Numbers 1
1
Registration of Israel’s Troops
1A year after Israel’s departure from Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the Tabernacle#1:1a Hebrew the Tent of Meeting. in the wilderness of Sinai. On the first day of the second month#1:1b This day in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in April or May. of that year he said, 2“From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men 3twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops, 4and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe.
5“These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you:
| Tribe | Leader |
|---|---|
| Reuben | Elizur son of Shedeur |
| 6Simeon | Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai |
| 7Judah | Nahshon son of Amminadab |
| 8Issachar | Nethanel son of Zuar |
| 9Zebulun | Eliab son of Helon |
| 10Ephraim son of Joseph | Elishama son of Ammihud |
| Manasseh son of Joseph | Gamaliel son of Pedahzur |
| 11Benjamin | Abidan son of Gideoni |
| 12Dan | Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai |
| 13Asher | Pagiel son of Ocran |
| 14Gad | Eliasaph son of Deuel |
| 15Naphtali | Ahira son of Enan |
16These are the chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.”
17So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders, 18and they assembled the whole community of Israel on that very day.#1:18 Hebrew on the first day of the second month; see 1:1. All the people were registered according to their ancestry by their clans and families. The men of Israel who were twenty years old or older were listed one by one, 19just as the Lord had commanded Moses. So Moses recorded their names in the wilderness of Sinai.
20-21This is the number of men twenty years old or older who were able to go to war, as their names were listed in the records of their clans and families#1:20-21a In the Hebrew text, this sentence (This is the number of men twenty years old or older who were able to go to war, as their names were listed in the records of their clans and families) is repeated in 1:22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42.:
| Tribe | Number |
|---|---|
| Reuben (Jacob’s#1:20-21b Hebrew Israel’s. The names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged throughout the Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch and sometimes to the nation.oldest son) | 46,500 |
| 22-23Simeon | 59,300 |
| 24-25Gad | 45,650 |
| 26-27Judah | 74,600 |
| 28-29Issachar | 54,400 |
| 30-31Zebulun | 57,400 |
| 32-33Ephraim son of Joseph | 40,500 |
| 34-35Manasseh son of Joseph | 32,200 |
| 36-37Benjamin | 35,400 |
| 38-39Dan | 62,700 |
| 40-41Asher | 41,500 |
| 42-43Naphtali | 53,400 |
44These were the men registered by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, all listed according to their ancestral descent. 45They were registered by families—all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war. 46The total number was 603,550.
47But this total did not include the Levites. 48For the Lord had said to Moses, 49“Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites. 50Put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Covenant,#1:50 Or Tabernacle of the Testimony; also in 1:53. along with all its furnishings and equipment. They must carry the Tabernacle and all its furnishings as you travel, and they must take care of it and camp around it. 51Whenever it is time for the Tabernacle to move, the Levites will take it down. And when it is time to stop, they will set it up again. But any unauthorized person who goes too near the Tabernacle must be put to death. 52Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner. 53But the Levites will camp around the Tabernacle of the Covenant to protect the community of Israel from the Lord’s anger. The Levites are responsible to stand guard around the Tabernacle.”
54So the Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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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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