saying: vex the Madianites and smite them, for they have troubled you with their wiles with thee which they have beguiled you, thorow Peor and thorow their sister Cosbi the daughter of a lord in Madian, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. Chapter .xxvi. And after the plague, the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazer saying: take the number of all the multitude of the children of Israel from twenty years and above thorowout their fathers' houses, all that are able to go to war in Israel. And Moses and Eleazer the priest told them in the fields of Moab, by Iordan fast by Iericho, from twenty years and above, as the LORD commanded Moses. And the children of Israel that came of Egypt were: Ruben the eldest son of Israel. The children of Ruben were, Hanoch, of whom cometh the kindred of the Hanochites: and of Palu, cometh the kindred of the Paluites: And of Hesron, cometh the kindred of the Hesronites: and of Carmi, cometh the kindred of the Carmites. These are the kindreds of the Rubenites, which were in number forty three thousand seven hundred and thirty. And the sons of Palu were Eliab. And the sons of Eliab were: Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram councillors in the congregation, which strove against Moses and Aaron in the company of Corah, when they strove against the LORD. And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and Corah also, when the multitude died, what time the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign: Notwithstanding, the children of Corah died not. And the children of Simeon in their kindreds were: Nemuel, of whom cometh the kindred of the Nemuelites: Iamin, of whom cometh the kindred of the Iaminites: Iachin, of whom cometh the kindred of the Iachinites: Serah of whom cometh the kindred of the Serahites: Saul of whom cometh the kindred of the Saulites. These are the kindreds of the Simeonites: in number twenty two thousand and two hundred. And the children of Gad in their kindreds were: Zephon, of whom cometh the kindred of the Zephonites: and of Haggi, cometh the kindred of the Haggites: and of Suni, cometh the kindred of the Sunites: and of Aseni, cometh the kindred of the Asenites: and of Eri cometh the kindred of the Erites: and of Arod cometh the kindred of the Arodites: and of Ariel cometh the kindred of the Arielites. These are the kindreds of the children of Gad, in number forty thousand and five hundred. The children of Iuda: Er and Onan, which died in the land of Canaan. But the children of Iuda in their kindred were: Sela of whom cometh the kindred of the Selamites: and of Phares cometh the kindred of the Pharesites: and of Serah cometh the kindred of the Serahites. And the children of Phares were Hesron, of whom cometh the kindred of the Hesronites: and of Hamul cometh the kindred of the Hamulites. These are the kindreds of Iuda, in number seventy six thousand and five hundred. And the children of Isachar in