Numbers 1

1Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai in the tabernacle of testimony, on the first day of the second month in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt, saying,

2'Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, and according to their families by their fathers' houses, and according to the number of names by their head count, every male

3from twenty years old and above—all who go out with the army of Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

4With you there shall be each man according to the tribe of each ruler and their fathers' houses.

5These 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 Deuel;

15from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.'

16These were chosen from the congregation, rulers of their fathers' tribes and chiliarchs in Israel.

17Then Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned by name,

18and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month in the second year; and they registered their ancestry by families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, every male according to their head count,

19in the manner the Lord commanded Moses. So he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.

20Now there were the children of Reuben, Israel's firstborn son, and their families according to their tribes by their fathers' houses, and according to the number of names by their head count, every male from twenty years old and above—all who were able to go out with the army.

21Their census from the tribe of Reuben was forty-six thousand five hundred.

22There were the children of Simeon, and their families according to their tribes by their fathers' houses, and according to the number of names by their head count, every male from twenty years old and above—all who were able to go out with the army.

23Their census from the tribe of Simeon was fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

24There were the children of Judah, and their families by their fathers' houses, and according to the number of names by their head count, every male from twenty years old and above—all who were able to go out with the army.

25Their census from the tribe of Judah was seventy-four thousand six hundred.

26There were the children of Issachar, and their families by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names by their head count, every male from twenty years old and above—all who were able to go out with the army.

27Their census from the tribe of Issachar was fifty-four thousand four hundred.

28There were the children of Zebulun, and their families by their fathers' houses, and according to the number of names by their head count, every male from twenty years old and above—all who were able to go out with the army.

29Their census from the tribe of Zebulun was fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

30There were the children of Joseph: the children of Ephraim, and their families by their fathers' houses, and according to the number of names by their head count, every male from twenty years old and above—all who were able to go out with the army.

31Their census from the tribe of Ephraim was forty thousand five hundred;

32and the children of Manasseh, and their families by their fathers' houses, and according to the number of names by their head count, every male from twenty years old and above—all who were able to go out with the army.

33Their census from the tribe of Manasseh was thirty-two thousand two hundred.

34There were the children of Benjamin, and their families by their fathers' houses, and according to the number of names by their head count, every male from twenty years old and above—all who were able to go out with the army.

35Their census from the tribe of Benjamin was thirty-five thousand four hundred.

36There were the children of Gad, and their families by their fathers' houses, and according to the number of names by their head count, every male from twenty years old and above—all who were able to go out with the army.

37Their census from the tribe of Gad was forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

38There were the children of Dan, and their families by their fathers' houses, and according to the number of names by their head count, every male from twenty years old and above—all who were able to go out with the army.

39Their census from the tribe of Dan was sixty two thousand seven hundred.

40There were the children of Asher, and their families by their fathers' houses, and according to the number of names by their head count, every male from twenty years old and above—all who were able to go out with the army.

41Their census from the tribe of Asher was forty-one thousand five hundred.

42There were the children of Naphtali, and their families by their fathers' houses, and according to the number of names by their head count, every male from twenty years old and above—all who were able to go out with the army.

43Their census from the tribe of Naphtali was fifty-three thousand four hundred.

44This is the census taken by Moses and Aaron, along with the twelve rulers of Israel and their paternal households, each man according to his tribe.

45So the entire census of the children of Israel, with their armies, and from twenty years old and above—all who were able to go out to war in Israel—

46was six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.

47But the Levites from their father's tribe were not numbered with the children of Israel,

48for the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

49'See to it that the tribe of Levi is not numbered, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel;

50but you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, over all its furnishings, and over all things that belong to it; they shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall minister liturgically in the tabernacle and camp around it.

51When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall dismantle it; and when the tabernacle is to make camp, the Levites shall set it up. The foreigner who comes near, let him be put to death.

52But the children of Israel shall make camp with their armies, each man according to his own rank, and each man according to his own regiment.

53However, the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of testimony in the Lord's presence, so there may be no sin among the children of Israel; and the Levites themselves shall guard the tabernacle of testimony.'

54Thus the children of Israel did according to all the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.