Numbers 1

1 And YHWH spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 “Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names—every male by their counted heads. 3 From a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host in Israel, you number them by their hosts, you and Aaron. 4 And with you there will be a man for a tribe, each will be a head of the house of his fathers. 5 And these are the names of the men who will stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur. 6 For Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. 7 For Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab. 8 For Issachar, Nathaneel son of Zuar. 9 For Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon. 10 For the sons of Joseph: for Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud. For Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. 11 For Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni. 12 For Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. 13 For Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran. 14 For Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel. 15 For Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.” 16 These will be those called of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers. They will be heads of the thousands of Israel. 17 And Moses took—Aaron also—these men, who were defined by name, 18 and they assembled all the congregation on the first of the second month, and they declared their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names from a son of twenty years and upward, by their counted heads, 19 as YHWH had commanded Moses. And he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 And the sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn—their family history, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, by their counted heads, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who was going out to the host— 21 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Reuben, were 46,500. 22 Of the sons of Simeon—their family history, by their families, by the house of their fathers, its numbered ones in the number of names, by their counted heads, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who was going out to the host— 23 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Simeon, were 59,300. 24 Of the sons of Gad—their family history, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who was going out to the host— 25 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Gad, were 45,650. 26 Of the sons of Judah—their family history, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who was going out to the host— 27 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Judah, were 74,600. 28 Of the sons of Issachar—their family history, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who was going out to the host— 29 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Issachar, were 54,400. 30 Of the sons of Zebulun—their family history, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who was going out to the host— 31 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Zebulun, were 57,400. 32 Of the sons of Joseph: of the sons of Ephraim—their family history, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who was going out to the host— 33 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Ephraim, were 40,500. 34 Of the sons of Manasseh—their family history, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who was going out to the host— 35 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Manasseh, were 32,200. 36 Of the sons of Benjamin—their family history, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who was going out to the host— 37 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Benjamin, were 35,400. 38 Of the sons of Dan—their family history, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who was going out to the host— 39 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Dan, were 62,700. 40 Of the sons of Asher—their family history, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who was going out to the host— 41 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Asher, were 41,500. 42 Of the sons of Naphtali—their family history, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who was going out to the host— 43 their numbered ones, for the tribe of Naphtali, were 53,400. 44 These were those numbered, whom Moses numbered—Aaron also—and the princes of Israel, twelve men, each one had been the representative for the house of his fathers. 45 And they are, all those numbered of the sons of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who was going out to the host in Israel, 46 indeed, all those numbered were 603,550. 47 And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, had not numbered themselves in their middle, 48 seeing YHWH speak to Moses, saying, 49 “Only the tribe of Levi you will not number, and you will not take up their census in the middle of the sons of Israel. 50 And you, appoint the Levites over the Dwelling Place of the Testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all that it has. They will carry the Dwelling Place, and all its vessels, and they will serve it. And they will encamp around the Dwelling Place. 51 And in the journeying of the Dwelling Place, the Levites will take it down, and in the encamping of the Dwelling Place, the Levites will raise it up. And the stranger who is coming near will be put to death.” 52 And the sons of Israel had encamped, each by his camp, and each by his standard, by their hosts. 53 And the Levites encamped around the Dwelling Place of the Testimony. And there was no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel, and the Levites kept the charge of the Dwelling Place of the Testimony. 54 And the sons of Israel did according to all that YHWH had commanded Moses. So they had done.


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