Numbers 1

1 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses in the desert of Sinai in the tent of meeting, —on the first of the second month in the second year by their coming forth out of the land of Egypt saying:

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 Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, by their families by their ancestral houses, —in the counting of names, every male, by their polls;

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

3 from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war in Israel, —ye shall number them by their hosts, thou 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 with you, shall be one man for each tribe, —each man, head of his ancestral house, shall be.

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

5 These, then, are the names of the men who shall stand with you, —Of Reuben, Elizur, 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 Of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

7 Of Judah, Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

8 Of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar;

from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

9 Of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon;

from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

10 Of the sons of Joseph, —Of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; Of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur;

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

11 Of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

12 Of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

13 Of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran;

from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;

14 Of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

15 Of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.

and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”

16 These, are they who had been summoned by the assembly, being princes of the tribes of their fathers, —heads of the thousands 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 So then Moses and Aaron took these men, who were distinguished by name;

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

18 all the assembly also, called they together on the first of the second month, —and they declared their pedigree according to their families by their ancestral houses, —in the counting of names from twenty years old and upwards by their polls.

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 Yahweh commanded Moses, so he mustered them in the desert of Sinai.

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

20 And they were [as followeth] —The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, in their pedigrees—by their families, by their ancestral houses, in the counting of names, by their polls, every male, from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth 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 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Reuben, forty-six thousand and five hundred.

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

22 Of the sons of Simeon, in their pedigrees by their families by their ancestral houses, —such as were numbered of him, in the counting of names by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth 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 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Simeon, fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.

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

24 Of the sons of Gad, in their pedigrees—by their families by their ancestral houses, in the counting of names from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth 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 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Gad, forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

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

26 Of the sons of Judah, in their pedigrees by their families by their ancestral houses, —in the counting of names, from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth 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 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Judah, seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

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

28 Of the sons of Issachar, in their pedigrees—by their families by their ancestral houses, —in the counting of names, from twenty year old and upwards, every one able to go forth 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 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Issachar, fifty-four thousand and four hundred.

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

30 Of the sons of Zebulun, in their pedigrees—by their families by their ancestral houses, —in the counting of names from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth 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 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Zebulun, fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.

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

32 Of the sons of Joseph—Of the sons of Ephraim, in their pedigrees—by their families by their ancestral houses, —in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth 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 such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Ephraim, forty thousand and five hundred.

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

34 Of the sons of Manasseh, in their pedigrees—by their families by their ancestral houses, —in the counting of names from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth 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 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Manasseh, thirty-two thousand, and two hundred.

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

36 Of the sons of Benjamin, in their pedigrees by their families, by their ancestral houses, —in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth 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 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, thirty-five thousand and four hundred.

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

38 Of the sons of Dan, in their pedigrees by their families by their ancestral houses, in the counting of names from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth 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 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Dan, sixty-two thousand, and seven hundred.

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

40 Of the sons of Asher, in their pedigrees—by their families by their ancestral houses, —in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth 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 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Asher, forty-one thousand, and five hundred.

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

42 The sons of Naphtali, in their pedigrees by their families by their ancestral houses, —in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth 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 such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Naphtali, fifty-three thousand, and four hundred.

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

44 These, are they who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the twelve princes of Israel did number, the princes acting each one for his ancestral house.

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 then all they who were numbered of the sons of Israel by their ancestral houses, from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war in Israel;

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

46 so then all they who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

And all those counted totaled 603,550.

47 But the Levites by the tribe of their fathers were not numbered in their midst.

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

48 For Yahweh spake unto Moses saying:

For the LORD had said to Moses:

49 Only the tribe of Levi, shalt thou not number, nor the sum of them, shalt thou reckon up, in the midst of the sons of Israel.

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

50 But do, thou thyself, put the Levites in charge over the habitation of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof and over all that pertaineth thereto, they, shall bear the habitation, and all the furniture thereof, and they, shall attend thereupon; and, round about the habitation, shall they encamp.

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 habitation is to set forward, the Levites shall take it down, and when the habitation is to be pitched, the Levites, shall set it up, but the stranger that draweth near, shall 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 So then the sons of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man, near his own camp, and, every man, near his own standard, by their hosts;

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

53 but the Levites, shall pitch their tents round about the habitation of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the assembly of the sons of Israel, —so shall the Levites keep the watch of the habitation of the testimony.

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 Thus did the sons of Israel, —according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did they.

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