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| 1The 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, | 1On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said: |
| 2“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head. | 2“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. |
| 3From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company. | 3You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army. |
| 4And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. | 4And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you. |
| 5And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; | 5These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; |
| 6from Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; | 6from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; |
| 7from Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab; | 7from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab; |
| 8from Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar; | 8from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar; |
| 9from Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon; | 9from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon; |
| 10from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; | 10from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; |
| 11from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni; | 11from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; |
| 12from Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; | 12from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; |
| 13from Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran; | 13from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran; |
| 14from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel; | 14from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; |
| 15from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.” | 15and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.” |
| 16These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel. | 16These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel. |
| 17Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named, | 17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, |
| 18and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head, | 18and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older, |
| 19as the LORD commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai. | 19just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai: |
| 20The people of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: | 20From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, |
| 21those listed of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500. | 21those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500. |
| 22Of the people of Simeon, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, those of them who were listed, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: | 22From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, |
| 23those listed of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300. | 23those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300. |
| 24Of the people of Gad, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: | 24From the sons of Gad, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, |
| 25those listed of the tribe of Gad were 45,650. | 25those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650. |
| 26Of the people of Judah, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: | 26From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, |
| 27those listed of the tribe of Judah were 74,600. | 27those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600. |
| 28Of the people of Issachar, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: | 28From the sons of Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, |
| 29those listed of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400. | 29those registered to the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400. |
| 30Of the people of Zebulun, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: | 30From the sons of Zebulun, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, |
| 31those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400. | 31those registered to the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400. |
| 32Of the people of Joseph, namely, of the people of Ephraim, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: | 32From the sons of Joseph: From the sons of Ephraim, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, |
| 33those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500. | 33those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500. |
| 34Of the people of Manasseh, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: | 34And from the sons of Manasseh, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, |
| 35those listed of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200. | 35those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200. |
| 36Of the people of Benjamin, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: | 36From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, |
| 37those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400. | 37those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400. |
| 38Of the people of Dan, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: | 38From the sons of Dan, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, |
| 39those listed of the tribe of Dan were 62,700. | 39those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700. |
| 40Of the people of Asher, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: | 40From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, |
| 41those listed of the tribe of Asher were 41,500. | 41those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500. |
| 42Of the people of Naphtali, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: | 42From the sons of Naphtali, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, |
| 43those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400. | 43those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400. |
| 44These are those who were listed, whom Moses and Aaron listed with the help of the chiefs of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers’ house. | 44These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. |
| 45So all those listed of the people of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war in Israel— | 45So all the Israelites twenty years of age or older who could serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families. |
| 46all those listed were 603,550. | 46And all those counted totaled 603,550. |
| 47But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe. | 47The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers. |
| 48For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, | 48For the LORD had said to Moses: |
| 49“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel. | 49“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites. |
| 50But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and shall camp around the tabernacle. | 50Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it. |
| 51When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death. | 51Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death. |
| 52The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and each man by his own standard. | 52The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard. |
| 53But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.” | 53But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.” |
| 54Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses. | 54Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
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