1 ARST On the first day of the second month of the year after the Israelite people had left Egypt, Yahweh spoke to Moses in the sacred tent while in the desert wilderness around Sinai. Yahweh told him, BSB BSB: On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
2 ARST “Count the men among the whole Israelite community by their tribal groups and ancestral families. List by name all of the men, one by one. BSB BSB: “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
3 ARST { More specifically, list} the men who are at least 20 years old and can be soldiers. Count them with Aaron by their army divisions. BSB BSB: You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.
4 ARST One man from each tribe will help you{ and Aaron do this}. These men will lead their ancestral families. BSB BSB: And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.
5 ARST Their names are: Shedeur’ s son Elizur, who is from{ the tribe of} Reuben, BSB BSB: These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
6 ARST Zurishaddai’ s son Shelumiel, who is from{ the tribe of} Simeon, BSB BSB: from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
7 ARST Amminadab’ s son Nahshon, who is from{ the tribe of} Judah, BSB BSB: from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
8 ARST Zuar’ s son Nethanel, who is from{ the tribe of} Issachar, BSB BSB: from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
9 ARST Helon’ s son Eliab, who is from{ the tribe of} Zebulun, BSB BSB: from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
10 ARST Ammihud’ s son Elishama, who is from{ the tribe of} Joseph’ s son Ephraim, Pedahzur’ s son Gamaliel, who is from{ the tribe of} Joseph’ s son Manasseh, BSB BSB: from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
11 ARST Gideoni’ s son Abidan, who is from{ the tribe of} Benjamin, BSB BSB: from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
12 ARST Ammishaddai’ s son Ahiezer, who is from{ the tribe of} Dan, BSB BSB: from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
13 ARST Okran’ s son Pagiel, who is from{ the tribe of} Asher, BSB BSB: from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;
14 ARST Deuel’ s son Eliasaph, who is from{ the tribe of} Gad, BSB BSB: from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
15 ARST { and} Enan’ s son Ahira, who is from{ the tribe of} Naphtali.” BSB BSB: and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
16 ARST These men were those from the community whom Yahweh chose to lead their ancestral tribes. They led the Israelite tribal groups. BSB BSB: These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.
17 ARST Moses and Aaron summoned these men whom Yahweh had chosen by name. BSB BSB: So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,
18 ARST Moses and Aaron gathered the whole Israelite community on that same day. Then the men who were at least 20 years old registered themselves by name, one by one, according to their tribal groups, and their ancestral families. BSB BSB: and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,
19 ARST Moses did exactly what Yahweh ordered him{ to do}. He counted these men in the desert wilderness around Sinai. BSB BSB: just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:
20 ARST Moses and Aaron counted 46, 500 men who were at least 20 years old, could be soldiers, and had descended from Reuben, who was Jacob’ s oldest son. They listed the names of these men by their tribal groups and ancestral families, one by one. BSB BSB: From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
22 ARST Moses and Aaron counted 59, 300 men who were at least 20 years old, could be soldiers, and had descended from Simeon. They listed the names of these men by their tribal groups and ancestral families, one by one. BSB BSB: From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
24 ARST Moses and Aaron counted 45, 650 men who were at least 20 years old, could be soldiers, and had descended from Gad. They listed their names by their tribal groups and ancestral families. BSB BSB: From the sons of Gad, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
26 ARST Moses and Aaron counted 74, 600 men who were at least 20 years old, could be soldiers, and had descended from Judah. They listed their names by their tribal groups and ancestral families. BSB BSB: From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
28 ARST Moses and Aaron counted 54, 400 men who were at least 20 years old, could be soldiers, and had descended from Issachar. They listed their names by their tribal groups and ancestral families. BSB BSB: From the sons of Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
30 ARST Moses and Aaron counted 57, 400 men who were at least 20 years old, could be soldiers, and had descended from Zebulun. They listed their names by their tribal groups and ancestral families. BSB BSB: From the sons of Zebulun, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
32 ARST Moses and Aaron counted 40, 500 men who were at least 20 years old, could be soldiers, and had descended from Joseph’ s son Ephraim. They listed their names by their tribal groups and ancestral families. BSB BSB: From the sons of Joseph: From the sons of Ephraim, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
34 ARST Moses and Aaron counted 32, 200 men who were at least 20 years old, could be soldiers, and had descended from{ Joseph’ s son} Manasseh. They listed their names by their tribal groups and ancestral families. BSB BSB: And from the sons of Manasseh, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
36 ARST Moses and Aaron counted 35, 400 men who were at least 20 years old, could be soldiers, and had descended from Benjamin. They listed their names by their tribal groups and ancestral families. BSB BSB: From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
38 ARST Moses and Aaron counted 62, 700 men who were at least 20 years old, could be soldiers, and had descended from Dan. They listed their names by their tribal groups and ancestral families. BSB BSB: From the sons of Dan, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
40 ARST Moses and Aaron counted 41, 500 men who were at least 20 years old, could be soldiers, and had descended from Asher. They listed their names by their tribal groups and ancestral families. BSB BSB: From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
42 ARST { And} Moses and Aaron counted 53, 400 men who were at least 20 years old, could be soldiers, and had descended from Naphtali. They listed their names by their tribal groups and ancestral families. BSB BSB: From the sons of Naphtali, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
44 ARST Moses and Aaron counted{ all} these men. The 12 Israelite leaders, one from each ancestral family, helped them count{ the men}. BSB BSB: These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.
45 ARST These men were all the Israelites whom Moses, Aaron, and the 12 leaders counted by their ancestral families.{ These were the men} who were at least 20 years old and could be soldiers. BSB BSB: So all the Israelites twenty years of age or older who could serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.
46 ARST They counted 603, 550 men in total. BSB BSB: And all those counted totaled 603,550.
47 ARST However, they did not count the Levites by their ancestral tribe along with the other tribes. BSB BSB: The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
48 ARST { This is} because Yahweh told Moses, BSB BSB: For the LORD had said to Moses:
49 ARST “Do not count those who descended from Levi. Do not list them along with the{ other} Israelites. BSB BSB: “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.
50 ARST Moses, order the Levites to manage the sacred tent where the Ten Commandments are and every object in it. They alone must transport the sacred tent and every object in it. They alone must take care of it and pitch their tents around it. BSB BSB: Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
51 ARST The Levites must disassemble the sacred tent when the Israelites journey to another location, and the Levites must reconstruct it when the Israelites stay in a location. If anyone who is not a Levite approaches the sacred tent, the Levites must execute that person. BSB BSB: Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
52 ARST Israelites must set up their tents at their own campsites with their own tribal flags.{ They must set up their tents} by their army divisions. BSB BSB: The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.
53 ARST The Levites will set up their tents around the sacred tent where the Ten Commandments are, so that Yahweh does not become angry with the Israelite community. The Levites surely must take care of the sacred tent where the Ten Commandments are.” BSB BSB: But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
54 ARST So the Israelites did exactly everything that Yahweh had ordered Moses{ to tell them to do}. BSB BSB: Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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