Numbers 1-2New King James Version (NKJV)
The First Census of Israel
1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the
Wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle 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 all the
congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’
houses, according to the number of names, every male individually, 3 from
twenty years old and above—all who are able to go to war in
Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 4 And
with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each one the head of his
father’s house.
5 “These are the names of the men who
shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; 6 from
Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; 7 from
Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab; 8 from
Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar; 9 from Zebulun,
Eliab the son of Helon; 10 from the sons of Joseph:
from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur; 11 from Benjamin, Abidan the son of
Gideoni; 12 from Dan, Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai; 13 from Asher, Pagiel the son of
Ocran; 14 from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;[a] 15 from
Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.” 16 These were chosen
from the congregation, leaders of their fathers’ tribes, heads of the divisions
in Israel.
17 Then Moses and Aaron took these
men who had been mentioned by name, 18 and they
assembled all the congregation together on the first day of
the second month; and they recited their ancestry by families, by their
fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and
above, each one individually. 19 As
the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the Wilderness of
Sinai.
20 Now the children of Reuben, Israel’s
oldest son, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house,
according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years
old and above, all who were able to go to war: 21 those
who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six
thousand five hundred.
22 From the children of Simeon, their
genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, of those who were
numbered, according to the number of names, every male individually, from
twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to
war: 23 those who were numbered of the tribe of
Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24 From the children of Gad, their
genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number
of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go
to war: 25 those who were numbered of the tribe of
Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26 From the children of Judah, their
genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number
of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go
to war: 27 those who were numbered of the tribe of
Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28 From the children of Issachar,
their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the
number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go
to war: 29 those who were numbered of the tribe of
Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30 From the children of Zebulun,
their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the
number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go
to war: 31 those who were numbered of the tribe of
Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32 From the sons of Joseph, the
children of Ephraim, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’
house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all
who were able to go to war: 33 those
who were numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five
hundred.
34 From the children of Manasseh,
their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the
number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go
to war: 35 those who were numbered of the tribe of
Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36 From the children of Benjamin,
their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the
number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go
to war: 37 those who were numbered of the tribe of
Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38 From the children of Dan, their
genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number
of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go
to war: 39 those who were numbered of the tribe of
Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40 From the children of Asher, their
genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number
of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go
to war: 41 those who were numbered of the tribe of
Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.
42 From the children of Naphtali,
their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the
number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go
to war: 43 those who were numbered of the tribe of
Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44 These are the ones who were
numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men,
each one representing his father’s house. 45 So all
who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from
twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war in
Israel— 46 all who were numbered were six hundred
and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
47 But the Levites were not numbered
among them by their fathers’ tribe; 48 for
the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying: 49 “Only
the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the
children of Israel; 50 but you shall appoint the
Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, over all its furnishings, and
over all things that belong to it; they shall carry the tabernacle and all its
furnishings; they shall attend to it and camp around the tabernacle. 51 And
when the tabernacle is to go forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when
the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The outsider who
comes near shall be put to death. 52 The children
of Israel shall pitch their tents, everyone by his own camp, everyone by his
own standard, according to their armies; 53 but the
Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no
wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep
charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
54 Thus the children of Israel did;
according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they did.
The Tribes and Leaders by Armies
2 And the Lord spoke to Moses and
Aaron, saying: 2 “Everyone of the children of
Israel shall camp by his own standard, beside the emblems of his father’s
house; they shall camp some distance from the tabernacle of meeting. 3 On
the east side, toward the rising of the sun, those of the standard of the
forces with Judah shall camp according to their armies; and Nahshon the son of
Amminadab shall be the leader of the children of Judah.” 4 And
his army was numbered at seventy-four thousand six hundred.
5 “Those who camp next to him shall
be the tribe of Issachar, and Nethanel the son of Zuar shall
be the leader of the children of Issachar.” 6 And
his army was numbered at fifty-four thousand four hundred.
7 “Then comes the
tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab the son of Helon shall be the
leader of the children of Zebulun.” 8 And his army
was numbered at fifty-seven thousand four hundred. 9 “All
who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Judah, one
hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred—these shall break camp first.
10 “On the south side shall
be the standard of the forces with Reuben according to their armies,
and the leader of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the
son of Shedeur.” 11 And his army was numbered at
forty-six thousand five hundred.
12 “Those who camp next to him shall
be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the children of Simeon shall
be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.” 13 And
his army was numbered at fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
14 “Then comes the
tribe of Gad, and the leader of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph
the son of Reuel.”[b] 15 And
his army was numbered at forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty. 16 “All
who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Reuben, one
hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty—they shall be the second
to break camp.
17 “And the tabernacle of meeting
shall move out with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps; as they
camp, so they shall move out, everyone in his place, by their standards.
18 “On the west side shall be the
standard of the forces with Ephraim according to their armies, and the leader
of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of
Ammihud.” 19 And his army was numbered at forty
thousand five hundred.
20 “Next to him comes the
tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel
the son of Pedahzur.” 21 And his army was numbered
at thirty-two thousand two hundred.
22 “Then comes the
tribe of Benjamin, and the leader of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan
the son of Gideoni.” 23 And his army was numbered
at thirty-five thousand four hundred. 24 “All who
were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Ephraim, one hundred
and eight thousand one hundred—they shall be the third to break camp.
25 “The standard of the forces with
Dan shall be on the north side according to their armies, and
the leader of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai.” 26 And his army was numbered at
sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
27 “Those who camp next to him shall
be the tribe of Asher, and the leader of the children of Asher shall
be Pagiel the son of Ocran.” 28 And his
army was numbered at forty-one thousand five hundred.
29 “Then comes the
tribe of Naphtali, and the leader of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira
the son of Enan.” 30 And his army was numbered at
fifty-three thousand four hundred. 31 “All who were
numbered of the forces with Dan, one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six
hundred—they shall break camp last, with their standards.”
32 These are the
ones who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses. All
who were numbered according to their armies of the forces were six
hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. 33 But
the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, just as
the Lord commanded Moses.
34 Thus the children of Israel did
according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; so they camped by
their standards and so they broke camp, each one by his family, according to
their fathers’ houses.
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