Dual PanelIsrael in the wilderness of Sinai
1ON the first day of the second month in the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the wilderness of Sinai. He said:
2“Make a census of the whole community of Israel by families in the father's line, recording the name of every male person
3aged twenty years and upwards fit for military service. You and Aaron are to make a list of them by their tribal hosts,
4and to assist you you will have one head of family from each tribe.
5These are their names: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
6from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
7from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
8from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
9from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
10from Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
11from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
12from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
13from Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran;
14from Gad, Eliasaph son of Reuel;
15from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
16These were the representatives of the community, chiefs of their fathers' tribes and heads of Israelite clans.
17Moses and Aaron took those men who had been indicated by name,
18and on the first day of the second month they summoned the whole community, and recorded every male person aged twenty years and upwards, registering their descent by families in the father's line,
19as the LORD had commanded Moses. He drew up the lists as follows in the wilderness of Sinai.
20The tribal list of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by families in the father's line, with the name of every male person aged twenty years and upwards fit for service,
21the number in the list of the tribe of Reuben being forty-six thousand five hundred.
22The tribal list of Simeon, by families in the father's line, with the name of every male person aged twenty years and upwards fit for service,
23the number in the list of the tribe of Simeon being fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24The tribal list of Gad, by families in the father's line, with the names of all men aged twenty years and upwards fit for service,
25the number in the list of the tribe of Gad being forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26The tribal list of Judah, by families in the father's line, with the names of all men aged twenty years and upwards fit for service,
27the number in the list of the tribe of Judah being seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28The tribal list of Issachar, by families in the father's line, with the names of all men aged twenty years and upwards fit for service,
29the number in the list of the tribe of Issachar being fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30The tribal list of Zebulun, by families in the father's line, with the names of all men aged twenty years and upwards fit for service,
31the number in the list of the tribe of Zebulun being fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32The tribal lists of Joseph: that of Ephraim, by families in the father's line, with the names of all men aged twenty years and upwards fit for service,
33the number in the list of the tribe of Ephraim being forty thousand five hundred;
34that of Manasseh, by families in the father's line, with the names of all men aged twenty years and upwards fit for service,
35the number in the list of the tribe of Manasseh being thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36The tribal list of Benjamin, by families in the father's line, with the names of all men aged twenty years and upwards fit for service,
37the number in the list of the tribe of Benjamin being thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38The tribal list of Dan, by families in the father's line, with the names of all men aged twenty years and upwards fit for service,
39the number in the list of the tribe of Dan being sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40The tribal list of Asher, by families in the father's line, with the names of all men aged twenty years and upwards fit for service,
41the number in the list of the tribe of Asher being forty-one thousand five hundred.
42The tribal list of Naphtali, by families in the father's line, with the names of all men aged twenty years and upwards fit for service,
43the number in the list of the tribe of Naphtali being fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44These were the numbers recorded in the lists by Moses, Aaron, and the twelve chiefs of Israel, each representing one tribe and being the head of a family.
45The total number of Israelites aged twenty years and upwards fit for service, recorded in the lists of fathers' families,
46was six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
47A list of the Levites by their fathers' families was not made.
48The LORD said to Moses,
49“You are not to record the total number of the Levites or make a census of them among the Israelites.
50You are to put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Testimony with all its equipment and everything in it. They will carry the Tabernacle and all its equipment; they alone will be its attendants and pitch their tents round it.
51The Levites will take the Tabernacle down when it is due to move and put it up when it halts; any lay person who comes near it must be put to death.
52The other Israelites will pitch their tents, each tribal host in its proper camp and under its own standard.
53But the Levites are to encamp round the Tabernacle of the Testimony, so that divine wrath may not come on the community of Israel; the Tabernacle of the Testimony will be in their charge.”
54The Israelites did everything exactly as the LORD had commanded Moses.