Numbers 1

Registration of Israel’s Troops

1A year after Israel's departure from Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tabernacle

in the wilderness of Sinai. On the first day of the second month of that year he said,H3068H1696H4872H4057H5514H168H4150H259H8145H2320H8145H8141H3318H776H4714H5592"From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the menH5375H7218H5712H1121H3478H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H2145H15383twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops,H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635H3478H175H6485H66354and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe.H376H376H4294H376H7218H1004H15"These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you: Tribe Leader Reuben Elizur son of ShedeurH8034H582H5975H7205H468H1121H77076Simeon Shelumiel son of ZurishaddaiH8095H8017H1121H67017Judah Nahshon son of AmminadabH3063H5177H1121H59928Issachar Nethanel son of ZuarH3485H5417H1121H66869Zebulun Eliab son of HelonH2074H446H1121H249710Ephraim son of Joseph Elishama son of Ammihud Manasseh son of Joseph Gamaliel son of PedahzurH1121H3130H669H476H1121H5989H4519H1583H1121H630111Benjamin Abidan son of GideoniH1144H27H1121H144112Dan Ahiezer son of AmmishaddaiH1835H295H1121H599613Asher Pagiel son of OcranH836H6295H1121H591814Gad Eliasaph son of DeuelH1410H460H1121H184515Naphtali Ahira son of EnanH5321H299H1121H588116These are the chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel."H7148H7121H5712H5387H4294H1H7218H505H1992H347817So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders,H4872H175H3947H582H5344H803418and they assembled the whole community of Israel on that very day

. All the people were registered according to their ancestry by their clans and families. The men of Israel who were twenty years old or older were listed one by one,H6950H5712H6950H259H8145H2320H3205H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H153819just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses recorded their names in the wilderness of Sinai.H3068H6680H4872H6485H4057H551420This is the number of men twenty years old or older who were able to go to war, as their names were listed in the records of their clans and families

:H1121H7205H3478H1060H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H1538H2145H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H663521Tribe Number Reuben (Jacob's

oldest son) 46,500H6485H4294H7205H705H8337H505H2568H396722SimeonH1121H8095H8435H4940H1004H1H6485H4557H8034H1538H2145H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H66352359,300H6485H4294H8095H2572H8672H505H7969H396724GadH1121H1410H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H66352545,650H6485H4294H1410H705H2568H505H8337H3967H257226JudahH1121H3063H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H66352774,600H6485H4294H3063H7657H702H505H8337H396728IssacharH1121H3485H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H66352954,400H6485H4294H3485H2572H702H505H702H396730ZebulunH1121H2074H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H66353157,400H6485H4294H2074H2572H7651H505H702H396732Ephraim son of JosephH1121H3130H1121H669H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H66353340,500H6485H4294H669H705H505H2568H396734Manasseh son of JosephH1121H4519H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H66353532,200H6485H4294H4519H7970H8147H505H396736BenjaminH1121H1144H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H66353735,400H6485H4294H1144H7970H2568H505H702H396738DanH1121H1835H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H66353962,700H6485H4294H1835H8346H8147H505H7651H396740AsherH1121H836H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H66354141,500H6485H4294H836H705H259H505H2568H396742NaphtaliH1121H5321H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H66354353,400H6485H4294H5321H2572H7969H505H702H396744These were the men registered by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, all listed according to their ancestral descent.H6485H4872H175H6485H5387H3478H6240H8147H376H376H259H1004H145They were registered by families—all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war.H6485H1121H3478H1004H1H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635H347846The total number was 603,550.H6485H8337H3967H505H7969H505H2568H3967H257247But this total did not include the Levites.H3881H4294H1H6485H843248For the LORD had said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H55949"Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites.H6485H4294H3878H5375H7218H8432H1121H347850Put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Covenant

, along with all its furnishings and equipment. They must carry the Tabernacle and all its furnishings as you travel, and they must take care of it and camp around it.H6485H3881H4908H5715H3627H5375H4908H3627H8334H2583H5439H490851Whenever it is time for the Tabernacle to move, the Levites will take it down. And when it is time to stop, they will set it up again. But any unauthorized person who goes too near the Tabernacle must be put to death.H4908H5265H3881H3381H4908H2583H3881H6965H2114H7131H419152Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner.H1121H3478H2583H376H4264H376H1714H663553But the Levites will camp around the Tabernacle of the Covenant to protect the community of Israel from the LORD's anger. The Levites are responsible to stand guard around the Tabernacle."H3881H2583H5439H4908H5715H7110H5712H1121H3478H3881H8104H4931H4908H571554So the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.H1121H3478H6213H3068H6680H4872H6213