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,

Yahweh spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the wilderness of Sinai. This happened on the first day of the second month during the second year after the people of Israel had come out from the land of Egypt. Yahweh said,

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

“Conduct a census of all the men of Israel in each clan, in their fathers' families. Count them by name. Count every male, each man

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.

who is twenty years old or older. Count all who can fight as soldiers for Israel. You and Aaron must record the number of men in their armed groups.

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

A man from each tribe, a clan head, must serve with you as his tribe's leader. Each leader must lead the men who will fight for his tribe.

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 leaders who must fight with you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

6 From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;

from the tribe of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

7 From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab;

from the tribe of Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

8 From Issachar, Nethanel, the son of Zuar;

from the tribe of Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

9 From Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon;

from the tribe of 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 tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph, Elishama son of Ammihud; from the tribe of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

11 From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;

from the tribe of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

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

from the tribe of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

13 From Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ochran;

from the tribe of Asher, Pagiel son of Okran;

14 From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel;

from the tribe of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

15 From Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan.

and from the tribe of 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 were the men appointed from the people. They led their ancestors' tribes. They were the leaders of the clans in Israel.

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

Moses and Aaron took these men, who were recorded 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 along with these men they assembled all the men of Israel on the first day of the second month. Then each man twenty years old and older identified his ancestry. He had to name the clans and families descended from his ancestors.

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

Then Moses recorded their numbers in the wilderness of Sinai, as Yahweh had commanded him to do.

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 descendants of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.

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

They counted 46,500 men from the tribe of Reuben.

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 descendants of Simeon were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.

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

They counted 59,300 men from the tribe of Simeon.

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 descendants of Gad were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.

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

They counted 45,650 men from the tribe of Gad.

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 descendants of Judah were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.

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

They counted 74,600 men from the tribe of Judah.

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 descendants of Issachar were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.

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

They counted 54,400 men from the tribe of Issachar.

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 descendants of Zebulun were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.

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

They counted 57,400 men from the tribe of Zebulun.

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 descendants of Ephraim son of Joseph were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.

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

They counted 40,500 men from the tribe of Ephraim.

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;

From the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.

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

They counted 32,200 men from the tribe of Manasseh.

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 descendants of Benjamin were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.

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

They counted 35,400 men from the tribe of Benjamin.

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 descendants of Dan were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.

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

They counted 62,700 from the tribe of Dan.

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 descendants of Asher were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.

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

They counted 41,500 men from the tribe of Asher.

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 descendants of Naphtali were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.

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

They counted 53,400 from the tribe of Naphtali.

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

Moses and Aaron counted all these men, together with the twelve men who were leading the twelve tribes of Israel.

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 men of Israel from twenty years old and older, all who could fight in war, were counted in each of their families.

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

They counted 603,550 men.

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

But the men who were descended from Levi were not counted,

48 For the Lord said to Moses,

because Yahweh had said to Moses,

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

“You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the total of the people of Israel.

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, assign the Levites to care for the tabernacle of the covenant decrees, and to care for all the furnishings in the tabernacle and for everything in it. The Levites must carry the tabernacle, and they must carry the tabernacle's furnishings. They must care for the tabernacle and make their 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.

When the tabernacle is to move to another place, the Levites must take it down. When the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites must set it up. Any stranger who comes near the tabernacle must be killed.

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

When the people of Israel set up their tents, each man must do so near the banner that belongs to his armed group.

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.

However, the Levites must set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant decrees so that my anger does not come upon the people of Israel. The Levites must care for the tabernacle of the covenant decrees.”

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

The people of Israel did all these things. They did everything that Yahweh commanded through Moses.