Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
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: | 1The LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: |
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 the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. |
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. | 3You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army. |
4And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you. | 4One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you. |
5These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; | 5These are the names of the men who are to assist 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 Okran; |
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 the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel. |
17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, | 17Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified, |
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 called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one, |
19just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai: | 19as the LORD commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert 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, | 20From the descendants of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. |
21those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500. | 21The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500. |
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 descendants of Simeon: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were counted and listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. |
23those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300. | 23The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300. |
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 descendants of Gad: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
25those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650. | 25The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650. |
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 descendants of Judah: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
27those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600. | 27The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600. |
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 descendants of Issachar: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
29those registered to the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400. | 29The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400. |
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 descendants of Zebulun: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
31those registered to the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400. | 31The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400. |
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: From the descendants of Ephraim: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
33those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500. | 33The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500. |
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 descendants of Manasseh: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
35those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200. | 35The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200. |
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 descendants of Benjamin: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
37those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400. | 37The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400. |
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 descendants of Dan: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
39those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700. | 39The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700. |
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 descendants of Asher: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
41those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500. | 41The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500. |
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 descendants of Naphtali: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. |
43those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400. | 43The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400. |
44These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. | 44These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. |
45So all the Israelites twenty years of age or older who could serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families. | 45All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel's army were counted according to their families. |
46And all those counted totaled 603,550. | 46The total number was 603,550. |
47The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers. | 47The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others. |
48For the LORD had said to Moses: | 48The LORD had said to Moses: |
49“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites. | 49"You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites. |
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. | 50Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law--over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it. |
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. | 51Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death. |
52The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard. | 52The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard. |
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.” | 53The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law." |
54Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 54The Israelites did all this just as the LORD commanded Moses. |
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