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NUMBERS
NUMBERS: CHAPTER
1-2
The Census
of Israel's Warriors
1 Then the LORD spoke
to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the
first of the second month, in the second year after they had come out
of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 "Take a census of all the congregation of the
sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' households, according
to the number of names, every male, head by head
3 from twenty years old and upward, whoever is
able to go out to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall number them
by their armies.
4 "With you, moreover, there shall be a man of
each tribe, each one head of his father's household.
5 "These then are the names of the men who shall
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 they who were called of the congregation,
the leaders of their fathers' tribes; they were the heads of divisions
of Israel."
17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who
had been designated by name,
18 and they assembled all the congregation together
on the first of the second month. Then they registered by ancestry in
their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number
of names, from twenty years old and upward, head by head,
19 just as the LORD had
commanded Moses. So he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20 Now the sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn,
their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers'
households, according to the number of names, head by head, every male
from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out
to war,
21 their numbered men of the tribe of Reuben
were 46,500.
22 Of the sons of Simeon, their genealogical
registration by their families, by their fathers' households, their
numbered men, according to the number of names, head by head, every
male from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go
out to war,
23 their numbered men of the tribe of Simeon
were 59,300.
24 Of the sons of Gad, their genealogical
registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according
to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was
able to go out to war,
25 their numbered men of the tribe of Gad were
45,650.
26 Of the sons of Judah, their genealogical
registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according
to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was
able to go out to war,
27 their numbered men of the tribe of Judah were
74,600.
28 Of the sons of Issachar, their genealogical
registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according
to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was
able to go out to war,
29 their numbered men of the tribe of Issachar
were 54,400.
30 Of the sons of Zebulun, their genealogical
registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according
to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was
able to go out to war,
31 their numbered men of the tribe of Zebulun
were 57,400.
32 Of the sons of Joseph, namely,
of the sons of Ephraim, their genealogical registration by their families,
by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from
twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,
33 their numbered men of the tribe of Ephraim
were 40,500.
34 Of the sons of Manasseh, their genealogical
registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according
to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was
able to go out to war,
35 their numbered men of the tribe of Manasseh
were 32,200.
36 Of the sons of Benjamin, their genealogical
registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according
to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was
able to go out to war,
37 their numbered men of the tribe of Benjamin
were 35,400.
38 Of the sons of Dan, their genealogical
registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according
to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was
able to go out to war,
39 their numbered men of the tribe of Dan were
62,700.
40 Of the sons of Asher, their genealogical
registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according
to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was
able to go out to war,
41 their numbered men of the tribe of Asher were
41,500.
42 Of the sons of Naphtali, their genealogical
registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according
to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was
able to go out to war,
43 their numbered men of the tribe of Naphtali
were 53,400.
44 These are the ones who were numbered,
whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men,
each of whom was of his father's household.
45 So all the numbered men of the sons of Israel
by their fathers' households, from twenty years old and upward, whoever
was able to go out to war in Israel,
46 even all the numbered men were 603,550.
Levites Exempted
47 The Levites, however, were not numbered
among them by their fathers' tribe.
48 For the LORD had spoken
to Moses, saying,
49 "Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number,
nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel.
50 "But you shall appoint the Levites over the
tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings and over all
that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings,
and they shall take care of it; they shall also camp around the tabernacle.
51 "So when the tabernacle is to set out, the
Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encamps, the Levites
shall set it up. But the layman who comes near shall be put to death.
52 "The sons of Israel shall camp, each man by
his own camp, and each man by his own standard, according to their armies.
53 "But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle
of the testimony, so that there will be no wrath on the congregation
of the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle
of the testimony."
54 Thus the sons of Israel did; according to
all which the LORD had commanded Moses, so they
did.
NUMBERS: CHAPTER
2
Arrangement
of the Camps
1 Now the LORD spoke to
Moses and to Aaron, saying,
2 "The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his
own standard, with the banners of their fathers' households; they shall
camp around the tent of meeting at a distance.
3 "Now those who camp on the east side toward
the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, by
their armies, and the leader of the sons of Judah: Nahshon the son of
Amminadab,
4 and his army, even their numbered men, 74,600.
5 "Those who camp next to him shall be
the tribe of Issachar, and the leader of the sons of Issachar: Nethanel
the son of Zuar,
6 and his army, even their numbered men, 54,400.
7 "Then comes the tribe of Zebulun, and
the leader of the sons of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon,
8 and his army, even his numbered men, 57,400.
9 "The total of the numbered men of the camp
of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. They shall set out first.
10 "On the south side shall be
the standard of the camp of Reuben by their armies, and the leader of
the sons of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur,
11 and his army, even their numbered men, 46,500.
12 "Those who camp next to him shall be
the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the sons of Simeon: Shelumiel
the son of Zurishaddai,
13 and his army, even their numbered men, 59,300.
14 "Then comes the tribe of Gad, and the
leader of the sons of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel,
15 and his army, even their numbered men, 45,650.
16 "The total of the numbered men of the camp
of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And they shall set out second.
17 "Then the tent of meeting shall set
out with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; just
as they camp, so they shall set out, every man in his place by their
standards.
18 "On the west side shall be the
standard of the camp of Ephraim by their armies, and the leader of the
sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud,
19 and his army, even their numbered men, 40,500.
20 "Next to him shall be the tribe of
Manasseh, and the leader of the sons of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur,
21 and his army, even their numbered men, 32,200.
22 "Then comes the tribe of Benjamin,
and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni,
23 and his army, even their numbered men, 35,400.
24 "The total of the numbered men of the camp
of Ephraim: 108,100, by their armies. And they shall set out third.
25 "On the north side shall be
the standard of the camp of Dan by their armies, and the leader of the
sons of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai,
26 and his army, even their numbered men, 62,700.
27 "Those who camp next to him shall be
the tribe of Asher, and the leader of the sons of Asher: Pagiel the
son of Ochran,
28 and his army, even their numbered men, 41,500.
29 "Then comes the tribe of Naphtali,
and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan,
30 and his army, even their numbered men, 53,400.
31 "The total of the numbered men of the camp
of Dan was 157,600. They shall set out last by their standards."
32 These are the numbered men of the sons
of Israel by their fathers' households; the total of the numbered men
of the camps by their armies, 603,550.
33 The Levites, however, were not numbered among
the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded
Moses.
34 Thus the sons of Israel did; according to
all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they camped
by their standards, and so they set out, every one by his family according
to his father's household. |
