February
27th Numbers 26 F. The new generation prepare to enter Canaan The Second Census
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 father's 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: 13: Of
Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 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: 16: Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the
Erites: 17: Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the
Arelites. 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: 24: Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of
Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 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:
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. 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: 39: Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the
family of the Huphamites. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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.
Numbers
27 Inheritance law
1: Then came the daughters of
Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of
Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the
names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2:
And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the
princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, saying, 3: Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in
the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the
company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. 4: Why should the
name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son?
Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. 5: And
Moses brought their cause before the LORD. 6: And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying, 7: The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them
a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt
cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. 8: And thou shalt
speak unto the children of Israel,
saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to
pass unto his daughter. 9: And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his
inheritance unto his brethren. 10: And if he have no brethren, then ye shall
give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. 11: And if his father have no
brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to
him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children
of Israel
a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Joshua to lead after Moses
12: And the LORD said unto Moses,
Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the
children of Israel.
13: And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as
Aaron thy brother was gathered. 14: For ye rebelled against my commandment in
the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation,
to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in
Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. 15: And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, 16:
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the
congregation, 17: Which may go out before them, and which may go in before
them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the
congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd. 18: And the
LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the
spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; 19: And set him before Eleazar the priest,
and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. 20: And
thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the
children of Israel
may be obedient. 21: And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall
ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word
shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the
children of Israel
with him, even all the congregation. 22: And Moses did as the LORD commanded
him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all
the congregation: 23: And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as
the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
As the new generation prepare to
enter the promised land a number of things are essential. First the children of
Israel
are to be counted and secondly there needs to be a change of leader. Once the
plague had ended the Lord spoke to Eleazar (the new High priest after the death
of Aaron) saying take the sum of the children of Israel from 20 years upward.
- Reuben, 43,730
- Simeon, 22,200
- Gad, 40,500
- Judah, 76,500
- Issachar, 64,300
- Zebulun, 60,500
Joseph –
- Manasseh, 52,700
- Ephraim, 32,500
- Benjamin, 45,600
- Dan, 64,400
- Asher, 53,400
- Naphtali, 45.400
The Tribe of Levi were not counted
and they had no land given to them.
Total 600,830.
Then the Lord told Moses how the
Promised Land was to be divided between the tribes. The actual portioning of
the Land was decided by the casting of lots. All this took place in the plains
of Moab near to the Jordan
River opposite Jericho.
All the children of Israel
that had rebelled against the Lord were buried in the wilderness except for two
men Caleb and Joshua. Having decided the portioning of the Land the Lord next
explains how the land is to be kept in its family. The book of Ruth is all
about how the land and inheritance is restored to the succeeding generations.
Then we have an interesting incident. The daughters of Zelophehad, came to
Moses with a complaint. They were of the tribe of Manasseh. They stood before
Moses and Eleazar. This must have been a humbling experience for Eleazar who
had taken over from his father Aaron. The princes of Israel
and all the people of Israel
gathered too. They said that their father died in the wilderness without an
heir. He was not part of the rebellion of Korah but he dies of his own sin
being part of the generation that perished. They said why should our portion of
inheritance perish just because our father had no sons. Moses brought this case
before the Lord. The Lord replied that what they are saying is right and that
they are to have an inheritance along with the other families of Israel. This
not only solved a problem for these women but it set a precedent in Israel in
which if a husband or son died or if the family had no male heirs then the
continuation of the family inheritance continued through the females of the
family. This is exactly what happened in the case of Naomi and Ruth both of whose
husbands died. The Lord says that a near kinsman can redeem it and posses the
land. Then the Lord told Moses to go up the mountain to view the land. The Lord
explained that he would not be able to enter the land because of his rebellion
at Meribah in Kadesh. Moses asks the Lord to set a man before them as the
leader of the Children of Israel – so that they will not be like sheep without
a shepherd. The Lord said take Joshua a man in whom is the Spirit and lay hands
on him and put him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation
and give him a solemn charge in their sight. Moses was to honour him so that
the children of Israel
might honour him. Eleazar will stand with him using the Urim. He will have
complete authority over Israel.
And so we see the seriousness of being a leader of Gods people.
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