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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, | 1The LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. 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 Israelite community 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 count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army. |
| 4And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. | 4One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help 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 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; 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 Okran; |
| 14from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel; | 14from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; |
| 15from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.” | 15from 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 were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel. |
| 17Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named, | 17Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified, |
| 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 they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one, |
| 19as the LORD commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai. | 19as the LORD commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert 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 descendants of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. |
| 21those listed of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500. | 21The number from the tribe of Reuben was 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 descendants of Simeon: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were counted and listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. |
| 23those listed of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300. | 23The number from the tribe of Simeon was 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 descendants of Gad: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
| 25those listed of the tribe of Gad were 45,650. | 25The number from the tribe of Gad was 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 descendants of Judah: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
| 27those listed of the tribe of Judah were 74,600. | 27The number from the tribe of Judah was 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 descendants of Issachar: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
| 29those listed of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400. | 29The number from the tribe of Issachar was 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 descendants of Zebulun: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
| 31those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400. | 31The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 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 descendants of Ephraim: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
| 33those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500. | 33The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 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: | 34From the descendants of Manasseh: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
| 35those listed of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200. | 35The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 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 descendants of Benjamin: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
| 37those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400. | 37The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 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 descendants of Dan: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
| 39those listed of the tribe of Dan were 62,700. | 39The number from the tribe of Dan was 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 descendants of Asher: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
| 41those listed of the tribe of Asher were 41,500. | 41The number from the tribe of Asher was 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 descendants of Naphtali: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
| 43those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400. | 43The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 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 counted by Moses and Aaron and 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— | 45All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel's army were counted according to their families. |
| 46all those listed were 603,550. | 46The total number was 603,550. |
| 47But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe. | 47The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others. |
| 48For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, | 48The 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"You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of 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, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law--over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp 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 the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who approaches it is to 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 set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their 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.” | 53The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law." |
| 54Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses. | 54The Israelites did all this just as the LORD commanded Moses. |
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