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 came out of the land of Egypt, saying 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; ³ From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forward to war in Israel: you and Aaron will number them by their armies. ⁴ And with you there will be a man of every tribe every one head of the house of his fathers. ⁵ And these are the names of the men that will stand with you: of the tribe 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 Nethaneel the son of Zuar. ⁹ Of Zebulun Eliab the son of Helon. ¹⁰ Of the children 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 Ocran. ¹⁴ Of Gad Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ¹⁵ Of Naphtali Ahira the son of Enan. ¹⁶ These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. ¹⁷ And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names 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. ¹⁹ As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 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 forward to war; ²¹ Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 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 forward to war; ²³ Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 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 forward to war; ²⁵ Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. 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 forward to war; ²⁷ Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand and six hundred. 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 forward to war; ²⁹ Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 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 forward to war; ³¹ Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 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 forward to war; ³³ Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. 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 forward to war; ³⁵ Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 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 forward to war; ³⁷ Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 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 forward to war; ³⁹ Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand and seven hundred. 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 forward to war; ⁴¹ Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 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 forward to war; ⁴³ Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 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. 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 forward to war in Israel; ⁴⁶ Even all those were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. ⁴⁷ But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. ⁴⁸ For the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying, ⁴⁹ Only you will not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel ⁵⁰ But you will appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels of it, and over all things that belong to it: they will bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it; and they will minister to it, and will encamp round about the tabernacle. ⁵¹ And when the tabernacle sets forward, the Levites will take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites will set it up: and the stranger that comes near will be put to death. ⁵² And the children of Israel will pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. ⁵³ But the Levites will pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites will keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. ⁵⁴ And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.