NUMBERS 1
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:
2 Take a census of the whole congregation of Israelites, in their
clans, by ancestral houses, according to the number of names, every male
individually;
3 From twenty years old and upward, everyone in Israel able to go to
war. You and Aaron shall enrol them, company by company.
4 A man from each tribe shall be with you, each man the head of his
ancestral house.
5 These are the names of the men who shall assist you: From Reuben,
Elizur son of Shedeur.
6 From Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
7 From Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab.
8 From Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar.
9 From Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon.
10 From the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud;
from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
11 From Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni.
12 From Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
13 From Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran.
14 From Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel.
15 From Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.
16 These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the leaders of
their ancestral tribes, the heads of the divisions of Israel.
17 Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by
name,
18 and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole
congregation together. They registered themselves in their clans, by their
ancestral houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and
upward, individually,
19 as the Lord commanded Moses. So he enrolled them in the wilderness
of Sinai.
20 The descendants of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their lineage, in
their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the number of names,
individually, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go
to war:
21 those enrolled of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five
hundred.
22 The descendants of Simeon, their lineage, in their clans, by their
ancestral houses, those of them that were numbered, according to the number of
names, individually, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone able
to go to war:
23 those enrolled of the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand
three hundred.
24 The descendants of Gad, their lineage, in their clans, by their
ancestral houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old
and upward, everyone able to go to war:
25 those enrolled of the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six
hundred fifty.
26 The descendants of Judah, their lineage, in their clans, by their
ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and
upward, everyone able to go to war:
27those enrolled of the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six
hundred.
28 The descendants of Issachar, their lineage, in their clans, by
their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old
and upward, everyone able to go to war:
29 those enrolled of the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand
four hundred.
30 The descendants of Zebulun, their lineage, in their clans, by
their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old
and upward, everyone able to go to war:
31 those enrolled of the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand
four hundred.
32 The descendants of Joseph, namely, the descendants of Ephraim,
their lineage, in their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the
number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to
war:
33 those enrolled of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five
hundred.
34 The descendants of Manasseh, their lineage, in their clans, by
their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old
and upward, everyone able to go to war:
35 those enrolled of the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand
two hundred.
36 The descendants of Benjamin, their lineage, in their clans, by
their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old
and upward, everyone able to go to war:
37 those enrolled of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand
four hundred.
38 The descendants of Dan, their lineage, in their clans, by their
ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and
upward, everyone able to go to war:
39 those enrolled of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven
hundred.
40 The descendants of Asher, their lineage, in their clans, by their
ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and
upward, everyone able to go to war:
41 those enrolled of the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five
hundred.
42 The descendants of Naphtali, their lineage, in their clans, by
their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old
and upward, everyone able to go to war:
43 those enrolled of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand
four hundred.
44 These are those who were enrolled, whom Moses and Aaron enrolled
with the help of the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each representing his
ancestral house.
45 So the whole number of the Israelites, by their ancestral houses,
from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to war in Israel—
46 their whole number was six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
47 The Levites, however, were not numbered by their ancestral tribe
along with them.
48 The Lord had said to Moses:
49 Only the tribe of Levi you shall not enrol, and you shall not take
a census of them with the other Israelites.
50 Rather you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the
covenant, and over all its equipment, and over all that belongs to it;
they are to carry the tabernacle and all its equipment, and they shall tend it,
and shall camp around the tabernacle.
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 any
outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
52 The other Israelites shall camp in their respective regimental
camps, by companies;
53 but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the
covenant, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the
Israelites; and the Levites shall perform the guard duty of the tabernacle of
the covenant.
54 The Israelites did so; they did just as the Lord commanded Moses.
NUMBERS 2
1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 The Israelites shall camp each in their respective regiments,
under ensigns by their ancestral houses; they shall camp facing the tent of
meeting on every side.
3 Those to camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the
regimental encampment of Judah by companies. The leader of the people of Judah
shall be Nahshon son of Amminadab,
4 with a company as enrolled of seventy-four thousand six
hundred.
5 Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar. The
leader of the Issacharites shall be Nethanel son of Zuar,
6 with a company as enrolled of fifty-four thousand four
hundred.
7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: The leader of the Zebulunites shall be
Eliab son of Helon,
8 with a company as enrolled of fifty-seven thousand four
hundred.
9 The total enrolment of the camp of Judah, by companies, is one
hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred. They shall set out first on the
march.
10 On the south side shall be the regimental encampment of Reuben by
companies. The leader of the Reubenites shall be Elizur son of Shedeur,
11 with a company as enrolled of forty-six thousand five
hundred.
12 And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The
leader of the Simeonites shall be Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,
13 with a company as enrolled of fifty-nine thousand three
hundred.
14 Then the tribe of Gad: The leader of the Gadites shall be Eliasaph
son of Reuel,
15 with a company as enrolled of forty-five thousand six hundred
fifty.
16 The total enrolment of the camp of Reuben, by companies, is one
hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty. They shall set out second.
17 The tent of meeting, with the camp of the Levites, shall set out
in the centre of the camps; they shall set out just as they camp, each in
position, by their regiments.
18 On the west side shall be the regimental encampment of Ephraim by
companies. The leader of the people of Ephraim shall be Elishama son of
Ammihud,
19 with a company as enrolled of forty thousand five hundred.
20 Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh. The leader of the
people of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,
21 with a company as enrolled of thirty-two thousand two
hundred.
22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: The leader of the Benjaminites shall
be Abidan son of Gideoni,
23 with a company as enrolled of thirty-five thousand four
hundred.
24 The total enrolment of the camp of Ephraim, by companies, is one
hundred eight thousand one hundred. They shall set out third on the
march.
25 On the north side shall be the regimental encampment of Dan by
companies. The leader of the Danites shall be Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai,
26 with a company as enrolled of sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
27 Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher. The leader
of the Asherites shall be Pagiel son of Ochran,
28 with a company as enrolled of forty-one thousand five
hundred.
29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: The leader of the Naphtalites shall be
Ahira son of Enan,
30 with a company as enrolled of fifty-three thousand four
hundred.
31 The total enrolment of the camp of Dan is one hundred fifty-seven
thousand six hundred. They shall set out last, by companies.
32 This was the enrolment of the Israelites by their ancestral
houses; the total enrolment in the camps by their companies was six hundred
three thousand five hundred fifty.
33 Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, the Levites were not enrolled
among the other Israelites.
34 The Israelites did just as the Lord had commanded Moses: They
camped by regiments, and they set out the same way, everyone by clans,
according to ancestral houses.
NUMBERS 3
1 This is the lineage of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord
spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and
Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar;
3 these are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests,
whom he ordained to minister as priests.
4 Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered unholy fire
before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar
and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of their father Aaron.
5 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the
priest, so that they may assist him.
7 They shall perform duties for him and for the whole congregation
in front of the tent of meeting, doing service at the tabernacle;
8 they shall be in charge of all the furnishings of the tent of
meeting, and attend to the duties for the Israelites as they do service at the
tabernacle.
9 You shall give the Levites to Aaron and his descendants; they are
unreservedly given to him from among the Israelites.
10 But you shall make a register of Aaron and his descendants; it is
they who shall attend to the priesthood, and any outsider who comes near shall
be put to death.
11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
12 I hereby accept the Levites from among the Israelites as
substitutes for all the firstborn that open the womb among the Israelites. The
Levites shall be mine,
13 for all the firstborn are mine; when I killed all the firstborn in
the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both
human and animal; they shall be mine. I am the Lord.
14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,
saying:
15 Enrol the Levites by ancestral houses and by clans. You shall enrol
every male from a month old and upward.
16 So Moses enrolled them according to the word of the Lord, as he
was commanded.
17 The following were the sons of Levi, by their names: Gershon,
Kohath, and Merari.
18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni
and Shimei.
19 The sons of Kohath by their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and
Uzziel.
20 The sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the
clans of the Levites, by their ancestral houses.
21 To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites;
these were the clans of the Gershonites.
22 Their enrolment, counting all the males from a month old and
upward, was seven thousand five hundred.
23 The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on
the west,
24 with Eliasaph son of Lael as head of the ancestral house of the
Gershonites.
25 The responsibility of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting
was to be the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the
entrance of the tent of meeting,
26 the hangings of the court, the screen for the entrance of the
court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords—all the
service pertaining to these.
27 To Kohath belonged the clan of the Amramites, the clan of the
Izharites, the clan of the Hebronites, and the clan of the Uzzielites; these
are the clans of the Kohathites.
28 Counting all the males, from a month old and upward, there were
eight thousand six hundred, attending to the duties of the sanctuary.
29 The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the
tabernacle,
30 with Elizaphan son of Uzziel as head of the ancestral house of the
clans of the Kohathites.
31 Their responsibility was to be the ark, the table, the lampstand,
the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and
the screen—all the service pertaining to these.
32 Eleazar son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders
of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who had charge of the
sanctuary.
33 To Merari belonged the clan of the Mahlites and the clan of the
Mushites: these are the clans of Merari.
34 Their enrolment, counting all the males from a month old and
upward, was six thousand two hundred.
35 The head of the ancestral house of the clans of Merari was Zuriel son of
Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
36 The responsibility assigned to the sons of Merari was to be the
frames of the tabernacle, the bars, the pillars, the bases, and all their
accessories—all the service pertaining to these;
37 also the pillars of the court all around, with their bases and
pegs and cords.
38 Those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle on the east—in
front of the tent of meeting toward the east—were Moses and Aaron and Aaron's
sons, having charge of the rites within the sanctuary, whatever had to be done
for the Israelites; and any outsider who came near was to be put to
death.
39 The total enrolment of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron enrolled
at the commandment of the Lord, by their clans, all the males from a month old
and upward, was twenty-two thousand.
40 Then the Lord said to Moses: Enrol all the firstborn males of the
Israelites, from a month old and upward, and count their names.
41 But you shall accept the Levites for me—I am the Lord—as
substitutes for all the firstborn among the Israelites, and the livestock of
the Levites as substitutes for all the firstborn among the livestock of the
Israelites.
42 So Moses enrolled all the firstborn among the Israelites, as the
Lord commanded him.
43 The total enrolment, all the firstborn males from a month old and
upward, counting the number of names, was twenty-two thousand two hundred
seventy-three.
44 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
45 Accept the Levites as substitutes for all the firstborn among the
Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites as substitutes for their
livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.
46 As the price of redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the
firstborn of the Israelites, over and above the number of the Levites,
47 you shall accept five shekels apiece, reckoning by the shekel of
the sanctuary, a shekel of twenty gerahs.
48 Give to Aaron and his sons the money by which the excess number of
them is redeemed.
49 So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and
above those redeemed by the Levites;
50 from the firstborn of the Israelites he took the money, one
thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, reckoned by the shekel of the
sanctuary;
51 and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons,
according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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