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1And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land 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,
2Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;
3All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.
4And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.
5These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;
6From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;
7From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab;
8From Issachar, Nethanel, the son of Zuar;
9From Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon;
10Of the children of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur,
11From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;
12From Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai;
13From Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ochran;
14From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel;
15From Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan.
16These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.
17And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name;
18And they got together all the people on the first day of the second month; and everyone made clear his family and his father's house, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and over.
19As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai.
20The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;
21Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.
22The generations of the sons of Simeon were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;
23Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered.
24The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
25Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.
26The generations of the sons of Judah were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
27Seventy-four thousand, six hundred of the tribe of Judah were numbered.
28The generations of the sons of Issachar were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
29Fifty-four thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Issachar were numbered.
30The generations of the sons of Zebulun were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
31Fifty-seven thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Zebulun were numbered.
32The generations of the sons of Joseph were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
33Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.
34The generations of the sons of Manasseh were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
35Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered.
36The generations of the sons of Benjamin were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
37Thirty-five thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Benjamin were numbered.
38The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;
39Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.
40The generations of the sons of Asher were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
41Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered.
42The generations of the sons of Naphtali were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
43Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered.
44These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.
45So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their families, all those of twenty years old and over who were able to go to war,
46Were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
47But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.
48For the Lord said to Moses,
49Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel,
50But to them you are to give the care of the Tent of meeting with its vessels and everything in it: they are to take up the Tent, and be responsible for everything to do with it, and put up their tents round it.
51And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.
52The children of Israel are to put up their tents, every man in his tent-circle round his flag.
53But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.
54So the children of Israel did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
Numbers 2
1And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
2The children of Israel are to put up their tents in the order of their families, by the flags of their fathers' houses, facing the Tent of meeting on every side.
3Those whose tents are on the east side, looking to the dawn, will be round the flag of the children of Judah, with Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, as their chief.
4The number of his army was seventy-four thousand, six hundred.
5And nearest to him will be the tribe of Issachar, with Nethanel, the son of Zuar, as their chief.
6The number of his army was fifty-four thousand, four hundred.
7After him, the tribe of Zebulun, with Eliab, the son of Helon, as their chief.
8The number of his army was fifty-seven thousand, four hundred.
9The number of all the armies of Judah was a hundred and eighty-six thousand, four hundred. They go forward first.
10On the south side is the flag of the children of Reuben, in the order of their armies, with Elizur, the son of Shedeur, as their chief.
11The number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred.
12And nearest to him, the tribe of Simeon, with Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, as their chief.
13The number of his army was fifty-nine thousand, three hundred.
14Then the tribe of Gad, with Eliasaph, son of Reuel, as their chief.
15The number of his army was forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty.
16The number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second.
17Then the Tent of meeting is to go forward, with the tents of the Levites, in the middle of the armies; in the same order as their tents are placed, they are to go forward, every man under his flag.
18On the west side will be the flag of the children of Ephraim, with Elishama, the son of Ammihud, as their chief.
19The number of his army was forty thousand, five hundred.
20And by him the tribe of Manasseh with Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, as their chief.
21The number of his army was thirty-two thousand, two hundred.
22Then the tribe of Benjamin, with Abidan, the son of Gideoni, as their chief.
23The number of his army was thirty-five thousand, four hundred.
24The number of all the armies of Ephraim was a hundred and eight thousand, one hundred. They go forward third.
25On the north side will be the flag of the children of Dan, with Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, as their chief.
26The number of his army was sixty-two thousand, seven hundred.
27Nearest to him will be the tribe of Asher, with Pagiel, the son of Ochran, as their chief.
28The number of his army was forty-one thousand, five hundred;
29Then the tribe of Naphtali, with Ahira, the son of Enan, as their chief.
30The number of his army was fifty-three thousand, four hundred.
31The number of all the armies in the tents of Dan was a hundred and fifty-seven thousand, six hundred. They will go forward last, by their flags.
32These are all who were numbered of the children of Israel, in the order of their fathers' families: all the armies in their tents together came to six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
33But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.
34So the children of Israel did as the Lord said to Moses, so they put up their tents by their flags, and they went forward in the same order, by their families, and by their fathers' houses.
Numbers 3
1Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day when the word of the Lord came to Moses on Mount Sinai.
2These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the oldest, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests, on whom the holy oil was put, who were marked out as priests.
4And Nadab and Abihu were put to death before the Lord when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord, in the waste land of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests before Aaron their father.
5And the Lord said to Moses,
6Make the tribe of Levi come near, and put them before Aaron the priest, to be his helpers,
7In order that they may be responsible to him and to all Israel for the care of the Tent of meeting, and to do the work of the House;
8And they will have the care of all the vessels of the Tent of meeting, and will do for the children of Israel all the necessary work of the House.
9Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; so that they may be his without question from among the children of Israel.
10And give orders that Aaron and his sons are to keep their place as priests; any strange person who comes near is to be put to death.
11And the Lord said to Moses,
12See, I have taken the Levites out of the children of Israel to be mine in place of the first sons of the children of Israel;
13For all the first sons are mine; on the day when I put to death all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I took for myself every first male birth of man and beast. They are mine; I am the Lord.
14And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai,
15Let all the children of Levi be numbered by their families and their fathers' houses; let every male of a month old and over be numbered.
16So Moses did as the Lord said, numbering them as he had been ordered.
17These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families: Libni and Shimei.
19And the sons of Kohath, by their families: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel.
20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites in the order of their fathers' houses.
21From Gershon come the Libnites and the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.
22Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.
23The tents of the Gershonites are to be placed at the back of the House, to the west.
24The chief of the Gershonites is Eliasaph, the son of Lael.
25In the Tent of meeting, the Gershonites are to have the care of the House, and the Tent with its cover, and the veil for the door of the Tent of meeting,
26And the hangings for the open space round the House and the altar, and the curtain for its doorway, and all the cords needed for its use.
27From Kohath come the Amramites and the Izharites and the Hebronites and the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.
28Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were eight thousand, six hundred, who were responsible for the care of the holy place.
29The tents of the Kohathites are to be placed on the south side of the House.
30Their chief is Elizaphan, the son of Uzziel.
31In their care are the ark, and the table, and the lights, and the altars, and all the vessels used in the holy place, and the veil, and all they are used for.
32Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, will be head over all the Levites and overseer of those responsible for the care of the holy place.
33From Merari come the Mahlites and the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.
34Those who were numbered of them, the males of a month old and over, were six thousand, two hundred.
35The chief of the families of Merari was Zuriel, the son of Abihail: their tents are to be placed on the north side of the House.
36And in their care are to be all the boards of the Tent, with their rods and pillars and bases, and all the instruments, and all they are used for,
37And the pillars of the open space round it, with their bases and nails and cords.
38And those whose tents are to be placed on the east side of the House in front of the Tent of meeting, looking to the dawn, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, who will do the work of the holy place for the children of Israel; and any strange person who comes near will be put to death.
39All the Levites numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord, all the males of one month old and over numbered in the order of their families, were twenty-two thousand.
40And the Lord said to Moses, Let all the first male children be numbered, and take the number of their names.
41And give to me the Levites (I am the Lord) in place of the first sons of the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of the first births among the cattle of the children of Israel.
42So Moses had all the first sons among the children of Israel numbered, as the Lord said to him.
43Every first son from a month old and over was numbered by name, and the number came to twenty-two thousand, two hundred and seventy-three.
44And the Lord said to Moses,
45Take the Levites in place of all the first sons of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle; the Levites are to be mine; I am the Lord.
46And the price you have to give for the two hundred and seventy-three first sons of the children of Israel which are in addition to the number of the Levites,
47Will be five shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place (the shekel is twenty gerahs);
48And this money, the price of those over the number of the Levites, is to be given to Aaron and his sons.
49So Moses took the money, the price of those whose place had not been taken by the Levites;
50From the first sons of Israel he took it, a thousand, three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the scale of the holy place;
51And he gave the money to Aaron and his sons, as the Lord had said.
Numbers 4
1And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
2Let the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, be numbered by their families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
3All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.
4And this is to be the work of the sons of Kohath in connection with the most holy things.
5When all the people go forward, Aaron is to go in with his sons, and take down the veil of the curtain, covering the ark of witness with it;
6And putting over it the leather cover and over that a blue cloth; and putting its rods in place.
7And on the table of the holy bread they are to put a blue cloth, and on it all the vessels, the spoons and the basins and the cups; and the holy bread with them;
8And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in their places.
9And they are to take a blue cloth, covering with it the light-support with its lights and its instruments and its trays and all the oil vessels which are used for it:
10All these they are to put in a leather cover, and put it on the frame.
11On the gold altar they are to put a blue cloth, covering it with a leather cover; and they are to put its rods in their places.
12All the vessels which are used in the holy place they are to put in a blue cloth, covering them with a leather cover, and put them on the frame.
13And they are to take away the burned waste from the altar, and put a purple cloth on it;
14Placing on the cloth all its vessels, the fire-baskets, the meat-hooks, the spades, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; they are to put a leather cover over all these, and put its rods in their places.
15And after the holy place and all its vessels have been covered up by Aaron and his sons, when the tents of the people go forward, the sons of Kohath are to come and take it up; but the holy things may not be touched by them for fear of death.
16And Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, is to be responsible for the oil for the light, and the sweet perfumes for burning, and the regular meal offering, and the holy oil; the House and the holy place and everything in it will be in his care.
17And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
18Do not let the family of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites;
19But do this to them, so that life and not death may be theirs when they come near the most holy things; let Aaron and his sons go in and give to every one his work and that which he is to take up;
20But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.
21And the Lord said to Moses,
22Let the sons of Gershon be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
23All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.
24This is to be the work of the Gershonites, the things they are to do and take up.
25They are to take up the curtains of the House, and the Tent of meeting with its cover and the leather cover over it, and the hangings for the door of the Tent of meeting;
26And the hangings for the open space round the House and the altar, and the curtain for its doorway, with the cords and all the things used for them; whatever is necessary for these, they are to do.
27From the mouth of Aaron and his sons the Gershonites will have word about all the things they are to do and take up; you are to give them their orders.
28This is the work of the family of the Gershonites in the Tent of meeting, and they will be under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
29The sons of Merari are to be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
30Every one from thirty to fifty years old who is able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.
31And this is their part in the work of the Tent of meeting: the transport of the boards and the rods of the Tent, with the pillars and their bases;
32And the pillars of the open space outside it, with their bases and their nails and cords and all the instruments used, and everything which has to be done there; all the instruments for which they are responsible are to be numbered by name.
33This is the work which the sons of Merari are to do in connection with the Tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
34So Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people took in hand the numbering of the sons of the Kohathites, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
35Numbering all those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work in the Tent of meeting;
36And the number of all these was two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.
37This is the number of those of the Kohathites who did the work in the Tent of meeting, as they were numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord.
38And those of the sons of Gershon who were numbered by families,
39All those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work in the Tent of meeting,
40Who were numbered by families in the order of their fathers' houses, were two thousand, six hundred and thirty.
41This is the number of the sons of Gershon who did the work in the Tent of meeting, as they were numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord.
42And those of the sons of Merari who were numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,
43All those from thirty to fifty years old who did the work in the Tent of meeting,
44Who were numbered by families, were three thousand, two hundred.
45This is the number of the sons of Merari, numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord.
46And all the Levites who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,
47Those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work of the Tent of meeting and of its transport,
48Came to eight thousand, five hundred and eighty.
49At the order of the Lord they were numbered by Moses, every one in relation to his work and to his part in the transport; so they were numbered by Moses at the order of the Lord.