1 T he 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 came out of the land of Egypt, saying,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, saying:

2 T ake a census of all the males of the congregation of the Israelites by families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, head by head.

`Take ye up the sum of all the company of the sons of Israel by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names -- every male by their polls;

3 F rom twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go forth to war you and Aaron shall number, company by company.

from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;

4 A nd with you there shall be a man from each tribe, each being the head of his father’s house.

and with you there is a man for a tribe, each is a head to the house of his fathers.

5 A nd these are the names of the men who shall attend you: Of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

`And these the names of the men who stand with you: `For Reuben -- Elizur son of Shedeur.

6 O f Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

`For Simeon -- Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

7 O f Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

`For Judah -- Nahshon son of Amminadab.

8 O f Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

`For Issachar -- Nathaneel son of Zuar.

9 O f Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

`For Zebulun -- Eliab son of Helon.

10 O f the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

`For the sons of Joseph -- for Ephraim: Elishama son of Ammihud: for Manasseh -- Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

11 O f Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

`For Benjamin -- Abidan son of Gideoni.

12 O f Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

`For Dan -- Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

13 O f Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran;

`For Asher -- Pagiel son of Ocran.

14 O f Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

`For Gad -- Eliasaph son of Deuel.

15 O f Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.

`For Naphtali -- Ahira son of Enan.'

16 T hese were those chosen from the congregation, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, heads of thousands in Israel.

These those called of the company, princes of the tribes of their fathers; they heads of the thousands of Israel.

17 A nd Moses and Aaron took these men who have been named,

And Moses taketh -- Aaron also -- these men, who were defined by name,

18 A nd assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and they declared their ancestry after their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,

and all the company they assembled on the first of the second month, and they declare their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names from a son of twenty years and upward, by their polls,

19 A s the Lord commanded Moses. So he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.

as Jehovah hath commanded Moses; and he numbereth them in the wilderness of Sinai.

20 T he sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, 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:

And the sons of Reuben, Israel's first-born -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, by their polls, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --

21 T hose of the tribe of Reuben numbered 46, 500.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Reuben, are six and forty thousand and five hundred.

22 O f the sons of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those numbered of them 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:

Of the sons of Simeon -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, its numbered ones in the number of names, by their polls, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --

23 T hose of the tribe of Simeon numbered 59, 300.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Simeon, nine and fifty thousand and three hundred.

24 O f the sons of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Of the sons of Gad -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --

25 T hose of the tribe of Gad numbered 45, 650.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Gad, five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty.

26 O f the sons of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war:

Of the sons of Judah -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --

27 T hose of the tribe of Judah numbered 74, 600.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Judah, four and seventy thousand and six hundred.

28 O f the sons of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war:

Of the sons of Issachar -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --

29 T hose of the tribe of Issachar numbered 54, 400.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Issachar, four and fifty thousand and four hundred.

30 O f the sons of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war:

Of the sons of Zebulun -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --

31 T hose of the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57, 400.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Zebulun, seven and fifty thousand and four hundred.

32 O f the sons of Joseph: the sons of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war:

Of the sons of Joseph -- of the sons of Ephraim -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --

33 T hose of the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40, 500.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Ephraim, forty thousand and five hundred.

34 O f the sons of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war:

Of the sons of Manasseh -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --

35 T hose of the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32, 200.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Manasseh, two and thirty thousand and two hundred.

36 O f the sons of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war:

Of the sons of Benjamin -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --

37 T hose of the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35, 400.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Benjamin, five and thirty thousand and four hundred.

38 O f the sons of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war:

Of the sons of Dan -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --

39 T hose of the tribe of Dan numbered 62, 700.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Dan, two and sixty thousand and seven hundred.

40 O f the sons of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war:

Of the sons of Asher -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --

41 T hose of the tribe of Asher numbered 41, 500.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Asher, one and forty thousand and five hundred.

42 O f the sons of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war:

the sons of Naphtali -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host --

43 T hose of the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53, 400.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Naphtali, three and fifty thousand and four hundred.

44 T hese were numbered by Moses and Aaron, and the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each representing his father’s house.

These those numbered, whom Moses numbered -- Aaron also, and the princes of Israel, twelve men -- each for the house of his fathers, they have been.

45 S o all those numbered of the Israelites, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, able to go to war in Israel,

And they are, all those numbered of the sons of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel,

46 A ll who were numbered were 603, 550.

yea, all those numbered are six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.

47 B ut the Levites by their fathers’ tribe were not numbered with them.

And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst,

48 F or the Lord had said to Moses,

seeing Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

49 O nly the tribe of Levi you shall not number in the census of the Israelites.

`Only, the tribe of Levi thou dost not number, and their sum thou dost not take up in the midst of the sons of Israel;

50 B ut appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its vessels and furnishings and all things that belong to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall minister to it and encamp around it.

and thou, appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all that it hath; they bear the tabernacle, and all its vessels, and they serve it; and round about the tabernacle they encamp.

51 W hen the tabernacle is to go forward, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And the excluded who approach the tabernacle shall be put to death.

`And in the journeying of the tabernacle, the Levites take it down, and in the encamping of the tabernacle, the Levites raise it up; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.'

52 T he Israelites shall pitch their tents by their companies, every man by his own camp and every man by his own standard.

And the sons of Israel have encamped, each by his camp, and each by his standard, by their hosts;

53 B ut the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath upon the congregation of the Israelites; and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.

and the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony; and there is no wrath on the company of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have kept the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.

54 T hus did the Israelites; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they did.

And the sons of Israel do according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses; so they have done.