Numbers 1

The First Census of Israel

1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle 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: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 names, every male individually,3 from twenty years old and aboveall who are able to go to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies.4 And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each one the head of his fathers house.5 These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;6 from Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;7 from Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;8 from Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;9 from Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;10 from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;11 from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;12 from Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;13 from Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran;14 from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;15 from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.16 These were chosen from the congregation, leaders of their fathers tribes, heads of the divisions in Israel.17 Then Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned by name,18 and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they recited their ancestry by families, by their fathers houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, each one individually.19 As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.20 Now the children of Reuben, Israels oldest son, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers house, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:21 those who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.22 From the children of Simeon, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers house, of those who were numbered, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:23 those who were numbered of the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.24 From the children of Gad, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:25 those who were numbered of the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.26 From the children of Judah, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:27 those who were numbered of the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.28 From the children of Issachar, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:29 those who were numbered of the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.30 From the children of Zebulun, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:31 those who were numbered of the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.32 From the sons of Joseph, the children of Ephraim, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:33 those who were numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.34 From the children of Manasseh, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:35 those who were numbered of the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred.36 From the children of Benjamin, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:37 those who were numbered of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.38 From the children of Dan, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:39 those who were numbered of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.40 From the children of Asher, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:41 those who were numbered of the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.42 From the children of Naphtali, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:43 those who were numbered of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.44 These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each one representing his fathers house.45 So all who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their fathers houses, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war in Israel46 all who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.47 But the Levites were not numbered among them by their fathers tribe;48 for the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying:49 Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel;50 but you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, over all its furnishings, and over all things that belong to it; they shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall attend to it and camp around the tabernacle.51 And when the tabernacle is to go forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The outsider who comes near shall be put to death.52 The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, everyone by his own camp, everyone by his own standard, according to their armies;53 but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.54 Thus the children of Israel did; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they did.

NUMBERS 1

The People of Israel //Are Counted

1  t The people of Israel had left Egypt and were living in the Sinai Desert. Then on the first day of the second montht of the second year, when Moses was in the sacred tent the [Lord] said:
2-3 I want you and Aaron to find out how many people are in each of Israel's clans and families. And make a list of all the men 20 years and older who are able to fight in battle.

4-15 The following twelve family leaders, one from each tribe, will help you:
Elizur son of Shedeur
from Reuben,
Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai
from Simeon,
Nahshon son of Amminadab
from Judah,
Nethanel son of Zuar
from Issachar,
Eliab son of Helon
from Zebulun,
Elishama son of Ammihud
from Ephraim,
Gamaliel son of Pedahzur
from Manasseh,
Abidan son of Gideoni
from Benjamin,
Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai
from Dan,
Pagiel son of Ochran
from Asher,
Eliasaph son of Deuel
from Gad,
and Ahira son of Enan
from Naphtali.
16-17 Moses and Aaron, together with these twelve tribal leaders, 18 called together the people that same day. They were counted according to their clans and families. Then Moses and the others listed the names of the men twenty years and older, 19 just as the [Lord] had commanded.

20-46 The number of men from each tribe who were at least 20 years old and strong enough to fight in Israel's army was as follows:
46,500 from Reuben,
the oldest son of Jacob, t
59,300 from Simeon,
45,650 from Gad,
74,600 from Judah,
54,400 from Issachar,
57,400 from Zebulun,
40,500 from Ephraim,
32,200 from Manasseh,
35,400 from Benjamin,
62,700 from Dan,
41,500 from Asher,
53,400 from Naphtali.
The total number of men registered by Moses, Aaron, and the twelve leaders was 603,550.
47 But those from the Levi tribe were not included

48 because the [Lord] had said to Moses:
49 When you count the Israelites, do not include those from the Levi tribe.

50-51 Instead, give them the job of caring for the sacred tent, its furnishings, and the objects used for worship. They will camp around the tent, and whenever you move, they will take it down, carry it to the new camp, and set it up again. Anyone else who tries to go near it must be put to death.
52 The rest of the Israelites will camp in their own groups and under their own banners.

53 But the Levites will camp around the sacred tent to make sure that no one goes near it and makes me furious with the Israelites.
54 The people of Israel did everything the [Lord] had commanded.