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| 1In the Sinai desert, the LORD spoke to Moses inside the Tent of Meeting on the first day of the second month of the second year after they had left the land of Egypt. He said, | 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, |
| 2"Take a census of the entire Israeli community, numbering them by their tribes and by ancestral houses. List the names of every male one-by-one, | 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. |
| 3from 20 years and upward. You and Aaron are to register everyone in Israel who is able to go to war, company by company. | 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. |
| 4One man from each tribe is to accompany you, each man being the leader of his ancestral house. | 4And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. |
| 5"Here is a list of names of the men who are to assist you: "From Reuben: Shedeur's son Elizur. | 5And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; |
| 6From Simeon: Zurishaddai's son Shelumiel. | 6from Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; |
| 7From Judah: Amminadab's son Nahshon. | 7from Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab; |
| 8From Issachar: Zuar's son Nethanel. | 8from Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar; |
| 9From Zebulun: Helon's son Eliab. | 9from Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon; |
| 10"From Joseph's descendants through Ephraim: Ammihud's son Elishama. From Manasseh: Pedahzur's son Gamaliel. | 10from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; |
| 11From Benjamin: Gideoni's son Abidan. | 11from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni; |
| 12From Dan: Ammishaddai's son Ahiezer. | 12from Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; |
| 13From Asher: Ochran's son Pagiel. | 13from Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran; |
| 14From Gad: Deuel's son Eliasaph. | 14from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel; |
| 15From Naphtali: Enan's son Ahira." | 15from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.” |
| 16These men were appointed from within their communities, since they were leaders of their ancestral houses and heads of the tribes of Israel. | 16These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel. |
| 17Moses and Aaron gathered these men who had been mentioned by name. | 17Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named, |
| 18They assembled the entire community together during the second month. Then they recorded their ancestries, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as well as the names of the men 20 years old and above individually, | 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, |
| 19just as the LORD had commanded Moses. He numbered them in the Sinai desert. | 19as the LORD commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai. |
| 20The genealogies of the descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army. | 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: |
| 21Those registered with the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500. | 21those listed of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500. |
| 22The genealogies of Simeon's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army. | 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 registered with the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300. | 23those listed of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300. |
| 24The genealogies of Gad's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army. | 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 registered with the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650. | 25those listed of the tribe of Gad were 45,650. |
| 26The genealogies of Judah's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army. | 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 registered with the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600. | 27those listed of the tribe of Judah were 74,600. |
| 28The genealogies of Issachar's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army. | 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 registered with the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400. | 29those listed of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400. |
| 30The genealogies of Zebulun's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army. | 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 registered with the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400. | 31those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400. |
| 32The genealogies of Joseph's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army. | 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 registered with the tribe of Joseph numbered 40,500. | 33those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500. |
| 34The genealogies of Manasseh's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army. | 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 registered with the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200. | 35those listed of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200. |
| 36The genealogies of Benjamin's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army. | 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 registered with the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400. | 37those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400. |
| 38The genealogies of Dan's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army. | 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 registered with the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700. | 39those listed of the tribe of Dan were 62,700. |
| 40The genealogies of Asher's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army. | 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 registered with the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500. | 41those listed of the tribe of Asher were 41,500. |
| 42The genealogies of Naphtali's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army. | 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 registered with the family of Naphtali numbered 53,400. | 43those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400. |
| 44These individuals were the ones whom Moses and Aaron registered from the twelve leaders of Israel, each person from his ancestral house. | 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. |
| 45Everyone was numbered from the descendants of Israel, from their ancestral houses, from all the men who were 20 years and above and who could serve in the army. | 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— |
| 46The total of all those who were numbered was 603,550. | 46all those listed were 603,550. |
| 47The descendants of Levi were not counted according to their ancestral houses | 47But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe. |
| 48because the LORD had ordered Moses: | 48For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 49"Be sure not to number or count the tribe of Levi with the rest of the Israelis. | 49“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel. |
| 50Instead, appoint the descendants of Levi over the Tent of Meeting, all the vessels, and everything in it. They are to carry the tent and all the vessels in it. They are to attend to it and camp around it. | 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. |
| 51Whenever the tent is ready for travel, the descendants of Levi are to take it down. When it's time to encamp, the descendants of Levi are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who approaches it is to be executed. | 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. |
| 52Then the Israelis are to encamp around the tent, arranged according to their company and the standard of their army. | 52The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and each man by his own standard. |
| 53But the descendants of Levi are to encamp on all sides of the Tent of Meeting so that divine wrath won't fall on the congregation of Israel. The descendants of Levi are to take care of the Tent of Meeting." | 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.” |
| 54The Israelis observed everything that the LORD had commanded Moses, doing exactly what they were told. | 54Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses. |
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