Numbers 1

1 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,

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 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;

“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 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;

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 with you there is a man for a tribe, each is a head of the house of his fathers.

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 And these [are] the names of the men who stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur 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 for Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

from the tribe of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

7 for Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

from the tribe of Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

8 for Issachar, Nathaneel son of Zuar;

from the tribe of Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

9 for Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

from the tribe of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

10 for the sons of Joseph: for Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; for Manasseh, Gamaliel 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 for Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

from the tribe of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

12 for Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

from the tribe of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

13 for Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;

from the tribe of Asher, Pagiel son of Okran;

14 for Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

from the tribe of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

15 for Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”

and from the tribe of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”

16 These [are] those called of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers; they [are] heads of the thousands 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 takes—Aaron also—these men, who were defined by name,

Moses and Aaron took these men, who were recorded by name,

18 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,

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 YHWH has commanded Moses; and he numbers them in the wilderness of Sinai.

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

20 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—

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 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Reuben, are forty-six thousand and five hundred.

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

22 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—

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 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Simeon, [are] fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.

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

24 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—

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 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Gad, [are] forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

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

26 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—

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 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Judah, [are] seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

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

28 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—

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 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Issachar, [are] fifty-four thousand and four hundred.

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

30 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—

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 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Zebulun, [are] fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.

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

32 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—

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 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Ephraim, [are] forty thousand and five hundred.

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

34 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—

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 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Manasseh, [are] thirty-two thousand and two hundred.

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

36 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—

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 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Benjamin, [are] thirty-five thousand and four hundred.

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

38 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—

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 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Dan, [are] sixty-two thousand and seven hundred.

They counted 62,700 from the tribe of Dan.

40 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—

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 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Asher, [are] forty-one thousand and five hundred.

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

42 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—

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 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Naphtali, [are] fifty-three thousand and four hundred.

They counted 53,400 from the tribe of Naphtali.

44 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.

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

45 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,

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 indeed, all those numbered are six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

They counted 603,550 men.

47 And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst,

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

48 seeing YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

because Yahweh had said to Moses,

49 “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;

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

50 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.

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 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.”

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 And the sons of Israel have encamped, each by his camp, and each by his standard, by their hosts;

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

53 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.

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 And the sons of Israel do according to all that YHWH has commanded Moses; so they have done.

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