1Yahweh spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, in the tent of assembly, on the first of the month, in the second year after they came out^a of the land of Egypt, saying, ²“Take a census of^b the entire community of the Israelites^c according to their clans and their families,^d according to the number of names, every male individually ³from twenty years old^e and above, everyone in Israel who is able to go to war. You and Aaron must muster them^f for their wars. ⁴A man from each tribe will be with you, each man the head of his family.^g ⁵And these are the names of the men who will assist you:^h from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; ⁶from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; ⁷from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab; ⁸from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar; ⁹from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon. ¹⁰From the descendants of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ¹¹From Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; ¹²from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; ¹³from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran; ¹⁴from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; ¹⁵and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.” ¹⁶These are the ones summoned from the community, the leaders of their ancestors’ⁱ tribes; they are the heads of Israel’s clans.

¹⁷So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, ¹⁸and they summoned the entire community on the first day of the second month. And they registered themselves among their clans according to their families,^j according to the number of names from those twenty years old^k and above individually, ¹⁹just as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he counted them in the desert of Sinai.

²⁰The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,^l according to the number of names, every male individually from twenty years old^m and above, everyone who is able to go to war: ²¹those who were counted from the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.

²²From the descendants of Simeon, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,ⁿ those who were counted according to the number of their names, every individual male from twenty years old^o and above, everyone who is able to go to war: ²³those who were counted from the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

²⁴From the descendants of Gad, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,^p according to the number of names, from those twenty years old^q and above, everyone who is able to go to war: ²⁵those who were counted from the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

²⁶From the descendants of Judah, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,^r according to the number of names, from those twenty years old^s and above, everyone who is able to go to war: ²⁷those who were counted from the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

²⁸From the descendants of Issachar, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,^t according to the number of names, from those twenty years old^u and above, everyone who is able to go to war: ²⁹those who were counted from the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

³⁰From the descendants of Zebulun, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,^v according to the number of names, from those twenty years old^w and above, everyone who is able to go to war: ³¹those who were counted from the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

³²From the descendants of Joseph: from the descendants of Ephraim, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,^x according to the number of names, from those twenty years old^y and above, everyone who is able to go to war: ³³those who were counted from the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.

³⁴From the descendants of Manasseh, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,^z according to the number of names, from those twenty years old^a and above, everyone who is able to go to war: ³⁵those who were counted from the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

³⁶From the descendants of Benjamin, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,^b according to the number of names, from those twenty years old^c and above, everyone who is able to go to war: ³⁷those who were counted from the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

³⁸From the descendants of Dan, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,^d according to the number of names, from those twenty years old^e and above, everyone who is able to go to war: ³⁹those who were counted from the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

⁴⁰From the descendants of Asher, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,^f according to the number of names, from those twenty years old^g and above, everyone who is able to go to war: ⁴¹those who were counted from the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.

⁴²From the descendants of Naphtali, their genealogies according to their clans, according to their families,^h according to the number of names, from those twenty years oldⁱ and above, everyone who is able to go to war: ⁴³those who were counted from the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

⁴⁴These are the ones counted whom Moses and Aaron mustered,^j with the twelve leaders of Israel, each one from his family.^k ⁴⁵So all those who were counted from the Israelites^l according to their families,^m from those twenty years oldⁿ and above, everyone in Israel who is able to go to war. ⁴⁶All of the ones counted were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty. ⁴⁷The Levites from their ancestors’^o tribe were not mustered^p in their midst.

⁴⁸And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ⁴⁹“You will not muster^q the tribe of Levi, and you will not take a census of^r them in the midst of the Israelites.^s ⁵⁰You will appoint^t them over the tabernacle of the testimony,^u over all its vessels, and over all that belongs to it. They will carry the tabernacle and all its vessels, and they will care for it; and they will camp around the tabernacle. ⁵¹And when the tabernacle is set out, the Levites will take it down,^v and when encamping the tabernacle the Levites will set it up; the stranger^w that approaches it will be put to death. ⁵²The Israelites^x will encamp, each in their own camp, and each by their^y own banner according to their divisions. ⁵³But the Levites will encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony,^z and there will not be wrath on the community of the Israelites;^a and the Levites will keep the requirements of the tabernacle of the testimony.”^b ⁵⁴And the Israelites^c did thus; they did everything that Yahweh commanded Moses.

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Footnotes

aLiterally “of their coming out”
bLiterally “Lift up the head of”
cLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
dLiterally “the house of their fathers”
eLiterally “a son of twenty years”
fOr “count them,” or “summon them,” or “enroll them”
gLiterally “the house of his father”
hLiterally “stand with you”
iOr “fathers’ ”
jLiterally “the house of their fathers”
kLiterally “a son of twenty years”
lLiterally “the house of their fathers”
mLiterally “a son of twenty years”
nLiterally “the house of their fathers”
oLiterally “a son of twenty years”
pLiterally “the house of their fathers”
qLiterally “a son of twenty years”
rLiterally “the house of their fathers”
sLiterally “a son of twenty years”
tLiterally “the house of their fathers”
uLiterally “a son of twenty years”
vLiterally “the house of their fathers”
wLiterally “a son of twenty years”
xLiterally “the house of their fathers”
yLiterally “a son of twenty years”
zLiterally “the house of their fathers”
aLiterally “a son of twenty years”
bLiterally “the house of their fathers”
cLiterally “a son of twenty years”
dLiterally “the house of their fathers”
eLiterally “a son of twenty years”
fLiterally “the house of their fathers”
gLiterally “a son of twenty years”
hLiterally “their fathers”
iLiterally “a son of twenty years”
jOr “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
kLiterally “the house of his fathers”
lLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
mLiterally “the house of their fathers”
nLiterally “a son of twenty years”
oOr “fathers’ ”
pOr “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
qOr “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
rLiterally “Lift up the head of”
sLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
tOr “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
uOther modern translations read “tabernacle of the covenant”
vLiterally “lower it”
wOr “outsider”
xLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
yHebrew “his” or “its”
zOther modern translations read “tabernacle of the covenant”
aLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
bOther modern translations read “tabernacle of the covenant”
cLiterally “sons/children of Israel”