Numbers 1

The People of Israel Are Counted

1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Meeting Tent in the Desert of Sinai. This was on the first day of the second month in the second year after the Israelites left Egypt. He said to Moses:2 “You and Aaron must count all the people of Israel by families and family groups, listing the name of each man.3 You and Aaron must count every man twenty years old or older who will serve in the army of Israel, and list them by their divisions.4 One man from each tribe, the leader of his family, will help you.

5 These are the names of the men who will help you:
from the tribe of Reuben—Elizur son of Shedeur;

6 from the tribe of Simeon—Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

7 from the tribe of Judah—Nahshon son of Amminadab;

8 from the tribe of Issachar—Nethanel son of Zuar;

9 from the tribe of Zebulun—Eliab son of Helon;

10 from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph—Elishama son of Ammihud;
from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph—Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

11 from the tribe of Benjamin—Abidan son of Gideoni;

12 from the tribe of Dan—Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

13 from the tribe of Asher—Pagiel son of Ocran;

14 from the tribe of Gad—Eliasaph son of Deuel;

15 from the tribe of Naphtali—Ahira son of Enan.”

16 These were the men chosen from the people to be leaders of their tribes, the heads of Israel’s family groups.
17 Moses and Aaron took these men who had been picked18 and called all the people of Israel together on the first day of the second month. Then the people were listed by their families and family groups, and all the men who were twenty years old or older were listed by name.

19 Moses did exactly what the Lord had commanded and listed the people while they were in the Desert of Sinai.
20 The tribe of Reuben, the first son born to Israel, was counted; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their families and family groups.

21 The tribe of Reuben totaled 46,500 men.
22 The tribe of Simeon was counted; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their families and family groups.

23 The tribe of Simeon totaled 59,300 men.
24 The tribe of Gad was counted; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their families and family groups.

25 The tribe of Gad totaled 45,650 men.
26 The tribe of Judah was counted; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their families and family groups.

27 The tribe of Judah totaled 74,600 men.
28 The tribe of Issachar was counted; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their families and family groups.

29 The tribe of Issachar totaled 54,400 men.
30 The tribe of Zebulun was counted; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their families and family groups.

31 The tribe of Zebulun totaled 57,400 men.
32 The tribe of Ephraim, a son of Joseph, was counted; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their families and family groups.

33 The tribe of Ephraim totaled 40,500 men.
34 The tribe of Manasseh, also a son of Joseph, was counted; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their families and family groups.

35 The tribe of Manasseh totaled 32,200 men.
36 The tribe of Benjamin was counted; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their families and family groups.

37 The tribe of Benjamin totaled 35,400 men.
38 The tribe of Dan was counted; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their families and family groups.

39 The tribe of Dan totaled 62,700 men.
40 The tribe of Asher was counted; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their families and family groups.

41 The tribe of Asher totaled 41,500 men.
42 The tribe of Naphtali was counted; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their families and family groups.

43 The tribe of Naphtali totaled 53,400 men.
44 Moses, Aaron, and the twelve leaders of Israel, one from each of the families, counted these men.45 Every man of Israel twenty years old or older who was able to serve in the army was counted and listed with his family.

46 The total number of men was 603,550.
47 The families from the tribe of Levi were not listed with the others, because48 the Lord had told Moses:49 “Do not count the tribe of Levi or include them with the other Israelites.50 Instead put the Levites in charge of the Holy Tent of the Agreement and everything that is with it. They must carry the Holy Tent and everything in it, and they must take care of it and make their camp around it.51 Any time the Holy Tent is moved, the Levites must take it down, and any time it is set up, the Levites must do it. Anyone else who goes near the Holy Tent will be put to death.52 The Israelites will make their camps in separate divisions, each family near its flag.

53 But the Levites must make their camp around the Holy Tent of the Agreement so that I will not be angry with the Israelites. The Levites will take care of the Holy Tent of the Agreement.”
54 So the Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.

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.