1   After ^note the bloud of the offenders was shed, our Lord said to Moyses and Eleazar the sonne of Aaron, the priest:

2   Number the whole summe of the children of Israel from twentie yeares and vpward, by their houses and kinredes, al that can goe forth to warres.

3   Moyses therfore and Eleazar the priest spake, in the champion countrie of Moab vpon Iordan against Iericho, to them that were

4   from twentie yeares and vpward, as our Lord had commanded, of whom this is the number:

5   Ruben the first borne of Israel, his sonne, Henoch, of whom is the familie of the Henochites: and Phallu, of whom is the familie of the Phalluites:

6   and Hesron, of whom is the familie of the Hesronites: and Charmi, of whom is the familie of the Charmites.

7   These are the families of the stocke of Ruben: whose number was found fourtie three thousand, and seuen hundred thirtie.

8   The sonne of Phallu, Eliab.

9   his sonnes, Namuel and Dathan and Abiron. These are Dathan and

The people numbered. Abiron the princes of the people, that rose against Moyses and Aaron in the sedition of Core, when they rebelled against our Lord:

10   and the earth opening her mouth deuoured Core, verie manie dying, when the fire burnt two hundred fiftie men. And there was a great miracle done,

11   that Core perishing, ^note his sonnes perished not.

12   The sonnes of Simeon by their kinredes: Namuel, of him is the familie of the Namuelites: Iamin, of him is the familie of the Iaminites: Iachin, of him is the familie of Iachinites:

13   Zare, of him is the familie of the Zareites: Saul, of him is the familie of the Saulites.

14   these are the families of the stocke of Simeon, of which the whole number was two and twentie thousand two hundred.

15   The sonnes of Gad by their kinredes: Sephon, of him is the familie of the Sephonites: Aggi of him is the familie of the Aggites: Suni, of him is the familie of the Sunites:

16   Ozni, of him is the famile of the Oznites: Her, of him is the familie of the Herites:

17   Arod of him is the familie of the Arodites: Ariel, of him is the familie of the Arielites.

18   these are the families of Gad, of which the whole number was fourtie thousand fiue hundred.

19   The sonnes of Iudas, Her, and Onan, who died both in the land of Chanaan.

20   And the sonnes of Iudas by their kinredes were: Sela, of whom is the familie of the Selaites: Phares, of whom is the familie of the Pharesites: Zare, of whom is the familie of the Zareites.

21   Moreouer the sonnes of Phares: Hesron, of whom is the familie of the Hesronites: and hamul, of whom is the familie of the Hamulites.

22   these are the families of Iudas, of which the whole number was seuentie six thousand fiue hundred.

23   The sonnes of Issachar, by their kinredes: Thola, of whom is the familie of the Tholaites: Phua, of whom is the familie of the Phuaites:

24   Iasub, of whom is the familie of the Iasubites: Semran, of whom is the familie of the Semranites.

25   these are the kinredes of Issachar, whose number sixtie fowre thousand three hundred.

26   The sonnes of Zabulon by their kinredes: Sared, of whom is the familie of the Saredites: Elon of whom is the familie of the Elonites: Ialel, of whom is the familie of Ialelites.

27   These are the kinredes of Zabulon, whose number was sixtie thousand fiue hundred.

28   The sonnes of Ioseph by their kinredes, Manasses and Ephraim.

29   Of Manasses was borne Machir, of whom is the

The people numbered. familie of the Machirites. Machin begat Galaad, of whom is the familie of the Galaadites.

30   Galaad had sonnes: Iezer, of whom is the familie of the Iezerites: and Helec, of whom is the familie of the Helecites.

31   and Asriel, of whom is the familie of the Asrielites: and Sechem, of whom is the familie of the Sechemites.

32   and Semida, of whom is the familie of the Semidaites: and Hepher, of whom is the familie of the Hepherites.

33   And Hepher was the father of Salphaad, who had no sonnes, but onlie daughters, whose names are these: Maala, and Noa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and Tersa.

34   these are the families of Manasses, and the number of them is fiftie two thousand seuen hundred.

35   And the sonnes of Ephraim by their kinredes were these: Suthala, of whom is the familie of the Suthalaites: Becher, of whom is the familie of the Becherites: Thehen, of whom is the familie of the Thehenites.

36   Moreouer the sonne of Suthala was Heran, of whom is the familie of the Heranites.

37   these are the kinredes of the sonnes of Ephraim: whose number was thirtie two thousand fiue hundred.

38   These are the sonnes of Ioseph by their families. The sonnes of Beniamin in their kinredes: Bela, of whom is the familie of the Belaites: Asbel, of whom is the familie of the Asbelites: Ahiram, of whom is the familie of the Ahiramites:

39   Supham, of whom is the familie of the Suphamites: Hupham, of whom is the familie of the Huphamites.

40   The sonnes of Bela: Hered, and Noeman. Of Hered, the familie of the Heredites: of Noeman, the familie of the Noemanites.

41   These are the sonnes of Beniamin by their kinredes, whose number was fourtie fiue thousand six hundred.

42   The sonnes of Dan by their kinredes: Suham, of whom is the familie of the Suhamites: these are the kinredes of Dan by their families.

43   al were Suhamites, whose number was sixtie foure thousand foure hundred.

44   The sonnes of Aser by their kinredes: Iemna, of whom is the familie of the Iemnaites: Iessui, of whom is the familie of the Iessuites: Brie, of whom is the familie of the Brieites.

45   The sonnes of Brie: Heber, of whom is the familie of the Heberites: and Melchiel, of whom is the familie of the Melchielites.

46   And the name of the daughter of Aser, was Sara.

47   these are the kinredes of the sonnes of Aser, and their number fiftie three thousand foure hundred.

48   The sonnes of Nephthali by their kinredes: Iesiel, of

Leuites numbered. whom is the familie of the Iesielites: Guni, of whom is the familie of the Gunites,

46   Ieser, of whom is the familie of the Ieserites: Sellem, of whom is the familie of the Sellemites.

50   these are the kinredes of the sonnes of Nephthali by their families: whose number was fourtie fiue thousand foure hundred.

51   This is the summe of the children of Israel, that wete reckened, six hundred thousand, and a thousand seuen hundred thirtie.

52   And our Lord spake to Moyses saying:

53   To these shal the land be diuided according to the number of names for their possessions.

54   To the greater number thou shalt geue a greater portion, and to the fewer a lesse: to euerie one, as they haue now beene reckened, shal possession be deliuered:

55   yet so that lotte doe diuide the Land to the tribes and the families.

56   Whatsoeuer shal chance by lotte, that let either the more take, or the fewer.

57   This also is the number of the sonnes of Leui by their families: Gerson, of whom the familie of the Gersonites: Caath, of whom the familie of the Caathites: Merari, of whom the familie of the Merarites.

58   these are the families of Leui: The familie of Lobni, the familie of Hebroni, the familie of Moholi, the familie of Musi, the familie of Core. Howbeit Caath begatte Amram:

59   who had to wife Iochabed ^note the daughter of Leui, who was borne to him in Ægypt. She bare to Amram her husband sonnes, Aaron and Moyses, and Marie their sister.

60   Of Aaron were borne Nadab and Abiu, and Eleazar and Ithamar:

61   of the which Nadab and Abiu died, when they had offered the strange fyre before our Lord

62   And al that were numbred, were twentie three thousand of the male kind from one moneth and vpward: who were not reckened among the children of Israel, neither was their possession geuen with the rest.

63   This is the number of the children of Israel, that were enrolled by Moyses and Eleazar the priest, in the champion countrie of Moab vpon Iordan against Iericho.

64   Among whom there was none of them that were numbered before by Moyses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai

65   For our Lord had foretold that al should die in the wildernesse And none remained of them, but Caleb the sonne of Iephone, and Iosue the sonne of Nun.

Daughters may inherite.

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