Numbers 1

1 And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai, in the Tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt,

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:

2 Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;

“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.

3 All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.

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.

4 And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.

And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.

5 These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;

These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

6 From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;

from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

7 From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab;

from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

8 From Issachar, Nethanel, the son of Zuar;

from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

9 From Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon;

from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

10 Of the children of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur,

from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

11 From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;

from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

12 From Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai;

from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

13 From Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ochran;

from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;

14 From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel;

from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

15 From Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan.

and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”

16 These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.

These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.

17 And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name;

So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

18 And they got together all the people on the first day of the second month; and everyone made clear his family and his father's house, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and over.

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,

19 As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai.

just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:

20 The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;

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,

21 Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.

those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

22 The generations of the sons of Simeon were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;

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,

23 Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered.

those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

24 The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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,

25 Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.

those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

26 The generations of the sons of Judah were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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,

27 Seventy-four thousand, six hundred of the tribe of Judah were numbered.

those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

28 The generations of the sons of Issachar were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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,

29 Fifty-four thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Issachar were numbered.

those registered to the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.

30 The generations of the sons of Zebulun were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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,

31 Fifty-seven thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Zebulun were numbered.

those registered to the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.

32 The generations of the sons of Joseph were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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,

33 Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.

those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.

34 The generations of the sons of Manasseh were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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,

35 Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered.

those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

36 The generations of the sons of Benjamin were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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,

37 Thirty-five thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Benjamin were numbered.

those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.

38 The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;

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,

39 Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.

those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

40 The generations of the sons of Asher were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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,

41 Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered.

those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.

42 The generations of the sons of Naphtali were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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,

43 Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered.

those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

44 These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.

These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.

45 So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their families, all those of twenty years old and over who were able to go to war,

So all the Israelites twenty years of age or older who could serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.

46 Were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.

And all those counted totaled 603,550.

47 But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.

The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.

48 For the Lord said to Moses,

For the LORD had said to Moses:

49 Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel,

“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.

50 But to them you are to give the care of the Tent of meeting with its vessels and everything in it: they are to take up the Tent, and be responsible for everything to do with it, and put up their tents round it.

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.

51 And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.

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.

52 The children of Israel are to put up their tents, every man in his tent-circle round his flag.

The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.

53 But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.

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.”

54 So the children of Israel did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.