Numbers 1

The Census of Israel's Warriors

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,2 "Take a tcensus of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head3 from twenty years old and upward, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall tnumber them by their armies.4 With you, moreover, there shall be a man of each tribe, each one head of his father's household.5 These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;6 of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;7 of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;8 of Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;9 of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;10 of the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;11 of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;12 of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;13 of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran;14 of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;15 of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.16 These are they who were called of the congregation, the leaders of their fathers' tribes; they were the heads of tdivisions of Israel."

17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,18 and they assembled all the congregation together on the first of the second month. Then they registered by ancestry in their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, head by head,19 just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

20 Now the sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,21 their numbered men of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.

22 Of the sons of Simeon, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, their numbered men, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,23 their numbered men of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.

24 Of the sons of Gad, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,25 their numbered men of the tribe of Gad were 45,650.

26 Of the sons of Judah, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,27 their numbered men of the tribe of Judah were 74,600.

28 Of the sons of Issachar, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,29 their numbered men of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.

30 Of the sons of Zebulun, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,31 their numbered men of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.

32 Of the sons of Joseph, namely, of the sons of Ephraim, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,33 their numbered men of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.

34 Of the sons of Manasseh, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,35 their numbered men of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200.

36 Of the sons of Benjamin, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,37 their numbered men of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.

38 Of the sons of Dan, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,39 their numbered men of the tribe of Dan were 62,700.

40 Of the sons of Asher, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,41 their numbered men of the tribe of Asher were 41,500.

42 Of the sons of Naphtali, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,43 their numbered men of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400.

44 These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each of whom was of his father's household.45 So all the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers' households, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war in Israel,46 even all the numbered men were 603,550.

Levites Exempted

47 The Levites, however, 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 shall you take their census among the sons of Israel.50 But you shall appoint the Levites over the ttabernacle 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; they shall also camp around the tabernacle.51 So when the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encamps, the Levites shall set it up. But the tlayman who comes near shall be put to death.52 The sons of Israel shall camp, each man by his own camp, and each man by his own standard, according to their armies.53 But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there will be no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the testimony."54 Thus the sons of Israel did; according to all which the LORD had commanded Moses, so they did.

Numbers 1

Organizing the Census of the Israelites

1 s Now the Lords spoket to Moses in the tent of meetings in the wildernesss of Sinais on the first day of the second month of the second year aftert the Israelitest departed from the land of Egypt.s He said:t2 “Take a censust of the entires Israelite communityt by their clans and families,t counting the name of every individual male.t3 You and Aaron are to numbert all in Israel who can serve in the army,t those who aret twenty years old or older,t by their divisions.t4 And to help yout there is to be a man from eacht tribe, each mant the heads of his family.t

5 Now these are the names of the men who are to helpt you:
fromt Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

6 from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;s

7 from Judah, Nahshons son of Amminadab;

8 from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

9 from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

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

11 from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

12 from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

13 from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;

14 from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;s

15 from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”

The Census of the Tribes

16 These were the ones chosens from the community, leaderst of their ancestral tribes.t They were the heads of the thousandss of Israel.
17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name,18 and they assembledt the entire community together on the first day of the second month.s Then the people recorded their ancestryt by their clans and families, and the men who were twenty years old or older were listedt by name individually,

19 just as the Lord had commanded Moses. And so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

20 And they were as follows:
The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually.

21 Those of them who were numberedt from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.s
22 From the descendants of Simeon: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males numbered of thems twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually.

23 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.
24 s From the descendants of Gad: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

25 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Gad were 45,650.
26 From the descendants of Judah: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

27 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Judah were 74,600.
28 From the descendants of Issachar: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

29 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.
30 From the descendants of Zebulun: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

31 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.

32 From the sons of Joseph:
From the descendants of Ephraim: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.33 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.34 From the descendants of Manasseh: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

35 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200.
36 From the descendants of Benjamin: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

37 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.
38 From the descendants of Dan: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

39 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Dan were 62,700.
40 From the descendants of Asher: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

41 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Asher were 41,500.
42 Froms the descendants of Naphtali: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

43 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400.
44 These were the men whom Moses and Aaron numberedt along with the twelve leaders of Israel, each of whomt was from his own family.45 All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel’s army, were numberedt according to their families.

46 And all those numbered totaled 603,550.

The Exemption of the Levites

47 Butt the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers,t were not numbereds among them.48 The Lord had said to Moses,t49 “Only the tribe of Levis you must not numbert or countt witht the other Israelites.50 But appointt the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony,t over all its furnishings and over everything in it. They must carryt the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and theyt must attend to it and camp around it.t

51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move,t the Levites must take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be reassembled,t the Levites must set it up.t Any unauthorized persont who approaches it must be killed.
52 “The Israelites will camp according to their divisions, each man in his camp, and each man by his standard.

53 But the Levites must camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that the Lord’s angerst will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are responsible for the caret of the tabernacle of the testimony.”

54 The Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Mosess – that is what they did.