Numbers 1

1 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses in/on/with wilderness (Wilderness of) Sinai in/on/with tent meeting in/on/with one to/for month [the] second in/on/with year [the] second to/for to come out: come them from land: country/planet Egypt to/for to say

In April of the year after the Israeli people left Egypt, Yahweh spoke to Moses/me while he/I was in the Sacred Tent, in the Sinai Desert. Yahweh said to him/me,

2 to lift: count [obj] head: count all congregation son: descendant/people Israel to/for family their to/for house: household father their in/on/with number name all male to/for head their

“I want you and Aaron to determine how many Israeli men are able to fight in battles. Write down the names of all the men who are at least 20 years old, and write down the names of their clans and families.

3 from son: aged twenty year and above [to] all to come out: regular army: war in/on/with Israel to reckon: list [obj] them to/for army their you(m. s.) and Aaron

4 and with you to be man man to/for tribe man head: leader to/for house: household father his he/she/it

[I have chosen] one man from each of the tribes to help you to do this. Each one will be a leader of his clan.

5 and these name [the] human which to stand: stand with you to/for Reuben Elizur son: child Shedeur

Their names are: Elizur, the son of Shedeur, from the tribe of Reuben; Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, from the tribe of Simeon; Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah; Nethanel, the son of Zuar, from the tribe of Issachar; Eliab, the son of Helon, from the tribe of Zebulun; Elishama, the son of Ammihud, from the tribe of Joseph’s son Ephraim; Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, from the tribe of Joseph’s son Manasseh; Abidan, the son of Gideoni, from the tribe of Benjamin; Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, from the tribe of Dan; Pagiel, the son of Ocran, from the tribe of Asher; Eliasaph, the son of Deuel, from the tribe of Gad; Ahira, the son of Enan, from the tribe of Naphtali.”

6 to/for Simeon Shelumiel son: child Zurishaddai

7 to/for Judah Nahshon son: child Amminadab

8 to/for Issachar Nethanel son: child Zuar

9 to/for Zebulun Eliab son: child Helon

10 to/for son: child Joseph to/for Ephraim Elishama son: child Ammihud to/for Manasseh Gamaliel son: child Pedahzur

11 to/for Benjamin Abidan son: child Gideoni

12 to/for Dan Ahiezer son: child Ammishaddai

13 to/for Asher Pagiel son: child Ochran

14 to/for Gad Eliasaph son: child Deuel

15 to/for Naphtali Ahira son: child Enan

16 these (to call: call to *Q(K)*) [the] congregation leader tribe father their head: leader thousand: clan Israel they(masc.)

Those were the men whom Yahweh chose from the people. They were leaders of their tribes. They were the chief men of the clans of the Israeli people.

17 and to take: take Moses and Aaron [obj] [the] human [the] these which to pierce in/on/with name

Aaron and Moses/I summoned all these leaders,

18 and [obj] all [the] congregation to gather in/on/with one to/for month [the] second and to beget upon family their to/for house: household father their in/on/with number name from son: aged twenty year and above [to] to/for head their

and they gathered all of the people together on that same day. They listed/wrote down the names of all the men who were at least 20 years old, and with their names they wrote the names of their clans and their family groups

19 like/as as which to command LORD [obj] Moses and to reckon: list them in/on/with wilderness (Wilderness of) Sinai

just as Moses/I had commanded. They wrote the names while (the Israelis/we) were there in the Sinai Desert.

20 and to be son: descendant/people Reuben firstborn Israel generation their to/for family their to/for house: household father their in/on/with number name to/for head their all male from son: aged twenty year and above [to] all to come out: regular army: war

This is a list of the number of men who were at least 20 years old and able to fight in battles, and the names of their tribes: There were 46,500 men from the tribe of Reuben (who was Jacob’s oldest son); there were 59,300 men from the tribe of Simeon; there were 45,560 men from the tribe of Gad; there were 74,600 men from the tribe of Judah; there were 54,400 men from the tribe of Issachar; there were 57,400 men from the tribe of Zebulun; there were 40,500 men from the tribe of Ephraim; there were 32,200 men from the tribe of Manasseh; there were 35,400 men from the tribe of Benjamin; there were 62,700 men from the tribe of Dan; there were 41,500 men from the tribe of Asher; there were 53,400 men from the tribe of Naphtali.

21 to reckon: list their to/for tribe Reuben six and forty thousand and five hundred

22 to/for son: descendant/people Simeon generation their to/for family their to/for house: household father their to reckon: list his in/on/with number name to/for head their all male from son: aged twenty year and above [to] all to come out: regular army: war

23 to reckon: list their to/for tribe Simeon nine and fifty thousand and three hundred

24 to/for son: descendant/people Gad generation their to/for family their to/for house: household father their in/on/with number name from son: aged twenty year and above [to] all to come out: regular army: war

25 to reckon: list their to/for tribe Gad five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty

26 to/for son: descendant/people Judah generation their to/for family their to/for house: household father their in/on/with number name from son: aged twenty year and above [to] all to come out: regular army: war

27 to reckon: list their to/for tribe Judah four and seventy thousand and six hundred

28 to/for son: descendant/people Issachar generation their to/for family their to/for house: household father their in/on/with number name from son: aged twenty year and above [to] all to come out: regular army: war

29 to reckon: list their to/for tribe Issachar four and fifty thousand and four hundred

30 to/for son: descendant/people Zebulun generation their to/for family their to/for house: household father their in/on/with number name from son: aged twenty year and above [to] all to come out: regular army: war

31 to reckon: list their to/for tribe Zebulun seven and fifty thousand and four hundred

32 to/for son: descendant/people Joseph to/for son: descendant/people Ephraim generation their to/for family their to/for house: household father their in/on/with number name from son: aged twenty year and above [to] all to come out: regular army: war

33 to reckon: list their to/for tribe Ephraim forty thousand and five hundred

34 to/for son: descendant/people Manasseh generation their to/for family their to/for house: household father their in/on/with number name from son: aged twenty year and above [to] all to come out: regular army: war

35 to reckon: list their to/for tribe Manasseh two and thirty thousand and hundred

36 to/for son: descendant/people Benjamin generation their to/for family their to/for house: household father their in/on/with number name from son: aged twenty year and above [to] all to come out: regular army: war

37 to reckon: list their to/for tribe Benjamin five and thirty thousand and four hundred

38 to/for son: descendant/people Dan generation their to/for family their to/for house: household father their in/on/with number name from son: aged twenty year and above [to] all to come out: regular army: war

39 to reckon: list their to/for tribe Dan two and sixty thousand and seven hundred

40 to/for son: descendant/people Asher generation their to/for family their to/for house: household father their in/on/with number name from son: aged twenty year and above [to] all to come out: regular army: war

41 to reckon: list their to/for tribe Asher one and forty thousand and five hundred

42 son: descendant/people Naphtali generation their to/for family their to/for house: household father their in/on/with number name from son: aged twenty year and above [to] all to come out: regular army: war

43 to reckon: list their to/for tribe Naphtali three and fifty thousand and four hundred

44 these [the] to reckon: list which to reckon: list Moses and Aaron and leader Israel two ten man man one to/for house: household father his to be

That was the number of men from each tribe that Aaron and Moses/I and the twelve leaders of the tribes of Israel listed, along with the names of their clans.

45 and to be all to reckon: list son: descendant/people Israel to/for house: household father their from son: aged twenty year and above [to] all to come out: regular army: war in/on/with Israel

46 and to be all [the] to reckon: list six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty

The total was 603,550 men.

47 and [the] Levi to/for tribe father their not to reckon: list in/on/with midst their

But this number did not include the names of the men of the tribe of Levi,

48 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say

because Yahweh had said to Moses/me,

49 surely [obj] tribe Levi not to reckon: list and [obj] head: count their not to lift: count in/on/with midst son: descendant/people Israel

“When you (count/write the names of) the men of the tribes of Israel, do not count the men in the tribe of Levi.

50 and you(m. s.) to reckon: overseer [obj] [the] Levi upon tabernacle [the] testimony and upon all article/utensil his and upon all which to/for him they(masc.) to lift: bear [obj] [the] tabernacle and [obj] all article/utensil his and they(masc.) to minister him and around to/for tabernacle to camp

Appoint the male descendants of Levi to take care of the Sacred Tent and the chest inside it that contains [the tablets on which are written] the Ten Commandments. They must also take care of the other things that are inside the tent. [When you travel], they are the ones who must carry the tent and all the things that are inside it, and they must take care of it and set up their tents around it.

51 and in/on/with to set out [the] tabernacle to go down [obj] him [the] Levi and in/on/with to camp [the] tabernacle to arise: establish [obj] him [the] Levi and [the] be a stranger [the] approaching to die

Whenever it is time for all of you to move [to another location], the descendants of Levi are the ones who must dismantle the tent. And when it is time to stop traveling, they are the ones who must set up the Sacred Tent again. Any other person who goes near the Sacred Tent [to do this work] must be executed.

52 and to camp son: descendant/people Israel man: anyone upon camp his and man: anyone upon standard his to/for army their

The people of each Israeli tribe must set up their tents in their own area, and they must set up a flag/banner that represents their tribe.

53 and [the] Levi to camp around to/for tabernacle [the] testimony and not to be wrath upon congregation son: descendant/people Israel and to keep: guard [the] Levi [obj] charge tabernacle [the] testimony

But the male descendants of Levi must set up their tents around the Sacred Tent, in order to protect the other Israeli people from being punished [MTY] by Yahweh [for coming close to the Sacred Tent]. The descendants of Levi are the ones who must stand around the Sacred Tent to guard it.”

54 and to make: do son: descendant/people Israel like/as all which to command LORD [obj] Moses so to make: do

So the Israeli people did everything just like Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.