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Numbers 1
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.
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 2
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.
Numbers 3
1 Now these are the records of the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
2 These
then are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he
ordained to serve as priests.
4 But Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no
children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of their father Aaron.
5 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
6 "Bring the tribe of Levi
near and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.
7 "They shall perform the duties for him and for the whole congregation before the tent of
meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8 "They shall also keep all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the duties of the sons of Israel, to
do the service of the tabernacle.
9 "You shall thus give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the sons of Israel.
10
"So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons that they may keep their priesthood, but the layman who comes near shall be put to death."
11 Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
12 "Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first issue of
the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.
13 "For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of
Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast. They shall be Mine; I am the Lord."
14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15 "Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' households, by their families; every male
from a month old and upward you shall number."
16 So Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, just as he had been commanded.
17 These then are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei;
19 and the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;
20 and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of
the Levites according to their fathers' households.
21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the
Gershonites.
22 Their numbered men, in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, even their numbered men were 7,500.
23 The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward,
24 and the leader of the fathers' households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son
of Lael.
25 Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the doorway of the tent
of meeting,
26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the doorway of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords, according to all
the service concerning them.
27 Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites and the family of the Izharites and the family of the Hebronites and the family of the
Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.
28 In the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, performing the duties of the
sanctuary.
29 The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the southward side of the tabernacle,
30 and the leader of the fathers' households of the
Kohathite families was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31 Now their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with
which they minister, and the screen, and all the service concerning them;
32 and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was the chief of the leaders of Levi, and had the
oversight of those who perform the duties of the sanctuary.
33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of
Merari.
34 Their numbered men in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, were 6,200.
35 The leader of the fathers' households of the families of
Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the northward side of the tabernacle.
36 Now the appointed duties of the sons of Merari involved the frames
of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its equipment, and the service concerning them,
37 and the pillars around the court with their sockets and their pegs and their cords.
38 Now those who were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of
meeting toward the sunrise, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary for the obligation of the sons of Israel; but the layman coming near
was to be put to death.
39 All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the command of the Lord by their families, every male from a month old
and upward, were 22,000.
40 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Number every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and make a list of their
names.
41 "You shall take the Levites for Me, I am the Lord, instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all
the firstborn among the cattle of the sons of Israel."
42 So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded him;
43
and all the firstborn males by the number of names from a month old and upward, for their numbered men were 22,273.
44 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
45
"Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am the Lord.
46 "For
the ransom of the 273 of the firstborn of the sons of Israel who are in excess beyond the Levites,
47 you shall take five shekels apiece, per head; you shall take them
in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs),
48 and give the money, the ransom of those who are in excess among them, to Aaron and to his
sons."
49 So Moses took the ransom money from those who were in excess, beyond those ransomed by the Levites;
50 from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he
took the money in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 1,365.
51 Then Moses gave the ransom money to Aaron and to his sons, at the command of the Lord, just as the
Lord had commanded Moses.
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