Numbers 1:50 - Prayer Tents

A Census of Israel is Taken

1In the Sinai desert, the Lord spoke to Moses inside the Tent of Meeting on the first day of the second month of the second year after they had left the land of Egypt. He said,H3068H1696H4872H4057H5514H168H4150H259H8145H2320H8145H8141H3318H776H4714H559

2"Take a census of the entire Israelite community, numbering them by their tribes and by ancestral houses. List the names of every male one-by-one,H5375H7218H5712H1121H3478H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H2145H1538

3from 20 years and upward. You and Aaron are to register everyone in Israel who is able to go to war, company by company.H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635H3478H175H6485H6635

4One man from each tribe is to accompany you, each man being the leader of his ancestral house.H376H376H4294H376H7218H1004H1

5"Here is a list of names of the men who are to assist you: "From Reuben: Shedeur's son Elizur.H8034H582H5975H7205H468H1121H7707

6From Simeon: Zurishaddai's son Shelumiel.H8095H8017H1121H6701

7From Judah: Amminadab's son Nahshon.H3063H5177H1121H5992

8From Issachar: Zuar's son Nethanel.H3485H5417H1121H6686

9From Zebulun: Helon's son Eliab.H2074H446H1121H2497

10"From Joseph's descendants through Ephraim: Ammihud's son Elishama. From Manasseh: Pedahzur's son Gamaliel.H1121H3130H669H476H1121H5989H4519H1583H1121H6301

11From Benjamin: Gideoni's son Abidan.H1144H27H1121H1441

12From Dan: Ammishaddai's son Ahiezer.H1835H295H1121H5996

13From Asher: Ochran's son Pagiel.H836H6295H1121H5918

14From Gad: Deuel's son Eliasaph.H1410H460H1121H1845

15From Naphtali: Enan's son Ahira."H5321H299H1121H5881

16These men were appointed from within their communities, since they were leaders of their ancestral houses and heads of the tribes of Israel.H7148H7121H5712H5387H4294H1H7218H505H1992H3478

17Moses and Aaron gathered these men who had been mentioned by name.H4872H175H3947H582H5344H8034

18They assembled the entire community together during the second month. Then they recorded their ancestries according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as well as the names of the men 20 years old and above individually,H6950H5712H6950H259H8145H2320H3205H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H1538

19just as the Lord had commanded Moses. He numbered them in the Sinai desert.H3068H6680H4872H6485H4057H5514

Numbering the Tribes

20The genealogies of the descendants of Reuben, the first born of Israel, were recorded individually according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.H1121H7205H3478H1060H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H1538H2145H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635

21Those registered with the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.H6485H4294H7205H705H8337H505H2568H3967

22The genealogies of Simeon's descendants were recorded individually according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.H1121H8095H8435H4940H1004H1H6485H4557H8034H1538H2145H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635

23Those registered with the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.1H6485H4294H8095H2572H8672H505H7969H3967

24The genealogies of Gad's descendants were recorded individually according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.H1121H1410H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635

25Those registered with the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.H6485H4294H1410H705H2568H505H8337H3967H2572

26The genealogies of Judah's descendants were recorded individually according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.H1121H3063H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635

27Those registered with the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.H6485H4294H3063H7657H702H505H8337H3967

28The genealogies of Issachar's descendants were recorded individually according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.H1121H3485H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635

29Those registered with the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.H6485H4294H3485H2572H702H505H702H3967

30The genealogies of Zebulun's descendants were recorded individually according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.H1121H2074H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635

31Those registered with the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.H6485H4294H2074H2572H7651H505H702H3967

32The genealogies of Joseph's descendants were recorded individually according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.H1121H3130H1121H669H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635

33Those registered with the tribe of Joseph numbered 40,500.H6485H4294H669H705H505H2568H3967

34The genealogies of Manasseh's descendants were recorded individually according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.H1121H4519H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635

35Those registered with the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.H6485H4294H4519H7970H8147H505H3967

36The genealogies of Benjamin's descendants were recorded individually according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.H1121H1144H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635

37Those registered with the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.H6485H4294H1144H7970H2568H505H702H3967

38The genealogies of Dan's descendants were recorded individually according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.H1121H1835H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635

39Those registered with the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.H6485H4294H1835H8346H8147H505H7651H3967

40The genealogies of Asher's descendants were recorded individually according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.H1121H836H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635

41Those registered with the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.H6485H4294H836H705H259H505H2568H3967

42The genealogies of Naphtali's descendants were recorded individually according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.H1121H5321H8435H4940H1004H1H4557H8034H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635

43Those registered with the family of Naphtali numbered 53,400.H6485H4294H5321H2572H7969H505H702H3967

44Moses and Aaron registered these individuals were the ones whom Moses and Aaron registered from the twelve leaders of Israel, each person from his ancestral house.H6485H4872H175H6485H5387H3478H6240H8147H376H376H259H1004H1

45Everyone was numbered from the descendants of Israel, from their ancestral houses, from all the men who were 20 years and above and who could serve in the army.H6485H1121H3478H1004H1H6242H8141H1121H4605H3318H6635H3478

46The total of all those who were numbered was 603,550.H6485H8337H3967H505H7969H505H2568H3967H2572

Exemption of the Tribe of Levi from the Census

47The Levites were not counted according to their ancestral housesH3881H4294H1H6485H8432

48because the Lord had ordered Moses:H3068H1696H4872H559

49"Be sure not to number or count the tribe of Levi with the rest of the Israelites.H6485H4294H3878H5375H7218H8432H1121H3478

50Instead, appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all the vessels, and everything in it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels in it. They are to attend to it and camp around it.H6485H3881H4908H5715H3627H5375H4908H3627H8334H2583H5439H4908

51Whenever the tabernacle is ready for travel, the Levites are to take it down. "When it's time to encamp, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who approaches it is to be executed.H4908H5265H3881H3381H4908H2583H3881H6965H2114H7131H4191

52Then the Israelites are to encamp around the tabernacle, arranged according to their company and the standard of their army.H1121H3478H2583H376H4264H376H1714H6635

53But the Levites are to encamp on all sides of the tabernacle of the testimony so that divine wrath won't fall on the congregation of Israel. The Levites are to take care of the tabernacle of the testimony."1H3881H2583H5439H4908H5715H7110H5712H1121H3478H3881H8104H4931H4908H5715

54The Israelites observed everything that the Lord had commanded Moses, doing exactly what they were told.H1121H3478H6213H3068H6680H4872H6213