1. After the epidemic the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron,
2. “Take a census by families of the whole community of Israel, of all men twenty years old or older who are fit for military service.”
3-4. Moses and Eleazar obeyed, and called together all the men of that age group. They assembled in the plains of Moab across the River Jordan from Jericho.These were the Israelites who came out of Egypt:
5. The tribe of Reuben (Reuben was the eldest son of Jacob): the clans of Hanoch, Pallu,
6. Hezron, and Carmi.
7. These clans numbered 43,730 men.
8. The descendants of Pallu were Eliab
9. and his sons Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. (These are the Dathan and Abiram who were chosen by the community. They defied Moses and Aaron and joined the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the Lord.
10. The ground opened and swallowed them, and they died with Korah and his followers when fire destroyed 250 men; they became a warning to the people.