cinco filhas, cujos nomes foram: Mala, Noa, Hogla, Milca e Tirza.

Constituíam as famílias da meia tribo de Efraim:

Os descendentes de Sutela, de Bequer e de Taã; havia ainda a família dos eranitas, descendentes de Erã, filho de Sutela, neto de Efraim.

38-41 Tribo de Benjamim: 45 600. Nesta tribo havia as seguintes famílias:

Bela, Asbel, Airão, Sufão e Hufão.

Os filhos de Bela vieram a formar ainda estas famílias, incluídas na tribo de Benjamim: Arde e Naamã.

42,43 Tribo de Dan: 64 400. Só uma família constituía esta tribo:

os descendentes de Suão.

44-47 Tribo de Aser: 53 400. As famílias desta tribo foram:

os descendentes de Imna, de Isvi, de Beria;

os filhos deste constituíram mais duas famílias:

Heber e Malquiel.

Aser teve ainda uma filha Sera.

48-50 A tribo de Naftali: 45 400. Nesta tribo havia as seguintes famílias:

Jazeel, Guni, Jezer e Silem.

51 Portanto, o total dos homens aptos para o serviço militar foi de 601 730.

52 Então o Senhor disse a Moisés 53 que dividisse a terra por cada tribo, proporcionalmente à população de cada uma, conforme os dados do recenseamento; 54 desta forma, as tribos maiores deveriam ter mais terra do que as mais pequenas. 55 "Que os representantes das tribos sorteiem entre si as diversas zonas da terra, mas em duas vezes: 56 as tribos maiores sortearão as zonas maiores e as outras as zonas mais pequenas."

57 São estas as famílias da tribo de Levi, conforme o recenseamento:

os descendentes de Gerson, de Coate e de Merari.

58 Constavam ainda os seguintes agregados familiares:

os libnitas,

os hebronitas,

os malitas,

os musitas

os coraítas.

Coate foi o antepassado de Amrão. 59 Quando Levi estava no Egito nasceu-lhe uma filha, chamada Joquebede, que veio a casar com Amrão. Foram estes os pais de Aarão, Moisés e Miriam. 60 Depois a Aarão nasceram-lhe Nadabe, Abiú, Eleazar e Itamar. 61 Nadabe e Abiú morreram quando pretendiam oferecer fogo estranho ao Senhor.

62 O resultado do recenseamento revelou haver 23 000 levitas do sexo masculino, com mais de um mês de idade. Mas estes não foram incluídos nos resultados finais, porque não lhes foi dada a terra, aquando da repartição por entre as tribos.

63 Estes são os números relativos à contagem feita por Moisés e por Eleazar nas planícies do Moabe, nas margens do Jordão, em frente de Jericó. 64 Nem um só indivíduo de todo este alistamento tinha sido contado no anterior recenseamento feito no deserto de Sinai. Todos os que naquela altura tinham sido alistados estavam agora mortos, 65 de acordo com aquilo que o Senhor dissera, que haveriam de morrer no deserto; as únicas duas exceções foram Calebe, filho de Jefoné, e Josué, filho de Num.

1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.

5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: 10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. 11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.

12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:*26.12 Nemuel: also called, Jemuel*26.12 Jachin: also called, Jarib 13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.*26.13 Zerah: also called, Zohar 14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.

15 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:*26.15 Zephon: also called, Ziphion 16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:*26.16 Ozni: also called, Ezbon 17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.*26.17 Arod: also called, Arodi 18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.

19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.

23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:*26.23 Pua: or, Phuvah 24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.*26.24 Jashub: or, Job 25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.

26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.

28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:*26.30 Jeezer: also called Abiezer 31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: 32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.

35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.*26.35 Becher: also called, Bered 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

38 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:*26.38 Ahiram: also called, Ehi, or, Aharah 39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.*26.39 Shupham…Hupham: also called, Muppim and Huppim 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.*26.40 Ard: also called, Addar 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.

42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.*26.42 Shuham: or, Hushim 43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.

44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.*26.49 Shillem: also called, Shallum 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. 51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.*26.54 give the more…: Heb. multiply his inheritance*26.54 give the less…: Heb. diminish his inheritance 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 59 And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD. 62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.