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| 1The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in 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, | 1Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the wilderness of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites departed from the land of Egypt. He said: |
| 2“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head. | 2"Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and families, counting the name of every individual male. |
| 3From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company. | 3You and Aaron are to number all in Israel who can serve in the army, those who are twenty years old or older, by their divisions. |
| 4And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. | 4And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family. |
| 5And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; | 5Now these are the names of the men who are to help you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; |
| 6from Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; | 6from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; |
| 7from Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab; | 7from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab; |
| 8from Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar; | 8from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar; |
| 9from Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon; | 9from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon; |
| 10from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; | 10from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; |
| 11from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni; | 11from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; |
| 12from Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; | 12from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; |
| 13from Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran; | 13from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran; |
| 14from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel; | 14from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; |
| 15from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.” | 15from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan." |
| 16These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel. | 16These were the ones chosen from the community, leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the thousands of Israel. |
| 17Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named, | 17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name, |
| 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, | 18and they assembled the entire community together on the first day of the second month. Then the people recorded their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men who were twenty years old or older were listed by name individually, |
| 19as the LORD commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai. | 19just as the LORD had commanded Moses. And so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. |
| 20The people of Reuben, 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: | 20And they were as follows: The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually. |
| 21those listed of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500. | 21Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500. |
| 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: | 22From the descendants of Simeon: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males numbered of them twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually. |
| 23those listed of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300. | 23Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Simeon were 59,300. |
| 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: | 24From the descendants of Gad: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. |
| 25those listed of the tribe of Gad were 45,650. | 25Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Gad were 45,650. |
| 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: | 26From the descendants of Judah: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. |
| 27those listed of the tribe of Judah were 74,600. | 27Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Judah were 74,600. |
| 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: | 28From the descendants of Issachar: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. |
| 29those listed of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400. | 29Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Issachar were 54,400. |
| 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: | 30From the descendants of Zebulun: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. |
| 31those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400. | 31Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400. |
| 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: | 32From the sons of Joseph: From the descendants of Ephraim: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. |
| 33those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500. | 33Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500. |
| 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: | 34From the descendants of Manasseh: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. |
| 35those listed of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200. | 35Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200. |
| 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: | 36From the descendants of Benjamin: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. |
| 37those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400. | 37Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400. |
| 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: | 38From the descendants of Dan: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. |
| 39those listed of the tribe of Dan were 62,700. | 39Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Dan were 62,700. |
| 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: | 40From the descendants of Asher: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. |
| 41those listed of the tribe of Asher were 41,500. | 41Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Asher were 41,500. |
| 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: | 42From the descendants of Naphtali: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. |
| 43those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400. | 43Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400. |
| 44These 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. | 44These were the men whom Moses and Aaron numbered along with the twelve leaders of Israel, each of whom was from his own family. |
| 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— | 45All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel's army, were numbered according to their families. |
| 46all those listed were 603,550. | 46And all those numbered totaled 603,550. |
| 47But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe. | 47But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them. |
| 48For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, | 48The LORD had said to Moses, |
| 49“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel. | 49"Only the tribe of Levi you must not number or count with the other Israelites. |
| 50But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and shall camp around the tabernacle. | 50But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over everything in it. They must carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they must attend to it and camp around it. |
| 51When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death. | 51Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites must take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be reassembled, the Levites must set it up. Any unauthorized person who approaches it must be killed. |
| 52The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and each man by his own standard. | 52"The Israelites will camp according to their divisions, each man in his camp, and each man by his standard. |
| 53But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.” | 53But the Levites must camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that the LORD's anger will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the testimony." |
| 54Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses. | 54The Israelites did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses--that is what they did. |
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