The Fourth Book of Moses: Numbers

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(Numbers 26:1–4)

Yahweh spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Sinai wilderness. This happened on the first day of the second month during the second year after the people of Israel had come out from the land of Egypt. Yahweh said,

“Conduct a census of all the men of Israel in each clan, in their fathers’ families. Count them by name. Count every male, each man

who is twenty years old or older. Count all who can fight as soldiers for Israel. You and Aaron must record the number of men in their armed groups.

A man from each tribe, a clan head, must serve with you as his tribe’s leader. Each leader must lead the men who will fight for his tribe.

The Leaders of the Tribes

These are the names of the leaders who must fight with you: from the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

from the tribe of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

from the tribe of Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

from the tribe of Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

from the tribe of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph, Elishama son of Ammihud; from the tribe of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

from the tribe of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

from the tribe of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

from the tribe of Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran;

from the tribe of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

and from the tribe of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”

These were the men appointed from the people. They led their ancestors’ tribes. They were the leaders of the clans in Israel.

The Number of Every Tribe

Moses and Aaron took these men, who were recorded by name,

and along with these men they assembled all the men of Israel on the first day of the second month. Then each man twenty years old and older identified his ancestry. He had to name the clans and families descended from his ancestors.

Then Moses recorded their numbers in the wilderness of Sinai, as Yahweh had commanded him to do.

From the descendants of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor’s clans and families.

They counted 46,500 men from the tribe of Reuben.

From the descendants of Simeon were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor’s clans and families.

They counted 59,300 men from the tribe of Simeon.

From the descendants of Gad were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor’s clans and families.

They counted 45,650 men from the tribe of Gad.

From the descendants of Judah were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor’s clans and families.

They counted 74,600 men from the tribe of Judah.

From the descendants of Issachar were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor’s clans and families.

They counted 54,400 men from the tribe of Issachar.

From the descendants of Zebulun were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor’s clans and families.

They counted 57,400 men from the tribe of Zebulun.

From the descendants of Ephraim son of Joseph were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor’s clans and families.

They counted 40,500 men from the tribe of Ephraim.

From the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor’s clans and families.

They counted 32,200 men from the tribe of Manasseh.

From the descendants of Benjamin were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor’s clans and families.

They counted 35,400 men from the tribe of Benjamin.

From the descendants of Dan were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor’s clans and families.

They counted 62,700 from the tribe of Dan.

From the descendants of Asher were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor’s clans and families.

They counted 41,500 men from the tribe of Asher.

From the descendants of Naphtali were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor’s clans and families.

They counted 53,400 from the tribe of Naphtali.

Moses and Aaron counted all these men, together with the twelve men who were leading the twelve tribes of Israel.

So all the men of Israel from twenty years old and older, all who could fight in war, were counted in each of their families.

They counted 603,550 men.

The Exemption of the Levites

But the men who were descended from Levi were not counted,

because Yahweh had said to Moses,

“You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the total of the people of Israel.

Instead, assign the Levites to care for the tabernacle of the covenant decrees, and to care for all the furnishings in the tabernacle and for everything in it. The Levites must carry the tabernacle, and they must carry the tabernacle’s furnishings. They must care for the tabernacle and make their camp around it.

When the tabernacle is to move to another place, the Levites must take it down. When the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites must set it up. Any stranger who comes near the tabernacle must be killed.

When the people of Israel set up their tents, each man must do so near the banner that belongs to his armed group.

However, the Levites must set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant decrees so that my anger does not come upon the people of Israel. The Levites must care for the tabernacle of the covenant decrees.”

The people of Israel did all these things. They did everything that Yahweh commanded through Moses.

(Numbers 26:1–4)

The LORD

(a)

spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one,

from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall count them by their divisions.

With you there shall be a man of every tribe, each one head of his fathers’ house.

The Leaders of the Tribes

These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.

Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.

Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.

Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.

Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”

These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes

(b)

of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

The Number of Every Tribe

Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.

They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.

As the LORD commanded Moses, so he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai.

The children of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those who were counted of it, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

Of the children of Joseph: of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.

Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.

Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

These are those who were counted, whom Moses and Aaron counted, and the twelve men who were princes of Israel, each one for his fathers’ house.

So all those who were counted of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel—

all those who were counted were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.

The Exemption of the Levites

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not counted among them.

For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not count, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;

but 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, and shall encamp around it.

When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.

But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel. The Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony.”

Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they did.

Fußnoten

(a)1:1 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.

(b)1:16 or, chiefs, or, leaders