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Numbers 1

New International Reader’s Version



1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting. It happened in the Desert of Sinai. The LORD spoke to him on the first day of the second month. It was the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. The LORD said, 2 ‘Count all the men of Israel. Make a list of them by their tribes and families. List every man by name. List them one by one. 3 Count all the men able to serve in the army. They must be 20 years old or more. I want you and Aaron to make a list of them group by group. 4 One man from each tribe must help you. Those who help must be the heads of their families. 5 ‘Here are the names of the men who must help you. ‘From the tribe of Reuben will come Elizur, the son of Shedeur. 6 From the tribe of Simeon will come Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai. 7 From the tribe of Judah will come Nahshon, the son of Amminadab. 8 From the tribe of Issachar will come Nethanel, the son of Zuar. 9 From the tribe of Zebulun will come Eliab, the son of Helon. 10 From the tribe of Ephraim will come Elishama, the son of Ammihud. From the tribe of Manasseh will come Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur. Ephraim and Manasseh are Joseph’s two sons. 11 From the tribe of Benjamin will come Abidan, the son of Gideoni. 12 From the tribe of Dan will come Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai. 13 From the tribe of Asher will come Pagiel, the son of Okran. 14 From the tribe of Gad will come Eliasaph, the son of Deuel. 15 From the tribe of Naphtali will come Ahira, the son of Enan.’ 16 These were the men appointed from the community. They were the leaders of the tribes of their people. They were the heads of the major families in Israel. 17 Moses and Aaron went and got the men whose names had been given to them. 18 Then Moses and Aaron gathered all the men of Israel together. It was the first day of the second month. The people wrote down the tribe and family they belonged to. The men 20 years old or more were listed by name. They were listed one by one. 19 Everything was done just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses counted them in the Desert of Sinai. 20 Here is the number of men from the tribe of Reuben. He is Israel’s eldest son. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed one by one. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 21 The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500. 22 Here is the number of men from the tribe of Simeon. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed one by one. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 23 The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300. 24 Here is the number of men from the tribe of Gad. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 25 The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650. 26 Here is the number of men from the tribe of Judah. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 27 The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600. 28 Here is the number of men from the tribe of Issachar. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 29 The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400. 30 Here is the number of men from the tribe of Zebulun. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 31 The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400. 32 Here is the number of men from the tribe of Ephraim. He is the son of Joseph. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 33 The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500. 34 Here is the number of men from the tribe of Manasseh. He is the son of Joseph. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 35 The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200. 36 Here is the number of men from the tribe of Benjamin. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 37 The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400. 38 Here is the number of men from the tribe of Dan. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 39 The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700. 40 Here is the number of men from the tribe of Asher. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 41 The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500. 42 Here is the number of men from the tribe of Naphtali. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 43 The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400. 44 These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron. The 12 leaders of Israel helped them. There was one leader from each tribe. 45 The men who were counted were able to serve in Israel’s army. All of them were 20 years old or more. They were counted family by family. 46 The total number of men was 603,550. 47 But the families of the tribe of Levi were not counted along with the others. 48 The LORD had spoken to Moses. He had said, 49 ‘You must not count the men from the tribe of Levi. Do not include them when you list the other men of Israel. 50 Instead, put the Levites in charge of the holy tent. That is where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. The Levites will be in charge of everything that belongs to the holy tent. They must carry the tent and everything that belongs to it. They must take care of it. They must set up camp around it. 51 When the holy tent must be moved, the Levites must take it down. And when the tent must be set up, the Levites must do it. Anyone else who approaches it must be put to death. 52 The Israelites must set up their tents by military groups. All of them must be in their own camps under their own flags. 53 But the Levites must set up their tents around the holy tent. That’s where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. Then I will not be angry with the community of Israel. The Levites will be responsible for taking care of the tent.’ 54 The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses. 

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Numbers 1

English Standard Version



1 The 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, (Ex 19:1; Ex 25:22; Nu 10:11) 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. (Ex 30:12; Ex 38:26; Nu 1:18; Nu 1:20; Nu 1:22; Nu 3:47; Nu 26:2; 2Sa 24:2; 1Ch 21:2; 1Ch 23:3; 1Ch 23:24) 3 From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company. (Ex 12:51; Ex 30:14; Nu 14:29) 4 And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. 5 And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; (Nu 7:30) 6 from Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; (Nu 7:36) 7 from Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab; (Ex 6:23) 8 from Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar; (Nu 7:18) 9 from Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon; (Nu 7:24) 10 from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; (Nu 7:48; Nu 7:54; 1Ch 7:26) 11 from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni; (Nu 7:60) 12 from Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; (Nu 7:66) 13 from Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran; (Nu 7:72) 14 from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel; (Nu 7:42) 15 from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.” (Nu 7:78) 16 These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel. (Ex 18:21; Ex 18:25; Nu 7:2; Nu 26:9; 1Ch 27:16) 17 Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named, (1Ch 12:31; 1Ch 16:41; 2Ch 28:15; 2Ch 31:19; Ezr 8:20) 18 and 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, 19 as the Lord commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 The 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: (Nu 2:3) 21 those listed of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500. (Nu 26:7) 22 Of 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: 23 those listed of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300. (Nu 26:14) 24 Of 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: 25 those listed of the tribe of Gad were 45,650. (Nu 26:18) 26 Of 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: 27 those listed of the tribe of Judah were 74,600. (Nu 26:22; 2Sa 24:9) 28 Of 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: 29 those listed of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400. (Nu 26:25) 30 Of 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: 31 those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400. (Nu 26:27) 32 Of 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: 33 those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500. (Nu 26:37) 34 Of 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: 35 those listed of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200. (Nu 26:34) 36 Of 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: 37 those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400. (Nu 26:41) 38 Of 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: 39 those listed of the tribe of Dan were 62,700. (Nu 26:43) 40 Of 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: 41 those listed of the tribe of Asher were 41,500. (Nu 26:47) 42 Of 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: 43 those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400. (Nu 26:50) 44 These 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. (Nu 26:64) 45 So 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— 46 all those listed were 603,550. (Ex 12:37; Ex 38:26; Nu 11:21; Nu 26:51) 



47 But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe. (Nu 2:33; Nu 26:57; Nu 26:62) 48 For the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 49 “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel. 50 But 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. (Ex 38:21; Nu 3:7; Nu 3:23; Nu 4:15) 51 When 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. (Nu 3:10; Nu 3:38; Nu 10:17; Nu 10:21; Nu 18:22; 1Sa 6:19; 2Sa 6:6; 1Ch 13:10) 52 The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and each man by his own standard. (Nu 2:2; Nu 2:34) 53 But 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.” (Nu 3:7; Nu 3:38; Nu 8:19; Nu 8:26; Nu 9:19; Nu 9:23; Nu 16:46; Nu 18:3; Nu 18:5; Nu 31:30; Nu 31:47; 1Ch 23:32; 2Ch 13:11) 54 Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses. 

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