Keraia
Pentateuch

Numbers 1

The First Census of Israel

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:

1And 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 from the land of Egypt, saying,

2“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.

2“Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names—every male by their polls.

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.

3From a son of twenty years and above, all who can go to war in Israel, you shall number them by their armies—you and Aaron;

4And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.

4and with you there shall be a man of every tribe; each one is the head of the house of his father.

The Leaders of the Tribes

5These are the names of the men who are to assist you:

From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

5And these are the names of the men who shall stand with you: From Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur.

6from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

6From Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

7from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

7From Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab.

8from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

8From Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar.

9from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

9From Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon.

10from the sons of Joseph:

from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud,

and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

10From the sons of Joseph: From Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

11from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

11From Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni.

12from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

12From Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

13from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;

13From Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran.

14from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

14From Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel.

15and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”

15From Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”

16These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.

16These were chosen from the congregation, leaders of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of thousands in Israel.

The Number of Every Tribe

17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

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

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,

18and they assembled all the congregation on the first of the second month, and they recited their ancestry by clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, from a son of twenty years and above, by their polls,

19just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:

19as YHWH had commanded Moses. And he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.

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,

20And the sons of Reuben oldest son of Israel—their genealogies by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names individually, every male from a son of twenty years and above, everyone going out to the host—

21those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

21those numbered of the tribe of Reuben were six and forty thousand and five hundred.

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,

22From the sons of Simeon, according to their genealogies, by their clans, by the house of their fathers, numbered by the number of names individually, every male from a son of twenty years and above, everyone going out to the host,

23those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

23those numbered of the tribe of Simeon were nine and fifty thousand and three hundred.

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,

24From the sons of Gad, their genealogies, by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, from a son of twenty years and above, everyone going out to the host,

25those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

25those numbered of the tribe of Gad were five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty.

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,

26From the sons of Judah, their genealogies, by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, from a son of twenty years and above, everyone going out to the host,

27those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

27those numbered of the tribe of Judah were four and seventy thousand and six hundred.

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,

28From the sons of Issachar, their genealogies, by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, from a son of twenty years and above, everyone going out to the host,

29those registered to the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.

29those numbered of the tribe of Issachar were four and fifty thousand and four hundred.

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,

30From the sons of Zebulun, their genealogies, by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, from a son of twenty years and above, everyone going out to the host,

31those registered to the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.

31those numbered of the tribe of Zebulun were seven and fifty thousand and four hundred.

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,

32From the sons of Joseph, the sons of Ephraim, their genealogies, by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, from a son of twenty years and above, everyone going out to the host,

33those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.

33those numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand and five hundred.

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,

34From the sons of Manasseh, their genealogies, by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, from a son of twenty years and above, everyone going out to the host,

35those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

35those numbered of the tribe of Manasseh were two and thirty thousand and two hundred.

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,

36From the sons of Benjamin, their genealogies, by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, from a son of twenty years and above, everyone going out to the host,

37those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.

37those numbered of the tribe of Benjamin were five and thirty thousand and four hundred.

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,

38From the sons of Dan, their genealogies, by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, from a son of twenty years and above, everyone going out to the host,

39those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

39those numbered of the tribe of Dan were two and sixty thousand and seven hundred.

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,

40From the sons of Asher, their genealogies, by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, from a son of twenty years and above, everyone going out to the host,

41those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.

41those numbered of the tribe of Asher were one and forty thousand and five hundred.

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,

42From the sons of Naphtali, their genealogies, by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, from a son of twenty years and above, everyone going out to the host,

43those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

43those numbered of the tribe of Naphtali were three and fifty thousand and four hundred.

44These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.

44These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses numbered—and Aaron and the princes of Israel, twelve men—each one was for the house of his father.

45So all the Israelites twenty years of age or older who could serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.

45And all who were numbered of the sons of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from a son of twenty years and above, everyone going out to the host in Israel,

46And all those counted totaled 603,550.

46even all who were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

The Exemption of the Levites

47The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.

47And the Levites by the tribe of their fathers were not numbered in their midst,

48For the LORD had said to Moses:

48for YHWH had spoken to Moses, saying,

49“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.

49“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, and a census of them you shall not take in the midst of the sons of Israel.

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.

50And you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all things that belong to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall attend to it, and around the tabernacle they shall camp.

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.

51And in the going forward of the tabernacle, the Levites shall take it down. And in the encamping of the tabernacle, the Levites shall set it up. And the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.

52The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.

52And the sons of Israel shall encamp, each man by his own camp, and each man by his own standard, by their hosts.

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.”

53And the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may not be wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel. And the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

54Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

54And the sons of Israel did according to all that YHWH had commanded Moses; so they did.