1. After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
2. “Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their ancestral houses of those 20 years old or more who can serve in Israel’s army.”
3. So Moses and Eleazar the priest said to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho,
4. “Take a census of those 20 years old or more, as the Lord had commanded Moses and the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt.”
5. Reuben was the firstborn of Israel.Reuben’s descendants:the Hanochite clan from Hanoch;the Palluite clan from Pallu;
6. the Hezronite clan from Hezron;the Carmite clan from Carmi.
7. These were the Reubenite clans,and their registered men numbered 43,730.