Numeri 26:57-65

57 Ecco i Leviti dei quali si fece il censimento secondo le loro famiglie; da Gherson discende la famiglia dei Ghersoniti; da Kehath, la famiglia de’ Kehathiti; da Merari, la famiglia de’ Merariti.

58 Ecco le famiglie di Levi: la famiglia de’ Libniti, la famiglia degli Hebroniti, la famiglia dei Mahliti, la famiglia de’ Mushiti, la famiglia de’ Korahiti. E Kehath generò Amram.

59 Il nome della moglie di Amram era Jokebed, figliuola di Levi che nacque a Levi in Egitto; ed essa partorì ad Amram Aaronne, Mosè e Maria loro sorella.

60 E ad Aaronne nacquero Nadab e Abihu, Eleazar e Ithamar.

61 Or Nadab e Abihu morirono quando presentarono all’Eterno fuoco estraneo.

62 Quelli de’ quali si fece il censimento furono ventitremila: tutti maschi, dell’età da un mese in su. Non furon compresi nel censimento dei figliuoli d’Israele perché non fu loro data alcuna proprietà tra i figliuoli d’Israele.

63 Tali son quelli de’ figliuoli d’Israele dei quali Mosè e il sacerdote Eleazar fecero il censimento nelle pianure di Moab presso al Giordano di Gerico.

64 Fra questi non v’era alcuno di quei figliuoli d’Israele de’ quali Mosè e il sacerdote Aaronne aveano fatto il censimento nel deserto di Sinai.

65 Poiché l’Eterno avea detto di loro: "Certo morranno nel deserto!" E non ne rimase neppur uno, salvo Caleb, figliuolo di Gefunne, e Giosuè, figliuolo di Nun.

Numeri 26:57-65 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 26

In this chapter an order is given to number the people of Israel a second time, Nu 26:1-4 and the account begins with Reuben, the firstborn, and the families that sprung from him, and the number of them, Nu 26:5-7 and Dathan and Abiram being of this tribe, the affair of them and Korah is afresh related, Nu 26:8-11, then the tribe of Simeon, its families and number, Nu 26:12-14, next the tribe of Gad, and their families and number, Nu 26:15-18, after that the tribe of Judah, its families and number, Nu 26:19-22 then follows the tribe of Issachar, its families and number, Nu 26:23-25, next to that the tribe of Zebulun, its families and number, Nu 26:26,27 then the sons of Joseph, and first Manasseh, his families and number, Nu 26:28-34 and then the tribe of Ephraim, its families and number, Nu 26:35-37, after that the tribe of Benjamin, its families and number, Nu 26:38-41 next the tribe of Dan, its families and number, Nu 26:42,43 and which is followed by the tribe of Asher, its families and number, Nu 26:44-47, and the muster is closed with the tribe of Naphtali, its families and number, Nu 26:48-50, and the sum total of all the numbers is given, Nu 26:51 and then follows another order to divide the land of Canaan by lot, when conquered, to the several tribes, according to their names and number, Nu 26:52-56 and an account is given of the number of the Levites and their families, their number being taken not with the other tribes, but by themselves, and which is summed up, Nu 26:57-62 and the chapter is concluded with observing, that it appeared upon this numbering of the people, that there were but two persons living of those that were first numbered among the children of Israel, Nu 26:63-65.