1 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 had come out of the
land of Egypt, saying,
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 the names, every male, one by
one,
3 from twenty years old and upward, all
who are able to go out to war in Israel.
You and Aaron shall count them by their
divisions.
4 With you there shall be a man of every
tribe, each one head of his fathers’ house.
5 These are the names of the men who
shall stand with you:
Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
6 Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
7 Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
8 Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.
9 Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim:
Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh:
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
11 Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of
Gideoni.
12 Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
13 Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.
14 Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
15 Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”
16 These are those who were called of the
congregation, the princes‡ of the tribes of
their fathers; they were the heads of the
thousands of Israel.
17 Moses and Aaron took these men who
are mentioned by name.
18 They assembled all the congregation
together on the first day of the second
month; and they declared their ancestry
by their families, by their fathers’ houses,
according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, one by
one.
19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he
counted them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20 The children of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn,
their generations, by their families,
by their fathers’ houses, according to the
number of the names, one by one, every
male from twenty years old and upward,
all who were able to go out to war:
21 those who were counted of them, of
the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand
five hundred.
22 Of the children of Simeon, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers’
houses, those who were counted of it, according
to the number of the names, one
by one, every male from twenty years old
and upward, all who were able to go out to
war:
23 those who were counted of them, of
the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand
three hundred.
24 Of the children of Gad, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers’
houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward,
all who were able to go out to war:
25 those who were counted of them, of
the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand
six hundred fifty.
26 Of the children of Judah, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers’
houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward,
all who were able to go out to war:
27 those who were counted of them, of
the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand
six hundred.
28 Of the children of Issachar, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers’
houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward,
all who were able to go out to war:
29 those who were counted of them, of
the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand
four hundred.
30 Of the children of Zebulun, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers’
houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward,
all who were able to go out to war:
31 those who were counted of them, of
the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand
four hundred.
32 Of the children of Joseph: of the children
of Ephraim, their generations, by
their families, by their fathers’ houses, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who
were able to go out to war:
33 those who were counted of them, of
the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand
five hundred.
34 Of the children of Manasseh, their
generations, by their families, by their fathers’
houses, according to the number
of the names, from twenty years old and
upward, all who were able to go out to war:
35 those who were counted of them, of
the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two
thousand two hundred.
36 Of the children of Benjamin, their
generations, by their families, by their fathers’
houses, according to the number
of the names, from twenty years old and
upward, all who were able to go out to war:
37 those who were counted of them, of
the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five
thousand four hundred.
38 Of the children of Dan, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers’
houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward,
all who were able to go out to war:
39 those who were counted of them, of
the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand
seven hundred.
40 Of the children of Asher, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers’
houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward,
all who were able to go out to war:
41 those who were counted of them, of
the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand
five hundred.
42 Of the children of Naphtali, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers’
houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward,
all who were able to go out to war:
43 those who were counted of them, of
the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand
four hundred.
44 These are those who were counted,
whom Moses and Aaron counted, and the
twelve men who were princes of Israel,
each one for his fathers’ house.
45 So all those who were counted of the
children of Israel by their fathers’ houses,
from twenty years old and upward, all
who were able to go out to war in Israel—
46 all those who were counted were
six hundred three thousand five hundred
fifty.
47 But the Levites after the tribe of their
fathers were not counted among them.
48 For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
49 “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not
count, neither shall you take a census of
them among the children of Israel;
50 but 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 take care of it,
and shall encamp around it.
51 When the tabernacle is to move, the
Levites shall take it down; and when the
tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall
set it up. The stranger who comes near
shall be put to death.
52 The children of Israel shall pitch their
tents, every man by his own camp, and
every man by his own standard, according
to their divisions.
53 But the Levites shall encamp around
the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there
may be no wrath on the congregation of
the children of Israel. The Levites shall
be responsible for the Tabernacle of the
Testimony.”
54 Thus the children of Israel did. According
to all that the LORD commanded
Moses, so they did.
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