Numbers Chapter 1

1The Lord spake again unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, in the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

2Take ye the sum of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, after their families and households of their fathers, with the number of their names: to wit, all the males, man by man:

3From twenty years old and above, all that go forth to the war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them throughout their armies.

4And with you shall be men of every tribe, such as are the heads of the house of their fathers.

5And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you, of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur:

6Of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai:

7Of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab:

8Of Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar:

9Of Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon:

10Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur:

11Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni:

12Of Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai:

13Of Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ocran:

14Of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel:

15Of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.

16These were famous in the Congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, and heads over thousands in Israel.

17Then Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names.

18And they called all the Congregation together in the first day of the second month, who declared their kindred by their families, and by the houses of their fathers according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, man by man.

19As the Lord had commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

20So were the sons of Reuben Israel’s eldest son by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers according to the number of their names, man by man, every male from twenty years old and above, as many as went forth to war:

21The number of them, I say, of the tribe of Reuben, was six and forty thousand, and five hundred.

22Of the sons of Simeon by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, the sum thereof by the number of their names, man by man, every male from twenty years old, and above, all that went forth to war:

23The sum of them, I say, of the tribe of Simeon was nine and fifty thousand and three hundred.

24Of the sons of Gad by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war:

25The number of them, I say, of the tribe of Gad was five and forty thousand, and six hundred and fifty.

26Of the sons of Judah by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war:

27The number of them, I say, of the tribe of Judah, was three score and fourteen thousand, and six hundred.

28Of the sons of Issachar by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war:

29The number of them also of the tribe of Issachar was four and fifty thousand, and four hundred.

30Of the sons of Zebulun by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above: all that went forth to war:

31The number of them also of the tribe of Zebulun was seven and fifty thousand and four hundred.

32Of the sons of Joseph, namely of the sons of Ephraim by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war:

33The number of them also of the tribe of Ephraim was forty thousand and five hundred.

34Of the sons of Manasseh by their generations, by their families and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war:

35The number of them also of the tribe of Manasseh was two and thirty thousand and two hundred.

36Of the sons of Benjamin by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war:

37The number of them also of the tribe of Benjamin was five and thirty thousand and four hundred.

38Of the sons of Dan by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war:

39The number of them also of the tribe of Dan was three score and two thousand, and seven hundred.

40Of the sons of Asher by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went forth to war:

41The number of them also of the tribe of Asher was one and forty thousand and five hundred.

42Of the children of Naphtali, by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, all that went to the war:

43The number of them also of the tribe of Naphtali was three and fifty thousand, and four hundred.

44These are the sums which Moses, and Aaron numbered, and the Princes of Israel, the twelve men which were every one for the house of their fathers.

45So this was all the sum of the sons of Israel, by the houses of their fathers, from twenty years old and above, all that went to the war in Israel.

46And all they were in number six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

47But the Levites, after the tribes of their fathers were not numbered among them.

48For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and said,

49Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel.

50But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all the instruments thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the Tabernacle, and all the instruments thereof, and shall minister in it, and shall dwell round about the Tabernacle.

51And when the Tabernacle goeth forth, the Levites shall take it down: and when the Tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: for the stranger that cometh near, shall be slain.

52Also the children of Israel shall pitch their tents every man in his camp, and every man under his standard throughout their armies.

53But the Levites shall pitch round about the Tabernacle of the Testimony, lest vengeance come upon the Congregation of the children of Israel, and the Levites shall take the charge of the Tabernacle of the Testimony.

54So the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses: so did they.