Numbers 1–6

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto 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 ye up the sum of all the company of the sons of Israel by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names—every male by their polls; ³from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron; ⁴and with you there is a man for a tribe, each is a head to the house of his fathers.

⁵‘And these are the names of the men who 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.’ ¹⁶These are those called of the company, princes of the tribes of their fathers; they are heads of the thousands of Israel.

¹⁷And Moses taketh—Aaron also—these men, who were defined by name, ¹⁸and all the company they assembled on the first of the second month, and they declare 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 polls, ¹⁹as Jehovah hath commanded Moses; and he numbereth them in the wilderness of Sinai. ²⁰And the sons of Reuben, Israel’s first-born—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, by their polls, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— ²¹their numbered ones, for the tribe of Reuben, are six and forty thousand and five hundred. ²²Of the sons of Simeon—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, its numbered ones in the number of names, by their polls, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— ²³their numbered ones, for the tribe of Simeon, are nine and fifty thousand and three hundred. ²⁴Of the sons of Gad—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— ²⁵their numbered ones, for the tribe of Gad, are five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty. ²⁶Of the sons of Judah—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— ²⁷their numbered ones, for the tribe of Judah, are four and seventy thousand and six hundred. ²⁸Of the sons of Issachar—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— ²⁹their numbered ones, for the tribe of Issachar, are four and fifty thousand and four hundred. ³⁰Of the sons of Zebulun—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— ³¹their numbered ones, for the tribe of Zebulun, are seven and fifty thousand and four hundred. ³²Of the sons of Joseph—of the sons of Ephraim—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— ³³their numbered ones, for the tribe of Ephraim, are forty thousand and five hundred. ³⁴Of the sons of Manasseh—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— ³⁵their numbered ones, for the tribe of Manasseh, are two and thirty thousand and two hundred. ³⁶Of the sons of Benjamin—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— ³⁷their numbered ones, for the tribe of Benjamin, are five and thirty thousand and four hundred. ³⁸Of the sons of Dan—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— ³⁹their numbered ones, for the tribe of Dan, are two and sixty thousand and seven hundred. ⁴⁰Of the sons of Asher—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— ⁴¹their numbered ones, for the tribe of Asher, are one and forty thousand and five hundred. ⁴²Of the sons of Naphtali—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host— ⁴³their numbered ones, for the tribe of Naphtali, are three and fifty thousand and four hundred.

⁴⁴These are those numbered, whom Moses numbered—Aaron also, and the princes of Israel, twelve men—each for the house of his fathers, they have been. ⁴⁵And they are, all those numbered of the sons of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ⁴⁶yea, all those numbered are six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.

⁴⁷And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst, ⁴⁸seeing Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ⁴⁹‘Only, the tribe of Levi thou dost not number, and their sum thou dost not take up in the midst of the sons of Israel; ⁵⁰and thou, appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all that it hath; they bear the tabernacle, and all its vessels, and they serve it; and round about the tabernacle they encamp.

⁵¹‘And in the journeying of the tabernacle, the Levites take it down, and in the encamping of the tabernacle, the Levites raise it up; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.’ ⁵²And the sons of Israel have encamped, each by his camp, and each by his standard, by their hosts; ⁵³and the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony; and there is no wrath on the company of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have kept the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony. ⁵⁴And the sons of Israel do according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses; so they have done.

Chapter 2

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, ²‘Each by his standard, with ensigns of the house of their fathers, do the sons of Israel encamp; over-against round about the tent of meeting they encamp.’

³And those encamping eastward towards the sun-rising, are of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah is Nahshon, son of Amminadab; ⁴and his host, and their numbered ones, are four and seventy thousand and six hundred. ⁵And those encamping by him are of the tribe of Issachar; and the prince of the sons of Issachar is Nethaneel son of Zuar; ⁶and his host, and its numbered ones, are four and fifty thousand and four hundred. ⁷The tribe of Zebulun; and the prince of the sons of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon; ⁸and his host, and its numbered ones, are seven and fifty thousand and four hundred; ⁹all those numbered of the camp of Judah are a hundred thousand, and eighty thousand, and six thousand, and four hundred, by their hosts; they journey first. ¹⁰The standard of the camp of Reuben is southward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur; ¹¹and his host, and its numbered ones, are six and forty thousand and five hundred. ¹²And those encamping by him are of the tribe of Simeon; and the prince of the sons of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; ¹³and his host, and their numbered ones, are nine and fifty thousand and three hundred. ¹⁴And the tribe of Gad; and the prince of the sons of Gad is Eliasaph son of Reuel; ¹⁵and his host, and their numbered ones, are five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty. ¹⁶All those numbered of the camp of Reuben are a hundred thousand, and one and fifty thousand, and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts; and they journey second. ¹⁷And the tent of meeting—the camp of the Levites—hath journeyed in the midst of the camps; as they encamp so they journey, each at his station by their standards. ¹⁸The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, is westward; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud; ¹⁹and his host, and their numbered ones, are forty thousand and five hundred. ²⁰And by him is the tribe of Manasseh; and the prince of the sons of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; ²¹and his host, and their numbered ones, are two and thirty thousand, and two hundred. ²²And the tribe of Benjamin; and the prince of the sons of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni; ²³and his host, and their numbered ones, are five and thirty thousand and four hundred. ²⁴All those numbered of the camp of Ephraim are a hundred thousand, and eight thousand, and a hundred, by their hosts; and they journey third. ²⁵The standard of the camp of Dan is northward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; ²⁶and his host, and their numbered ones, are two and sixty thousand and seven hundred. ²⁷And those encamping by him are of the tribe of Asher; and the prince of the sons of Asher is Pagiel son of Ocran; ²⁸and his host, and their numbered ones, are one and forty thousand and five hundred. ²⁹And the tribe of Naphtali; and the prince of the sons of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan; ³⁰and his host, and their numbered ones, are three and fifty thousand and four hundred. ³¹All those numbered of the camp of Dan are a hundred thousand, and seven and fifty thousand, and six hundred; at the rear they journey, by their standards. ³²…