Numbers 1

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, saying,

And the Lord spak to Moises in the deseert of Synay, in the tabernacle of the boond of pees, in the firste day of the secounde monethe, in the tother yeer of her goyng out of Egipt,

2 Take the sum of the whole assembly of the children of Israel, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, every male, according to their polls;

and seide, Take ye `the summe of al the congregacioun of the sones of Israel, bi her kynredis, and howsis, and `the names of alle bi hem silf, what

3 from twenty years and upward, all that go forth to military service in Israel: ye shall number them according to their hosts, thou and Aaron.

euer thing is of male kynde fro the twentithe yeere and aboue, of alle the stronge men of Israel; and thou and Aaron schulen noumbre hem bi her cumpanies.

4 And with you there shall be a man for every tribe, a man who is the head of his father's house.

And the princes of lynagis and of housis, in her kynredis, schulen be with you,

5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

of whiche princes these ben the names; of Ruben, Elisur, the sone of Sedeur;

6 for Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;

of Symeon, Salamyel, the sone of Suri Sadday;

7 for Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

of Juda, Naason, the sone of Amynadab; of Ysacar,

8 for Issachar, Nethaneel the son of Zuar;

Nathanael, the sone of Suar;

9 for Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;

of Zabulon, Eliab, the sone of Elon; sotheli of the sones of Joseph,

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

of Effraym, Elisama, the sone of Amyud; of Manasses, Gamaliel the sone of Phadussur;

11 for Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;

of Beniamyn, Abidan, the sone of Gedeon;

12 for Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;

of Dan, Aiezer, the sone of Amysadday;

13 for Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran;

of Aser, Fegiel, the sone of Ochran;

14 for Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;

of Gad, Elisaphan, the sone of Duel;

15 for Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.

of Neptalym, Hayra, the sone of Henam.

16 These were those summoned of the assembly, princes of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the thousands of Israel.

These weren the noblest princes of the multitude, bi her lynagis, and kynredis, and the heedis of the oost of Israel,

17 And Moses and Aaron took these men who are expressed by their names,

whiche pryncis Moises and Aaron token, with al the multitude of the comyn puple.

18 and gathered the whole assembly together on the first of the second month. And they declared their pedigrees after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, according to their polls.

And thei gaderiden in the firste dai of the secounde monethe, and telden hem bi kynredis, and housis, and meynees, and heedis, and names of alle by hem silf, fro the twentithe yeer and aboue,

19 As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

as the Lord comaundide to Moises.

20 And the sons of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

And of Ruben the firste gendrid of Israel weren noumbrid, in the deseert of Synai, bi her generaciouns, and meynees, and housis, and bi the names of alle heedis, al thing that is of male kynde, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, of men goynge forth to batel,

21 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

sixe and fourti thousynd and fyue hundrid.

22 Of the sons of Simeon: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, those that were numbered of them, by the number of the names, according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

Of the sones of Symeon, bi her generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kyneredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names and heedis of alle, al that is of male kynde, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, of men goynge forth to batel,

23 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

nyn and fifty thousand and thre hundrid.

24 Of the sons of Gad: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

Of the sones of Gad, by generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro twenti yeer and aboue, alle men that yeden forth to batels,

25 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

fyue and fourti thousand sixe hundrid and fifti.

26 Of the sons of Judah: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

Of the sones of Juda, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, by the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that miyten go to batels,

27 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

weren noumbrid foure and seuenti thousand and sixe hundrid.

28 Of the sons of Issachar: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

Of the sones of Ysacar, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that yeden forth to batels,

29 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

weren noumbrid foure and fifti thousande and foure hundrid.

30 Of the sons of Zebulun: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

Of the sones of Zabulon, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

31 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

seuene and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid.

32 Of the sons of Joseph: of the children of Ephraim: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

Of the sones of Joseph, of the sones of Effraym, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

33 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.

fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.

34 Of the children of Manasseh: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

Forsothe of the sones of Manasses, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

35 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

two and thretti thousynd and two hundrid.

36 Of the sons of Benjamin: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

Of the sones of Beniamyn, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro twenti yeer and aboue, alle men that miyten go forth to batels,

37 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

fyue and thretti thousinde and foure hundrid.

38 Of the sons of Dan: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

Of the sones of Dan, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yere and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

39 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

two and sixti thousynde and seuene hundrid.

40 Of the sons of Asher: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

Of the sones of Aser, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

41 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.

fourti thousynde and a thousynde and fyue hundrid.

42 Of the sons of Naphtali: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

Of the sones of Neptalym, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

43 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

thre and fifty thousynde and foure hundrid.

44 These are those that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, the twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

These men it ben, whiche Moises and Aaron and the twelue princes of Israel noumbriden, alle bi the housis `of her kynredis.

45 And all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, according to their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service in Israel,

And alle men of the sones of Israel bi her housis, and meynees, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, that myyten go forth to batels, weren togidere

46 all they that were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

sixe hundrid thousynde and thre thousynde of men, fyue hundred and fifti.

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

Sotheli the dekenes in the lynage of her meynes weren not noumbrid with hem.

48 For Jehovah had spoken to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, `Nyle thou noumbre the lynage of Leuy,

49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel.

nether sette thou the summe of hem with the sones of Israel;

50 But thou, appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all its vessels; and they shall serve it, and round about the tabernacle shall they encamp;

but thou schalt ordeyne hem on the tabernacle of witnessing, and on alle the vessels therof, and what euer thing perteyneth to cerymonyes ether sacrifices. Thei schulen bere the tabernacle, and alle purtenaunces therof, and thei schulen be in seruyce, and schulen sette tentis bi the cumpas of the tabernacle.

51 and when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encampeth, the Levites shall set it up; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.

Whanne me schal go, the dekenes schulen do doun the tabernacle; whanne the tentis schulen be sette, thei schulen `reise the tabernacle. Who euer of straungeris neiyeth, he schal be slayn.

52 And the children of Israel shall encamp every man in his camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts;

Sotheli the sones of Israel schulen sette tentis, ech man bi cumpenyes, and gaderyngis, and his oost;

53 but the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there come not wrath upon the assembly of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

forsothe the dekenes schulen sette tentis bi the cumpas of the tabernacle, lest indignacioun be maad on the multitude of the sones of Israel; and thei schulen wake in the kepyngis of the `tabernacle of witnessyng.

54 And the children of Israel did so; according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses, so did they.

Therfor the sones of Israel diden bi alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide to Moises.