Numbers 1

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

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:

2 “Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one,

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;

3 from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall count them by their divisions.

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;

4 With you there shall be a man of every tribe, each one head of his fathers’ house.

and with you, shall be one man for each tribe, —each man, head of his ancestral house, shall be.

5 These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

These, then, are the names of the men who shall stand with you, —Of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur;

6 Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

Of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

7 Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Of Judah, Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

8 Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.

Of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar;

9 Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.

Of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon;

10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

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

11 Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.

Of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

12 Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

Of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

13 Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.

Of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran;

14 Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

Of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

15 Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”

Of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.

16 These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

These, are they who had been summoned by the assembly, being princes of the tribes of their fathers, —heads of the thousands of Israel.

17 Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.

So then Moses and Aaron took these men, who were distinguished by name;

18 They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.

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.

19 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai.

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

20 The children of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

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;

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

such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Reuben, forty-six thousand and five hundred.

22 Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those who were counted of it, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

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;

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

such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Simeon, fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.

24 Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

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:

25 those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Gad, forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

26 Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

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;

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

such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Judah, seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

28 Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

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;

29 those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Issachar, fifty-four thousand and four hundred.

30 Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

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;

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

such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Zebulun, fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.

32 Of the children of Joseph: of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

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;

33 those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.

such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Ephraim, forty thousand and five hundred.

34 Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

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;

35 those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Manasseh, thirty-two thousand, and two hundred.

36 Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

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;

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

such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, thirty-five thousand and four hundred.

38 Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

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;

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

such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Dan, sixty-two thousand, and seven hundred.

40 Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

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;

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

such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Asher, forty-one thousand, and five hundred.

42 Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

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;

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

such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Naphtali, fifty-three thousand, and four hundred.

44 These are those who were counted, whom Moses and Aaron counted, and the twelve men who were princes of Israel, each one for his fathers’ house.

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.

45 So all those who were counted of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel—

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;

46 all those who were counted were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.

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

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

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

48 For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

For Yahweh spake unto Moses saying:

49 “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not count, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;

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.

50 but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.

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.

51 When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

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.

52 The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.

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;

53 But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel. The Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony.”

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.

54 Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they did.

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