1:1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said:
1:2 “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
1:3 You and Aaron are to number by their divisions all the men in Israel twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army.
1:4 One man from each tribe, each the head of his family, is to help you.
1:5 These are the names of the men who are to assist you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
1:6 from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
1:7 from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
1:8 from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
1:9 from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
1:10 from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
1:11 from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
1:12 from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
1:13 from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;
1:14 from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
1:15 from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
1:16 These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.
1:17 Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been given,
1:18 and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people indicated their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one,
1:19 as the LORD commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:
1:20 From the descendants of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families.
1:21 The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500
1:22 From the descendants of Simeon: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were counted and listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families.
1:23 The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300
1:24 From the descendants of Gad: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
1:25 The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650
1:26 From the descendants of Judah: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
1:27 The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600
1:28 From the descendants of Issachar: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
1:29 The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400
1:30 From the descendants of Zebulun: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
1:31 The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400
1:32 From the sons of Joseph: From the descendants of Ephraim: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
1:33 The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500
1:34 From the descendants of Manasseh: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
1:35 The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200
1:36 From the descendants of Benjamin: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
1:37 The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400
1:38 From the descendants of Dan: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
1:39 The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700
1:40 From the descendants of Asher: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
1:41 The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500
1:42 From the descendants of Naphtali: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.
1:43 The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400
1:44 These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.
1:45 All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.
1:46 The total number was 603,550
1:47 The families of the tribe of Levi, however, were not counted along with the others.
1:48 The LORD had said to Moses:
1:49 “You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.
1:50 Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony–over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it.
1:51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who goes near it shall be put to death.
1:52 The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each man in his own camp under his own standard.
1:53 The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the Testimony so that wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
1:54 The Israelites did all this just as the LORD commanded Moses.
1:1 Then Jehovah 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,
1:2 Take the sum of all the assembly of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.
1:3 From twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go forth for military service in Israel, you and Aaron shall number them by their companies.
1:4 And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each man the head of his fathers’ household.
1:5 And these are the names of the men who shall stand with you. From Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
1:6 From Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
1:7 From Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
1:8 From Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.
1:9 From Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
1:10 From the children of Joseph: from Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
1:11 From Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
1:12 From Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
1:13 From Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.
1:14 From Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
1:15 From Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.
1:16 These are the ones who were called from the assembly, the leaders of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.
1:17 And Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name.
1:18 And on the first day of the second month they gathered all the assembly together; and they registered themselves by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head.
1:19 As Jehovah commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
1:20 And the children of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
1:21 Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben: forty-six thousand five hundred.
1:22 From the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, those who were numbered of them, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
1:23 Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon: fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
1:24 From the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
1:25 Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad: forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
1:26 From the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
1:27 Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah: seventy-four thousand six hundred.
1:28 From the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
1:29 Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar: fifty-four thousand four hundred.
1:30 From the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
1:31 Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun: fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
1:32 From the children of Joseph: from the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
1:33 Those who were numbered of them, from the tribe of Ephraim: forty thousand five hundred.
1:34 And from the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
1:35 Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh: thirty-two thousand two hundred.
1:36 From the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
1:37 Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin: thirty-five thousand four hundred.
1:38 From the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
1:39 Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan: sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
1:40 From the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
1:41 Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher: forty-one thousand five hundred.
1:42 From the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service,
1:43 Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali: fifty-three thousand four hundred.
1:44 These were the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each one for his fathers’ household.
1:45 So all who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ households, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth for military service in Israel,
1:46 Even all the numbered men were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
1:47 But the Levites were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe.
1:48 For Jehovah had spoken to Moses, saying,
1:49 Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take the sum of them among the children of Israel;
1:50 But you, 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 minister to it and shall encamp around the tabernacle.
1:51 And when the tabernacle sets out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encamps, the Levites shall set it up. But the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
1:52 And the children of Israel shall encamp, each one by his own camp and each one by his own standard, according to their companies.
1:53 But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there be no wrath upon the assembly of the children of Israel. And the Levites shall keep the charge of the Tabernacle of the Testimony.
1:54 Thus did the children of Israel do; according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses, so they did.