Numbers 1
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God Commands Moses to Take a Census
1Yahweh spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, in the tent of assembly, on the first of the month, in the second year after they came out#Literally “of their coming out” of the land of Egypt, saying, 2“Take a census of#Literally “Lift up the head of” the entire community of the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” according to their clans and their families,#Literally “the house of their fathers” according to the number of names, every male individually 3from twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above, everyone in Israel who is able to go to war. You and Aaron must muster them#Or “count them,” or “summon them,” or “enroll them” for their wars. 4A man from each tribe will be with you, each man the head of his family.#Literally “the house of his father” 5And these are the names of the men who will assist you:#Literally “stand with you” from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; 6from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; 7from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab; 8from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar; 9from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon. 10From the descendants of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. 11From Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; 12from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; 13from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran; 14from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; 15and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.” 16These are the ones summoned from the community, the leaders of their ancestors’#Or “fathers’ ” tribes; they are the heads of Israel’s clans.
17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, 18and they summoned the entire community on the first day of the second month. And they registered themselves among their clans according to their families,#Literally “the house of their fathers” according to the number of names from those twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above individually, 19just as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he counted them in the desert of Sinai.
20The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,#Literally “the house of their fathers” according to the number of names, every male individually from twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above, everyone who is able to go to war: 21those who were counted from the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.
22From the descendants of Simeon, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,#Literally “the house of their fathers” those who were counted according to the number of their names, every individual male from twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above, everyone who is able to go to war: 23those who were counted from the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24From the descendants of Gad, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,#Literally “the house of their fathers” according to the number of names, from those twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above, everyone who is able to go to war: 25those who were counted from the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26From the descendants of Judah, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,#Literally “the house of their fathers” according to the number of names, from those twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above, everyone who is able to go to war: 27those who were counted from the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28From the descendants of Issachar, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,#Literally “the house of their fathers” according to the number of names, from those twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above, everyone who is able to go to war: 29those who were counted from the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30From the descendants of Zebulun, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,#Literally “the house of their fathers” according to the number of names, from those twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above, everyone who is able to go to war: 31those who were counted from the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32From the descendants of Joseph: from the descendants of Ephraim, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,#Literally “the house of their fathers” according to the number of names, from those twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above, everyone who is able to go to war: 33those who were counted from the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.
34From the descendants of Manasseh, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,#Literally “the house of their fathers” according to the number of names, from those twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above, everyone who is able to go to war: 35those who were counted from the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36From the descendants of Benjamin, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,#Literally “the house of their fathers” according to the number of names, from those twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above, everyone who is able to go to war: 37those who were counted from the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38From the descendants of Dan, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,#Literally “the house of their fathers” according to the number of names, from those twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above, everyone who is able to go to war: 39those who were counted from the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40From the descendants of Asher, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,#Literally “the house of their fathers” according to the number of names, from those twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above, everyone who is able to go to war: 41those who were counted from the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.
42From the descendants of Naphtali, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,#Literally “their fathers” according to the number of names, from those twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above, everyone who is able to go to war: 43those who were counted from the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44These are the ones counted whom Moses and Aaron mustered,#Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled” with the twelve leaders of Israel, each one from his family.#Literally “the house of his fathers” 45So all those who were counted from the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” according to their families,#Literally “the house of their fathers” from those twenty years old#Literally “a son of twenty years” and above, everyone in Israel who is able to go to war. 46All of the ones counted were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty. 47The Levites from their ancestors’#Or “fathers’ ” tribe were not mustered#Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled” in their midst.
48And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 49“You will not muster#Or “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll” the tribe of Levi, and you will not take a census of#Literally “Lift up the head of” them in the midst of the Israelites.#Literally “sons/children of Israel” 50You will appoint#Or “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll” them over the tabernacle of the testimony,#Other modern translations read “tabernacle of the covenant” over all its vessels, and over all that belongs to it. They will carry the tabernacle and all its vessels, and they will care for it; and they will camp around the tabernacle. 51And when the tabernacle is set out, the Levites will take it down,#Literally “lower it” and when encamping the tabernacle the Levites will set it up; the stranger#Or “outsider” that approaches it will be put to death. 52The Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” will encamp, each in their own camp, and each by their#Hebrew “his” or “its” own banner according to their divisions. 53But the Levites will encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony,#Other modern translations read “tabernacle of the covenant” and there will not be wrath on the community of the Israelites;#Literally “sons/children of Israel” and the Levites will keep the requirements of the tabernacle of the testimony.”#Other modern translations read “tabernacle of the covenant” 54And the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” did thus; they did everything that Yahweh commanded Moses.
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Numbers 1
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The Census. 1In the second year after the Israelites’ departure from the land of Egypt, on the first day of the second month, the Lord said to Moses at the tent of meeting in the wilderness of Sinai: 2#All Israel was divided into tribes, each tribe into clans, and each clan into ancestral houses. Take a census of the whole community of the Israelites,#Nm 14:29; 26:2–51. by clans and ancestral houses, registering by name each male individually. 3You and Aaron shall enroll in companies all the men in Israel of twenty years or more who are fit for military service.
Moses’ Assistants. 4With you there shall be a man from each tribe, each the head of his ancestral house.5#Nm 10:14–28. These are the names of those who are to assist you:
from Reuben: Elizur, son of Shedeur;
6from Simeon: Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai;
7from Judah:#Mt 1:4; Lk 3:32–33. Nahshon, son of Amminadab;
8from Issachar: Nethanel, son of Zuar;
9from Zebulun: Eliab, son of Helon;
10for the descendants of Joseph: from Ephraim: Elishama, son of Ammihud; and from Manasseh: Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur;
11from Benjamin: Abidan, son of Gideoni;
12from Dan: Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai;
13from Asher: Pagiel, son of Ochran;
14from Gad: Eliasaph, son of Reuel;
15from Naphtali: Ahira, son of Enan.
16#Ex 18:21, 25. These were the elect of the community, leaders of their ancestral tribes, heads of the clans of Israel. 17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, 18and assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. Every man of twenty years or more then registered individually his name and lineage according to clan and ancestral house, 19as the Lord had commanded Moses. So he enrolled them in the wilderness of Sinai.
Count of the Twelve Tribes. 20Of the descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, registered individually by name and lineage according to their clans and ancestral houses, every male of twenty years or more, everyone fit for military service: 21those enrolled from the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.
22Of the descendants of Simeon, registered individually by name and lineage according to their clans and ancestral houses, every male of twenty years or more, everyone fit for military service: 23those enrolled from the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24Of the descendants of Gad, registered by name and lineage according to their clans and ancestral houses, every male of twenty years or more, everyone fit for military service: 25those enrolled from the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26Of the descendants of Judah, registered by name and lineage according to their clans and ancestral houses, every male of twenty years or more, everyone fit for military service: 27those enrolled from the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28Of the descendants of Issachar, registered by name and lineage according to their clans and ancestral houses, every male of twenty years or more, everyone fit for military service: 29those enrolled from the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30Of the descendants of Zebulun, registered by name and lineage according to their clans and ancestral houses, every male of twenty years or more, everyone fit for military service: 31those enrolled from the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32Of the descendants of Joseph:
Of the descendants of Ephraim, registered by name and lineage according to their clans and ancestral houses, every male of twenty years or more, everyone fit for military service: 33those enrolled from the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.
34Of the descendants of Manasseh, registered by name and lineage according to their clans and ancestral houses, every male of twenty years or more, everyone fit for military service: 35those enrolled from the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36Of the descendants of Benjamin, registered by name and lineage according to their clans and ancestral houses, every male of twenty years or more, everyone fit for military service: 37those enrolled from the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38Of the descendants of Dan, registered by name and lineage according to their clans and ancestral houses, every male of twenty years or more, everyone fit for military service: 39those enrolled from the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40Of the descendants of Asher, registered by name and lineage according to their clans and ancestral houses, every male of twenty years or more, everyone fit for military service: 41those enrolled from the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.
42Of the descendants of Naphtali, registered by name and lineage according to their clans and ancestral houses, every male of twenty years or more, everyone fit for military service: 43those enrolled from the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44It was these who were enrolled, each according to his ancestral house, by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel. 45The total enrollment of the Israelites of twenty years or more, according to their ancestral houses, everyone fit for military service in Israel— 46the total enrollment was six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
Levites Omitted in the Census. 47Now the Levites were not enrolled#Nm 2:33; 3:14–39; 26:57–62. by their ancestral tribe with the others.#The Levites were not enrolled in this census, which was principally for military purposes, but a separate census was made of them. Cf. 3:15–16, 39. 48For the Lord had told Moses, 49The tribe of Levi alone you shall not enroll nor include in the census along with the other Israelites. 50You are to give the Levites charge of the tabernacle of the covenant with all its equipment and all that belongs to it. It is they who shall carry the tabernacle with all its equipment and who shall be its ministers;#Nm 3:7–8; 4:2–49; 1 Chr 6:33. and they shall camp all around the tabernacle. 51When the tabernacle is to move on, the Levites shall take it down; when the tabernacle is to be pitched, it is the Levites who shall set it up. Any unauthorized person who comes near#Comes near: here and in 3:10, 38; 17:5; 18:4, 7 the Hebrew word rendered “comes near” is very nearly a technical term for someone who intrudes upon or violates a space set apart as holy and for which they have not been qualified by priesthood. it shall be put to death.#Nm 3:10, 38; 18:7; 2 Sm 6:6–7; 1 Chr 13:10. 52The other Israelites shall camp according to their companies, each in their own divisional camps,#Nm 2:2, 34. 53but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the covenant to ensure that God’s wrath will not fall upon the Israelite community. The Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the covenant.#Nm 3:7–8, 38; 8:19; 18:4–5. 54The Israelites complied; they did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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