Numbers 1:1–46

A Census of Israel’s Warriors

1The Lord spoke to Moses ^ain the wilderness of Sinai, ^bin 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, ^2c“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, ^dby fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head. ^3eFrom twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, ^fcompany by company. ⁴And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. ⁵And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, ^gElizur the son of Shedeur; ⁶from Simeon, ^hShelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; ⁷from Judah, ⁱNahshon the son of Amminadab; ⁸from Issachar, ^jNethanel the son of Zuar; ⁹from Zebulun, ^kEliab the son of Helon; ¹⁰from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, ^lElishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, ^mGamaliel the son of Pedahzur; ¹¹from Benjamin, ⁿAbidan the son of Gideoni; ¹²from Dan, ^oAhiezer the son of Ammishaddai; ¹³from Asher, ^pPagiel the son of Ochran; ¹⁴from Gad, Eliasaph the son of ^qDeuel; ¹⁵from Naphtali, ^rAhira the son of Enan.” ¹⁶These were the ones ^schosen from the congregation, ^tthe chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.

¹⁷Moses and Aaron took these men ^uwho had been named, 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, ¹⁹as the Lord commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai.

²⁰The people of ^vReuben, 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: ²¹those listed of the tribe of Reuben were ^w46,500.

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: ²³those listed of the tribe of Simeon were ^x59,300.

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: ²⁵those listed of the tribe of Gad were ^y45,650.

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: ²⁷those listed of the tribe of Judah were ^z74,600.

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: ²⁹those listed of the tribe of Issachar were ^a54,400.

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: ³¹those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were ^b57,400.

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: ³³those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were ^c40,500.

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: ³⁵those listed of the tribe of Manasseh were ^d32,200.

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: ³⁷those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were ^e35,400.

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: ³⁹those listed of the tribe of Dan were ^f62,700.

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: ⁴¹those listed of the tribe of Asher were ^g41,500.

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: ⁴³those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were ^h53,400.

⁴⁴ⁱThese 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. 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— ⁴⁶all those listed were ^j603,550.