1 And the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, Compare verse1 commentary
2 Take you the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; Compare verse
3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: you and Aaron shall number them by their armies. Compare verse
4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. Compare verse
5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. Compare verse
6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. Compare verse
15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. Compare verse
16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. Compare verse
17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: Compare verse
18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. Compare verse
19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. Compare verse
20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's oldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Compare verse
21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. Compare verse
22 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Compare verse
23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. Compare verse
24 Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Compare verse
25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. Compare verse
26 Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Compare verse
27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were three score and fourteen thousand and six hundred. Compare verse
28 Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Compare verse
29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. Compare verse
30 Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Compare verse
31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. Compare verse
32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Compare verse
33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. Compare verse
34 Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Compare verse
35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. Compare verse
36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Compare verse
37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. Compare verse
38 Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Compare verse
39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were three score and two thousand and seven hundred. Compare verse
40 Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Compare verse
41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. Compare verse
42 Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; Compare verse
43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. Compare verse
44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers. Compare verse
45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel; Compare verse
46 Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. Compare verse
47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. Compare verse
48 For the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying, Compare verse
49 Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: Compare verse
50 But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister to it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. Compare verse
51 And when the tabernacle sets forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. Compare verse
52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. Compare verse
53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. Compare verse
54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. Compare verse