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Numbers 26:43-59 New International Version Anglicized (NIVUK)

43. all of them were Shuhamite clans; and those numbered were 64,400.

44. The descendants of Asher by their clans were:through Imnah, the Imnite clan;through Ishvi, the Ishvite clan;through Beriah, the Beriite clan;

45. and through the descendants of Beriah:through Heber, the Heberite clan;through Malkiel, the Malkielite clan.

46. (Asher had a daughter named Serah.)

47. These were the clans of Asher; those numbered were 53,400.

48. The descendants of Naphtali by their clans were:through Jahzeel, the Jahzeelite clan;through Guni, the Gunite clan;

49. through Jezer, the Jezerite clan;through Shillem, the Shillemite clan.

50. These were the clans of Naphtali; those numbered were 45,400.

51. The total number of the men of Israel was 601,730.

52. The Lord said to Moses,

53. ‘The land is to be allotted to them as an inheritance based on the number of names.

54. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one; each is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those listed.

55. Be sure that the land is distributed by lot. What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe.

56. Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups.’

57. These were the Levites who were counted by their clans:through Gershon, the Gershonite clan;through Kohath, the Kohathite clan;through Merari, the Merarite clan.

58. These also were Levite clans:the Libnite clan,the Hebronite clan,the Mahlite clan,the Mushite clan,the Korahite clan.(Kohath was the forefather of Amram;

59. the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses and their sister Miriam.

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