Numbers 1
1
Moses Counts the Israelites
1The Lord spoke to Moses in the Meeting Tent. This was in the desert of Sinai. It was on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites left Egypt. He said to Moses: 2“Count all the Israelites. List the name of each man with his family and his family group. 3You and Aaron must count the men of Israel who are 20 years old or older. (These are all the men who are able to serve in the army of Israel.) List them by their divisions. 4One man from each tribe will help you. This man will be the leader of his tribe. 5These are the names of the men who will stand with you and help you:
from the tribe of Reuben—Elizur son of Shedeur;
6from the tribe of Simeon—Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
7from the tribe of Judah—Nahshon son of Amminadab;
8from the tribe of Issachar—Nethanel son of Zuar;
9from the tribe of Zebulun—Eliab son of Helon;
10from the descendants of Joseph:
from the tribe of Ephraim—Elishama son of Ammihud;
from the tribe of Manasseh—Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
11from the tribe of Benjamin—Abidan son of Gideoni;
12from the tribe of Dan—Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
13from the tribe of Asher—Pagiel son of Ocran;
14from the tribe of Gad—Eliasaph son of Deuel#1:14 Deuel Or “Reuel.”;
15from the tribe of Naphtali—Ahira son of Enan.”
16All these men were the leaders of their families. The people also chose them to be leaders of their tribes. 17Moses and Aaron took the men who had been chosen to be leaders 18and called all the Israelites together on the first day of the second month. Then the people were listed by their families and their family groups. All the men who were 20 years old or older were listed. 19Moses did exactly what the Lord commanded—he counted the people while they were in the desert of Sinai.
20The tribe of Reuben was counted. (Reuben was the firstborn son of Israel.) The names of all the men who were 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army were listed. They were listed with their families and family groups. 21The total number of men counted from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.
22The tribe of Simeon was counted. The names of all the men who were 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army were listed. They were listed with their families and family groups. 23The total number of men counted from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.
24The tribe of Gad was counted. The names of all the men who were 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army were listed. They were listed with their families and family groups. 25The total number of men counted from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.
26The tribe of Judah was counted. The names of all the men who were 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army were listed. They were listed with their families and family groups. 27The total number of men counted from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.
28The tribe of Issachar was counted. The names of all the men who were 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army were listed. They were listed with their families and family groups. 29The total number of men counted from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.
30The tribe of Zebulun was counted. The names of all the men who were 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army were listed. They were listed with their families and family groups. 31The total number of men counted from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.
32The tribe of Ephraim was counted. (Ephraim was Joseph’s son.) The names of all the men who were 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army were listed. They were listed with their families and family groups. 33The total number of men counted from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.
34The tribe of Manasseh was counted. (Manasseh was also Joseph’s son.) The names of all the men who were 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army were listed. They were listed with their families and family groups. 35The total number of men counted from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.
36The tribe of Benjamin was counted. The names of all the men who were 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army were listed. They were listed with their families and family groups. 37The total number of men counted from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.
38The tribe of Dan was counted. The names of all the men who were 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army were listed. They were listed with their families and family groups. 39The total number of men counted from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.
40The tribe of Asher was counted. The names of all the men who were 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army were listed. They were listed with their families and family groups. 41The total number of men counted from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.
42The tribe of Naphtali was counted. The names of all the men who were 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army were listed. They were listed by name with their families and family groups. 43The total number of men counted from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.
44Moses, Aaron, and the twelve leaders of Israel counted these men. (There was one leader from each tribe.) 45They counted every man who was 20 years old or older and able to serve in the army. Each man was listed with his family. 46The total number of men counted was 603,550 men.
47The families from the tribe of Levi were not counted with the other Israelites. 48The Lord had told Moses: 49“Don’t count the men from the tribe of Levi or include them with the other Israelites. 50Tell the Levites that they are responsible for the Tent of the Agreement. They must take care of that tent and everything that is with it. They must carry the Holy Tent and everything in it. They must make their camp around it and take care of it. 51Whenever the Holy Tent is moved, the Levites must do it. Whenever the Holy Tent is set up, the Levites must do it. They are the men who will take care of the Holy Tent. Anyone else who tries to take care of the tent must be killed. 52The Israelites will make their camps in separate divisions. Everyone must camp near their family flag. 53The Levites will set up their tents so that they surround the Tent of the Agreement. They will serve as guards and keep the people away from the Tent. This will protect the Israelites from the Lord’s anger.”
54The Lord had given these commandments to Moses. So the Israelites did everything he commanded.
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Numbers 1
1
Israel’s First Census
1And the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai # Ex 19:1 in the tent of meeting on the first day of the second month in the second year # Ex 40:17 after they went out from the land of Egypt, saying: 2Take the sum of all the congregation of the Israelites, # Ex 30:12 after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls, 3from twenty years old and upward, # Ex 30:14; 38:26; Nu 14:29 all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron will number them by their armies. 4With you there will be a man of every tribe, each one the head of his father’s house. # Ex 18:25; Nu 1:16 5These are the names of the men who will stand with you:
of the tribe of Reuben, # Ge 29:32; Dt 33:6 Elizur the son of Shedeur; # Nu 7:30
6of Simeon, # Ge 29:33 Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; # Nu 7:36
7of Judah, Nahshon # Lk 3:32 the son of Amminadab; # Ex 6:23
8of Issachar, # Ge 30:18; 49:14–15 Nethanel the son of Zuar; # Nu 7:18
9of Zebulun, # Ge 30:20; 49:13 Eliab the son of Helon; # Nu 7:24
10of the sons of Joseph:
of Ephraim, # Ge 41:52 Elishama the son of Ammihud; # Nu 7:48
of Manasseh, # Ge 41:51 Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; # Nu 7:54
11of Benjamin, # Ge 35:18; 49:27 Abidan the son of Gideoni; # Nu 7:60
12of Dan, # Ge 30:6; 49:16–17 Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; # Nu 7:66
13of Asher, # Ge 30:13; 49:20 Pagiel the son of Okran; # Nu 7:72
14of Gad, # Ge 30:11; 49:19 Eliasaph the son of Deuel; # Nu 2:14; 7:42
15of Naphtali, # Ge 30:8; 49:21 Ahira the son of Enan. # Nu 7:78
16These were the renowned of the congregation, leaders of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. # Ex 18:21
17Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned by name, 18and 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, # Ezr 2:59; Heb 7:3 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.
20The sons of Reuben, # Nu 2:10–11; 26:5–7 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, 21those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred. # Nu 26:7
22Of the sons of Simeon, # Nu 2:12–13; 26:12–14
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, 23those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred. # Nu 26:14
24Of the sons of Gad, # Nu 2:14–15; 26:15–18
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, 25those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty. # Nu 26:18
26Of the sons of Judah, # Nu 2:9; 26:19–22
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, 27those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand six hundred. # Nu 26:22; 2Sa 24:9
28Of the sons of Issachar, # Nu 2:5–6; 26:23–35
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, 29those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred. # Nu 26:25
30Of the sons of Zebulun, # Nu 2:7–8; 26:26–27
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, 31those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred. # Nu 26:27
32Of the sons of Joseph,
namely, of the sons of Ephraim, # Nu 2:18–19; 26:35–37
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, 33those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred. # Nu 26:37
34Of the sons of Manasseh, # Nu 2:20–21; 26:28–34
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, 35those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred. # Nu 26:34
36Of the sons of Benjamin, # Nu 2:22–23; 26:38–41
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, 37those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred. # Nu 26:41
38Of the sons of Dan, # Nu 2:25–26; 26:42–43
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, 39those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred. # Nu 26:43
40Of the sons of Asher, # Nu 2:27–28; 26:44–47
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, 41those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred. # Nu 26:47
42Of the sons of Naphtali, # Nu 2:29–30; 26:48–50
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, 43those who were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred. # Nu 26:50
44These are those who were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, # Nu 26:64 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 Israelites, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel. 46Even all they who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. # Ex 12:37; 38:26
47But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. # Nu 2:33; 3:1–4:49 48For the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying: 49Only you will not number the tribe of Levi, # Nu 26:62 nor take the census of them among the Israelites, 50but 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. # Ex 38:21; Nu 3:24–26, 30–31, 35–37 51When 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. # Nu 3:10, 38 52The Israelites will pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, # Nu 2:2, 34 throughout their armies. 53But the Levites will camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so there will be no wrath on the congregation of the Israelites. # Lev 10:6; Nu 16:46 And the Levites will keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.
54Thus the Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.
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