1. After the plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest,
2. “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by families—all those twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army of Israel.”
3. So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them and said,
4. “Take a census of the men twenty years old or more, as the Lord commanded Moses.” These were the Israelites who came out of Egypt:
5. The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were: through Hanok, the Hanokite clan; through Pallu, the Palluite clan;
6. through Hezron, the Hezronite clan; through Karmi, the Karmite clan.
7. These were the clans of Reuben; those numbered were 43,730.
8. The son of Pallu was Eliab,
9. and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. The same Dathan and Abiram were the community officials who rebelled against Moses and Aaron and were among Korah’s followers when they rebelled against the Lord.