¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness¹ of Sinai, in the tabernacle² of the congregation, on the first day³ of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Take ye the sum⁴ of all the congregation of the children⁵ of Israel, after⁶ their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;

From twenty⁷ years old and upward, all that are able⁸ to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their⁹ armies.

¹⁰And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur¹¹ the son of Shedeur.

Of Simeon; Shelumiel¹² the son of Zurishaddai.

Of Judah; Nahshon¹³ the son of Amminadab.

Of Issachar; Nethaneel¹⁴ the son of Zuar.

Of Zebulun; Eliab¹⁵ the son of Helon.

¶ Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama¹⁶ the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel¹⁷ the son of Pedahzur.

Of Benjamin; Abidan¹⁸ the son of Gideoni.

Of Dan; Ahiezer¹⁹ the son of Ammishaddai.

Of Asher; Pagiel²⁰ the son of Ocran.

Of Gad; Eliasaph²¹ the son of Deuel²².

Of Naphtali; Ahira²³ the son of Enan.

These were the renowned²⁴ of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads²⁵ of thousands in Israel.

¶²⁶And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:

And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees²⁷ after their families, by the²⁸ house of their fathers, according²⁹ to the number of the names, from twenty³⁰ years old and upward, by their polls.

³¹As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

¶³²And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest 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 forth to war;

³³Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

³⁴Of 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 forth to war;

³⁵Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

³⁶Of 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 forth to war;

³⁷Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.

³⁸Of 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 forth to war;

³⁹Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

⁴⁰Of 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 forth to war;

⁴¹Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

¶⁴²Of 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 forth to war;

⁴³Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

⁴⁴Of 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 forth to war;

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe⁴⁵ of Ephraim, were forty⁴⁶ thousand and five hundred.

Of the children of Manasseh⁴⁷, 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 forth to war;

⁴⁸Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

⁴⁹Of 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 forth to war;

⁵⁰Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

⁵¹Of 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 forth to war;

⁵²Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

¶⁵³Of 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 forth to war;

⁵⁴Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

Of the children of Naphtali⁵⁵, 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 forth to war;

⁵⁶Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

¶⁵⁷These 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.

So were all⁵⁸ those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of⁵⁹ their fathers, from twenty years⁶⁰ old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

⁶¹Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

¶⁶²But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,

⁶³Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

¶ But thou shalt⁶⁴ appoint the Levites over the tabernacle⁶⁵ of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp⁶⁶ round about the tabernacle.

And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites⁶⁷ shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger⁶⁸ that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

⁶⁹And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.

But the Levites shall pitch⁷⁰ round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be⁷¹ no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the⁷² Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

⁷³And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.