February 10
Numbers 1:1 — 2:34
Numbers
1 And Jehovah proceeded
to speak to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the
first day of the second month in the second year of their coming out of the land
of Egypt, and he said:
2 “TAKE the sum of the
whole assembly of the sons of Israel according to their families, according to
the house of their fathers, by the number of names, all the males, head by head
of them,
3 from
twenty years old upward, everyone going out to the army in Israel. YOU should
register them according to their armies, you and Aaron.
4 “And some men should be with YOU, one man to a tribe; each is a head to the house of his fathers. 5 And these are the names of the men who will stand with YOU: Of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; 6 of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; 7 of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab; 8 of Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar; 9 of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon; 10 of the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; 11 of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni; 12 of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; 13 of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran; 14 of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel; 15 of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan. 16 These are the ones called of the assembly, the chieftains of the tribes of their fathers. They are the heads of the thousands of Israel.”
17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by names. 18 And they congregated all the assembly on the first day of the second month, that they might have their descent acknowledged as regards their families in the house of their fathers, by the number of the names, from twenty years old upward, head by head of them, 19 just as Jehovah had commanded Moses; and he proceeded to register them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20 And the sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their births according to their families in the house of their fathers, came to be by the number of names, head by head of them, all the males from twenty years old upward, everyone going out to the army, 21 those registered of them of the tribe of Reuben, forty-six thousand five hundred.
22 Of the sons of Simeon, their births according to their families in the house of their fathers, those registered ones of his by the number of names, head by head of them, all the males from twenty years old upward, everyone going out to the army, 23 those registered of them of the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24 Of the sons of Gad, their births according to their families in the house of their fathers by the number of names from twenty years old upward, everyone going out to the army, 25 those registered of them of the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26 Of the sons of Judah, their births according to their families in the house of their fathers by the number of names from twenty years old upward, everyone going out to the army, 27 those registered of them of the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28 Of the sons of Issachar, their births according to their families in the house of their fathers by the number of names from twenty years old upward, everyone going out to the army, 29 those registered of them of the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30 Of the sons of Zebulun, their births according to their families in the house of their fathers by the number of names from twenty years old upward, everyone going out to the army, 31 those registered of them of the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32 Of the sons of Joseph: of the sons of Ephraim, their births according to their families in the house of their fathers by the number of names from twenty years old upward, everyone going out to the army, 33 those registered of them of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.
34 Of the sons of Manasseh, their births according to their families in the house of their fathers by the number of names from twenty years old upward, everyone going out to the army, 35 those registered of them of the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36 Of the sons of Benjamin, their births according to their families in the house of their fathers by the number of names from twenty years old upward, everyone going out to the army, 37 those registered of them of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38 Of the sons of Dan, their births according to their families in the house of their fathers by the number of names from twenty years old upward, everyone going out to the army, 39 those registered of them of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40 Of the sons of Asher, their births according to their families in the house of their fathers by the number of names from twenty years old upward, everyone going out to the army, 41 those registered of them of the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.
42 Of the sons of Naphtali, their births according to their families in the house of their fathers by the number of names from twenty years old upward, everyone going out to the army, 43 those registered of them of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44 These are the ones registered, whom Moses registered, together with Aaron and the chieftains of Israel, twelve men. They represented one each the house of his fathers. 45 And all those registered of the sons of Israel according to the house of their fathers from twenty years old upward, everyone going out to the army in Israel, came to be, 46 yes, all those registered came to be six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
47 However, the Levites according to the tribe of their fathers did not get registered in among them. 48 Accordingly Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying: 49 “Only the tribe of Levi you must not register, and the sum of them you must not take in among the sons of Israel. 50 And you yourself appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony and over all its utensils and over everything that belongs to it. They themselves will carry the tabernacle and all its utensils, and they themselves will minister at it; and around the tabernacle they are to camp. 51 And whenever the tabernacle is setting out, the Levites should take it down; and when the tabernacle encamps, the Levites should set it up; and any stranger coming near should be put to death.
52 “And the sons of Israel must encamp each with reference to his camp, and each man by his [three-tribe] division by their armies. 53 And the Levites should encamp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that no indignation may arise against the assembly of the sons of Israel; and the Levites must keep the service due to the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
54 And
the sons of Israel proceeded to do according to all that Jehovah had commanded
Moses. They did just so.
2 Jehovah now spoke to
Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 “The sons of Israel
should encamp, each man by his [three-tribe] division, by the signs for the
house of their fathers. Round about in front of the tent of meeting they should
encamp.
3 “And those camping eastward toward the sunrising will be the [three-tribe] division of the camp of Judah in their armies, and the chieftain for the sons of Judah is Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 4 And his army and the ones registered of them are seventy-four thousand six hundred. 5 And those camping alongside him will be the tribe of Issachar, and the chieftain for the sons of Issachar is Nethanel the son of Zuar. 6 And his army and his registered ones are fifty-four thousand four hundred. 7 And the tribe of Zebulun; and the chieftain for the sons of Zebulun is Eliab the son of Helon. 8 And his army and his registered ones are fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
9 “All the registered ones of the camp of Judah are one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred in their armies. They should set out first.
10 “The [three-tribe] division of the camp of Reuben will be toward the south in their armies, and the chieftain for the sons of Reuben is Elizur the son of Shedeur. 11 And his army and his registered ones are forty-six thousand five hundred. 12 And those camping alongside him will be the tribe of Simeon, and the chieftain for the sons of Simeon is Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 13 And his army and the ones registered of them are fifty-nine thousand three hundred. 14 And the tribe of Gad; and the chieftain for the sons of Gad is Eliasaph the son of Reuel. 15 And his army and the ones registered of them are forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
16 “All the registered ones of the camp of Reuben are one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty in their armies, and they should set out second.
17 “When the tent of meeting must set out, the camp of the Levites will be in the middle of the camps.
“Just as they should encamp, so they should set out, each one at his place, according to their [three-tribe] divisions.
18 “The [three-tribe] division of the camp of Ephraim in their armies will be toward the west, and the chieftain for the sons of Ephraim is Elishama the son of Ammihud. 19 And his army and the ones registered of them are forty thousand five hundred. 20 And alongside him will be the tribe of Manasseh, and the chieftain for the sons of Manasseh is Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 21 And his army and the ones registered of them are thirty-two thousand two hundred. 22 And the tribe of Benjamin; and the chieftain for the sons of Benjamin is Abidan the son of Gideoni. 23 And his army and the ones registered of them are thirty-five thousand four hundred.
24 “All the registered ones of the camp of Ephraim are one hundred and eight thousand one hundred in their armies, and they should set out third.
25 “The [three-tribe] division of the camp of Dan will be toward the north in their armies, and the chieftain for the sons of Dan is Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And his army and the ones registered of them are sixty-two thousand seven hundred. 27 And the ones camping alongside him will be the tribe of Asher, and the chieftain for the sons of Asher is Pagiel the son of Ochran. 28 And his army and the ones registered of them are forty-one thousand five hundred. 29 And the tribe of Naphtali; and the chieftain for the sons of Naphtali is Ahira the son of Enan. 30 And his army and the ones registered of them are fifty-three thousand four hundred.
31 “All the registered ones of the camp of Dan are one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They should set out last—according to their [three-tribe] divisions.”
32 These were the registered ones of the sons of Israel according to the house of their fathers; all the registered ones of the camps in their armies were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. 33 But the Levites did not get registered in among the sons of Israel, just as Jehovah had commanded Moses. 34 And the sons of Israel proceeded to do according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses. That is the way they encamped in their [three-tribe] divisions, and that is the way they set out, each one in his families with regard to the house of his fathers.