Numbers 1
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The First Census of Israel
1Now the Lord spoke to Moses #Ex. 19:1; Num. 10:11, 12in the Wilderness of Sinai, #Ex. 25:22in the tabernacle of meeting, on the #Ex. 40:2, 17; Num. 9:1; 10:11first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying: 2#Ex. 30:12; Num. 26:2, 63, 64; 2 Sam. 24:2; 1 Chr. 21:2“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 #Ex. 30:12, 13; 38:26individually, 3from #Ex. 30:14; 38:26twenty years old and above—all who are able to go to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 4And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each one the head of his father’s house.
5“These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; 6from Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; 7from Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab; 8from Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar; 9from Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon; 10from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; 11from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni; 12from Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; 13from Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran; 14from Gad, Eliasaph the son of #Num. 7:42Deuel; 15from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.” 16#Ex. 18:21; Num. 7:2; 1 Chr. 27:16–22These were #Num. 16:2chosen from the congregation, leaders of their fathers’ tribes, #Ex. 18:21, 25; Jer. 5:5; Mic. 3:1, 9; 5:2heads of the divisions in Israel.
17Then Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned #Is. 43:1by name, 18and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they recited their #Ezra 2:59; Heb. 7:3ancestry by families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, each one individually. 19As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.
20Now the #Num. 2:10, 11; 26:5–11; 32:6, 15, 21, 29children of Reuben, Israel’s 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: 21those who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.
22From the #Num. 2:12, 13; 26:12–14children 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: 23those who were numbered of the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24From the #Gen. 30:11; Num. 26:15–18; Josh. 4:12; Jer. 49:1children 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: 25those who were numbered of the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26From the #Gen. 29:35; Num. 26:19–22; 2 Sam. 24:9; Ps. 78:68; Matt. 1:2children 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: 27those who were numbered of the tribe of Judah were #2 Chr. 17:14seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28From the #Num. 2:5, 6children 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: 29those who were numbered of the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30From the #Num. 2:7, 8; 26:26, 27children 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: 31those who were numbered of the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32From the sons of Joseph, the #Gen. 48:1–22; Num. 26:28–37; Deut. 33:13–17; Jer. 7:15; Obad. 19children 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: 33those who were numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.
34From the #Num. 2:20, 21; 26:28–34children 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: 35those who were numbered of the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36From the #Gen. 49:27; Num. 26:38–41; 2 Chr. 17:17; Rev. 7:8children 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: 37those who were numbered of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38From the #Gen. 30:6; 46:23; Num. 2:25, 26; 26:42, 43children 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: 39those who were numbered of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40From the #Num. 2:27, 28; 26:44–47children 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: 41those who were numbered of the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.
42From 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: 43those who were numbered of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44#Num. 26:64These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each one representing his father’s house. 45So 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 Israel— 46all who were numbered were #Ex. 12:37; 38:26; Num. 2:32; 26:51, 63; Heb. 11:12; Rev. 7:4–8six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
47But #Num. 2:33; 3:14–22; 26:57–62; 1 Chr. 6:1–47; 21:6the Levites were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe; 48for the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying: 49#Num. 2:33; 26:62“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel; 50#Ex. 38:21; Num. 3:7, 8; 4:15, 25–27, 33but 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 #Num. 3:23, 29, 35, 38and camp around the tabernacle. 51#Num. 4:5–15; 10:17, 21And 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 #Num. 10:21up. #Num. 3:10, 38; 4:15, 19, 20; 18:22The outsider who comes near shall be put to death. 52The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, everyone by his own camp, #Num. 2:2, 34; 24:2everyone by his own standard, according to their armies; 53#Num. 1:50but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no #Lev. 10:6; Num. 8:19; 16:46; 18:5; 1 Sam. 6:19wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall #Num. 8:24; 18:2–4; 1 Chr. 23:32keep charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
54Thus the children of Israel did; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they did.
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Numbers 1
1
Israel’s First Census
1#Ex 19:1; 40:17And the Lord 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 went out from the land of Egypt, saying: 2#Ex 30:12; 38:26Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls, 3#Ex 30:14; Nu 14:29from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron will number them by their armies. 4#Nu 1:16; Ex 18:25With you there will be a man of every tribe, each one the head of his father’s house. 5#Nu 7:30These are the names of the men who will stand with you:
of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
6#Nu 7:36of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;
7#Lk 3:32of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;
8#Nu 7:18of Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;
9#Nu 7:24of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;
10#Nu 7:48; 7:54of the children of Joseph:
of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud;
of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;
11#Nu 7:60of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;
12#Nu 7:66of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;
13#Nu 7:72of Asher, Pagiel the son of Okran;
14#Nu 2:14; 7:42of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;
15#Nu 7:78of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.
16#Ex 18:21; 18:25These were the renowned of the congregation, leaders of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
17Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned by name, 18#Ezr 2:59; Heb 7:3and they assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 19As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.
20#Nu 26:5–7; 2:10–11The children of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel,
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war, 21#Nu 26:7those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
22#Nu 26:12–14Of the children of Simeon,
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those who were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war, 23#Nu 26:14those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24#Nu 26:15–18Of the children of Gad,
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war, 25#Nu 26:18those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26#Ge 29:35; Nu 26:19–22Of the children of Judah,
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war, 27#Nu 26:22; 2Sa 24:9those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28Of the children of Issachar,
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war, 29#Nu 26:25those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30#Nu 26:26–27Of the children of Zebulun,
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war, 31#Nu 26:27those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32#Nu 26:35–37; Dt 33:17Of the children of Joseph,
namely, of the children of Ephraim,
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war, 33#Nu 26:37those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.
34Of the children of Manasseh,
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war, 35#Nu 26:34those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36#Ge 49:27Of the children of Benjamin,
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war, 37#Nu 26:41those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38#Ge 46:23Of the children of Dan,
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war, 39#Nu 26:43those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40Of the children of Asher,
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war, 41#Nu 26:47those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.
42Of the children of Naphtali,
by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war, 43#Nu 26:50those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44#Nu 26:64These are those who were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the leaders of Israel, being twelve men. Each one was for the house of his fathers. 45So were all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel. 46#Ex 12:37; 38:26Even all they who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
47#Nu 2:33; 3:1–4:49But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. 48For the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying: 49#Nu 26:62Only you will not number the tribe of Levi, nor take the census of them among the children of Israel, 50#Ex 38:21; 31:18; Nu 4:15but you will appoint the Levites over the tent of the testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all things that belong to it. They will carry the tabernacle, and all its vessels, and they will minister to it, and will camp around the tabernacle. 51#Nu 3:38; 3:10When the tabernacle sets out, the Levites will take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites will set it up, and the foreigner that approaches will be put to death. 52#Nu 2:2; 2:34The children of Israel will pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their armies. 53#Nu 16:46; Lev 10:6But the Levites will camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so there will be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel. And the Levites will keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.
54Thus the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.
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