Numbers 1
1 On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
And YHWH speaks to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
“Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names—every male by their counted heads;
3 You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.
from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host in Israel, you number them by their hosts, you and Aaron;
4 And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.
and with you there is a man for a tribe, each is a head of the house of his fathers.
5 These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
And these [are] the names of the men who stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
6 from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
for Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
7 from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
for Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
8 from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
for Issachar, Nathaneel son of Zuar;
9 from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
for Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
10 from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
for the sons of Joseph: for Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; for Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
11 from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
for Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
12 from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
for Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
13 from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;
for Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;
14 from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
for Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
15 and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
for Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
16 These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.
These [are] those called of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers; they [are] heads of the thousands of Israel.
17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,
And Moses takes—Aaron also—these men, who were defined by name,
18 and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,
and they assembled all the congregation on the first of the second month, and they declare their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names from a son of twenty years and upward, by their counted heads,
19 just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:
as YHWH has commanded Moses; and he numbers them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20 From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
And the sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, by their counted heads, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—
21 those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.
their numbered ones, for the tribe of Reuben, are forty-six thousand and five hundred.
22 From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the sons of Simeon—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, its numbered ones in the number of names, by their counted heads, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—
23 those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.
their numbered ones, for the tribe of Simeon, [are] fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.
24 From the sons of Gad, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the sons of Gad—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—
25 those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.
their numbered ones, for the tribe of Gad, [are] forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
26 From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the sons of Judah—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—
27 those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.
their numbered ones, for the tribe of Judah, [are] seventy-four thousand and six hundred.
28 From the sons of Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the sons of Issachar—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—
29 those registered to the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.
their numbered ones, for the tribe of Issachar, [are] fifty-four thousand and four hundred.
30 From the sons of Zebulun, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the sons of Zebulun—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—
31 those registered to the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.
their numbered ones, for the tribe of Zebulun, [are] fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.
32 From the sons of Joseph: From the sons of Ephraim, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the sons of Joseph: of the sons of Ephraim—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—
33 those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.
their numbered ones, for the tribe of Ephraim, [are] forty thousand and five hundred.
34 And from the sons of Manasseh, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the sons of Manasseh—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—
35 those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.
their numbered ones, for the tribe of Manasseh, [are] thirty-two thousand and two hundred.
36 From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the sons of Benjamin—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—
37 those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.
their numbered ones, for the tribe of Benjamin, [are] thirty-five thousand and four hundred.
38 From the sons of Dan, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the sons of Dan—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—
39 those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.
their numbered ones, for the tribe of Dan, [are] sixty-two thousand and seven hundred.
40 From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the sons of Asher—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—
41 those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.
their numbered ones, for the tribe of Asher, [are] forty-one thousand and five hundred.
42 From the sons of Naphtali, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the sons of Naphtali—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—
43 those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.
their numbered ones, for the tribe of Naphtali, [are] fifty-three thousand and four hundred.
44 These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.
These [are] those numbered, whom Moses numbered—Aaron also—and the princes of Israel, twelve men, each one has been [the representative] for the house of his fathers.
45 So all the Israelites twenty years of age or older who could serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.
And they are, all those numbered of the sons of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host in Israel,
46 And all those counted totaled 603,550.
indeed, all those numbered are six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
47 The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst,
48 For the LORD had said to Moses:
seeing YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
49 “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.
“Only the tribe of Levi you do not number, and you do not take up their census in the midst of the sons of Israel;
50 Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
and you, appoint the Levites over the Dwelling Place of the Testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all that it has; they carry the Dwelling Place, and all its vessels, and they serve it; and they encamp around the Dwelling Place.
51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
And in the journeying of the Dwelling Place, the Levites take it down, and in the encamping of the Dwelling Place, the Levites raise it up; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.”
52 The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.
And the sons of Israel have encamped, each by his camp, and each by his standard, by their hosts;
53 But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
and the Levites encamp around the Dwelling Place of the Testimony; and there is no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have kept the charge of the Dwelling Place of the Testimony.
54 Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
And the sons of Israel do according to all that YHWH has commanded Moses; so they have done.
