The Wilderness Years

These are the sonnes of Beniamin after their families, and their nombers, fiue and fourtie thousand and sixe hundreth.

These are the sonnes of Dan after their families: of Shuham came the familie of the Shuhamites: these are the families of Dan after their housholdes.

All the families of the Shuhamites were after their nombers, threescore and foure thousand, and foure hundreth.

The sonnes of Asher after their families were: of Iimnah, the familie of the Iimnites: of Isui, the familie of the Isuites: of Beriah, the familie of the Berijtes.

The sonnes of Beriah were, of Heber the familie of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the familie of the Malchielites.

And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.

These are the families of the sonnes of Asher after their nombers, three and fifty thousand and foure hundreth.

The sonnes of Naphtali, after their families were: of Iahzeel, the families of the Iahzeelites: of Guni, the familie of the Gunites.

Of Iezer, the familie of the Izrites: of Shillem, the familie of the Shillemites.

These are the families of Naphtali according to their housholdes, and their nomber, fiue and fourtie thousande and foure hundreth.

These are the nombers of the children of Israel: sixe hundreth and one thousand, seuen hundreth and thirtie.

And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

Vnto these the land shalbe deuided for an inheritance, according to the nomber of names.

To many thou shalt giue the more inheritance, and to fewe thou shalt giue lesse inheritance: to euery one according to his nomber shalbe giuen his inheritance.

Notwithstanding, the land shalbe deuided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherite:

According to the lot shall the possession thereof be deuided betweene many and fewe.

These also are the nobers of ye Leuites, after their families: of Gershon came ye familie of the Gershonites: of Kohath, ye familie of the Kohathites: of Merari, the familie of the Merarites.

These are the families of Leui, the familie of the Libnites: the familie of the Hebronites: the familie of the Mahlites: the familie of the Mushites: the familie of the Korhites: and Kohath begate Amram.

And Amrams wife was called Iochebed the daughter of Leui, which was borne vnto Leui in Egypt: and she bare vnto Amram Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

And Nadab and Abihu dyed, because they offred strange fire before the Lord.

And their nombers were three and twentie thousand, all males from a moneth old and aboue: for they were not nombred among the children of Israel, because there was none inheritance giuen them among the children of Israel.

These are the nombers of Moses and Eleazar the Priest which nombred the children of Israel in the plaine of Moab, neere Iorden, towarde Iericho.

And among these there was not a man of them, whome Moses and Aaron the Priest nobred, when they tolde the children of Israel in the wildernes of Sinai.

For the Lord said of them, They shall die in the wildernes: so there was not left a man of them, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.