Numbers 1–6

Chapter 1

And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai in the tabernacle of the covenant, the first day of the second month, the second year of their going out of Egypt, saying:

²Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel by their families, and houses, and the names of every one, as many as are of the male sex,

³From twenty years old and upwards, of all the men of Israel fit for war, and you shall number them by their troops, thou and Aaron.

⁴And there shall be with you the princes of the tribes, and of the houses in their kindreds,

⁵Whose names are these: Of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sedeur.

⁶Of Simeon, Salamiel the son of Surisaddai.

⁷Of Juda, Nahasson the son of Aminadab.

⁸Of Issachar, Nathanael the son of Suar.

⁹Of Zabulon, Eliab the son of Helon.

¹⁰And of the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elisama the son of Ammiud: of Manasses, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.

¹¹Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeon.

¹²Of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai.

¹³Of Aser, Phegiel the son of Ochran.

¹⁴Of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Duel.

¹⁵Of Nephtali, Ahira the son of Enan.

¹⁶These are the most noble princes of the multitude by their tribes and kindreds, and the chiefs of the army of Israel:

¹⁷Whom Moses and Aaron took with all the multitude of the common people:

¹⁸And assembled them on the first day of the second month, reckoning them up by the kindreds, and houses, and families, and heads, and names of every one from twenty years old and upward,

¹⁹As the Lord had commanded Moses. And they were numbered in the desert of Sinai.

²⁰Of Ruben the eldest son of Israel, by their generations and families and houses and names of every head, all that were of the male sex, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go forth to war,

²¹Were forty-six thousand five hundred.

²²Of the sons of Simeon by their generations and families, and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names and heads of every one, all that were of the male sex, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go forth to war,

²³Fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

²⁴Of the sons of Gad, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

²⁵Forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

²⁶Of the sons of Juda, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

²⁷Were reckoned up seventy-four thousand six hundred.

²⁸Of the sons of Issachar, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that could go forth to war,

²⁹Were reckoned up fifty-four thousand four hundred.

³⁰Of the sons of Zabulon, by the generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

³¹Fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

³²Of the sons of Joseph, namely, of the sons of Ephraim, by the generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

³³Forty thousand five hundred.

³⁴Moreover of the sons of Manasses, by the generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that could go forth to war,

³⁵Thirty-two thousand two hundred.

³⁶Of the sons of Benjamin, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

³⁷Thirty-five thousand four hundred.

³⁸Of the sons of Dan, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

³⁹Sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

⁴⁰Of the sons of Aser, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

⁴¹Forty-one thousand and five hundred.

⁴²Of the sons of Nephtali, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, were able to go forth to war,

⁴³Fifty-three thousand four hundred.

⁴⁴These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron, and the twelve princes of Israel, every one by the houses of their kindreds.

⁴⁵And the whole number of the children of Israel by their houses and families, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go to war,

⁴⁶Were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty men.

⁴⁷But the Levites in the tribes of their families were not numbered with them.

⁴⁸And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

⁴⁹Number not the tribe of Levi, neither shalt thou put down the sum of them with the children of Israel:

⁵⁰But appoint them over the tabernacle of the testimony, and all the vessels thereof, and whatsoever pertaineth to the ceremonies. They shall carry the tabernacle and all the furniture thereof: and they shall minister, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

⁵¹When you are to go forward, the Levites shall take down the tabernacle: when you are to camp, they shall set it up. What stranger soever cometh to it, shall be slain.

⁵²And the children of Israel shall camp every man by his troops and bands and army.

⁵³But the Levites shall pitch their tents round about the tabernacle, lest there come indignation upon the multitude of the children of Israel, and they shall keep watch, and guard the tabernacle of the testimony.

⁵⁴And the children of Israel did according to all things which the Lord had commanded Moses.

Chapter 2

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

²All the children of Israel shall camp by their troops, ensigns, and standards, and the houses of their kindreds, round about the tabernacle of the covenant.

³On the east Juda shall pitch his tents by the bands of his army: and the prince of his sons; shall be Nahasson the son of Aminadab.

⁴And the whole sum of the fighting men of his stock, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

⁵Next unto him they of the tribe of Issachar encamped, whose prince was Nathanael, the son of Suar.

⁶And the whole number of his fighting men were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

⁷In the tribe of Zabulon the prince was Eliab the son of Helon.

⁸And all the army of fighting men of his stock, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

⁹All that were numbered in the camp of Juda, were a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred: and they by their troops shall march first.

¹⁰In the camp of the sons of Ruben, on the south side, the prince shall be Elisur the son of Sedeur:

¹¹And the whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

¹²Beside him camped they of the tribe of Simeon: whose prince was Salamiel the son of Surisaddai.

¹³And the whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

¹⁴In the tribe of Gad the prince was Eliasaph the son of Duel.

¹⁵And the whole army of his fighting men that were numbered, were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

¹⁶All that were reckoned up in the camp of Ruben, were a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, by their troops: they shall march in the second place.

¹⁷And the tabernacle of the testimony shall be carried by the officers of the Levites and their troops. As it shall be set up, so shall it be taken down. Every one shall march according to their places, and ranks.

¹⁸On the west side shall be the camp of the sons of Ephraim, whose prince was Elisama the son of Ammiud.

¹⁹The whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were forty thousand five hundred.

²⁰And with them the tribe of the sons of Manasses, whose prince was Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.

²¹And the whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

²²In the tribe of the sons of Benjamin the prince was Abidan the son of Gedeon.

²³And the whole army of fighting men, that were reckoned up, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

²⁴All that were numbered in the camp of Ephraim, were a hundred and eight-thousand one hundred by their troops: they shall march in the third place.

²⁵On the north side camped the sons of Dan: whose prince was Ahiezar the son of Ammisaddai.

²⁶The whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

²⁷Beside him they of the tribe of Aser pitched their tents: whose prince was Phegiel the son of Ochran.

²⁸The whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were forty-one thousand five hundred.

²⁹Of the tribe of the sons of Nephtali the prince was Ahira the son of Enan.

³⁰The whole army of his fighting men, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

³¹All that were numbered in the camp of Dan, were a hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred: and they shall march last.

³²This is the number of the children of Israel, of their army divided according to the houses of their kindreds and their troops, six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

³³And the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel: for so the Lord had commanded Moses.

³⁴And the children of Israel did according to all things that the Lord had commanded. They camped by their troops, and marched by the families and houses of their fathers.

Chapter 3

These are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai.

²And these the names of the sons of Aaron: his firstborn Nadab, then Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

³These the names of the sons of Aaron the priests that were anointed, and…