Numbers - Chapter 1

1And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai, in the Tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt, 2Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name; 3All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron. 4And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house. 5These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur; 6From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai; 7From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab; 8From Issachar, Nethanel, the son of Zuar; 9From Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon; 10Of the children of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, 11From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni; 12From Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai; 13From Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ochran; 14From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel; 15From Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan. 16These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel. 17And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name; 18And they got together all the people on the first day of the second month; and everyone made clear his family and his father's house, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and over. 19As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai. 20The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war; 21Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered. 22The generations of the sons of Simeon were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war; 23Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered. 24The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war; 25Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered. 26The generations of the sons of Judah were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war; 27Seventy-four thousand, six hundred of the tribe of Judah were numbered. 28The generations of the sons of Issachar were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war; 29Fifty-four thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Issachar were numbered. 30The generations of the sons of Zebulun were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war; 31Fifty-seven thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Zebulun were numbered. 32The generations of the sons of Joseph were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war; 33Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered. 34The generations of the sons of Manasseh were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war; 35Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered. 36The generations of the sons of Benjamin were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war; 37Thirty-five thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Benjamin were numbered. 38The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war; 39Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered. 40The generations of the sons of Asher were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war; 41Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered. 42The generations of the sons of Naphtali were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war; 43Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered. 44These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe. 45So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their families, all those of twenty years old and over who were able to go to war, 46Were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty. 47But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them. 48For the Lord said to Moses, 49Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel, 50But to them you are to give the care of the Tent of meeting with its vessels and everything in it: they are to take up the Tent, and be responsible for everything to do with it, and put up their tents round it. 51And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death. 52The children of Israel are to put up their tents, every man in his tent-circle round his flag. 53But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites. 54So the children of Israel did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.