Numbers 1 at ScriptureAwakened.com

1:1 Nearly two years after they had left Egypt, the Israelites were still in the wild desert area of Sinai. But on the first day of the second month, the Eternal One spoke to Moses in the tent of congregation.

1:2 Eternal One (to Moses): Add up exactly how many Israelites there are, but don’t merely count them. Identify all the people by their clans and families, right down to the individual name of every male.

1:3 Furthermore, those who are 20 years old or older shall be considered potential soldiers. Aaron can help you organize them into groups and record them as armies.

1:4 Your leadership team will include someone from each tribe who is the head of his extended family.

1:5 They are: Elizur (Shedeur’s son) from the Reuben family;

1:6 Shelumiel (Zurishaddai’s son) from the Simeon family;

1:7 Nahshon (Amminidab’s son) from the Judah family;

1:8 Nethanel (Zuar’s son) from the Issachar family;

1:9 Eliab (Helon’s son) from the Zebulun family;

1:10 from the two branches of Joseph’s family, Elishama (Ammihud’s son) from the Ephraim family and Gamaliel (Pedahzur’s son) from the Manasseh family;

1:11 Abidan (Gideoni’s son) from the Benjamin family;

1:12 Ahiezer (Ammishaddai’s son) from the Dan family;

1:13 Pagiel (Ochran’s son) from the Asher family;

1:14 Eliasaph (Deuel’s son) from the Gad family;

1:15 and Ahira (Enan’s son) from the Naphtali family.

1:16 These are the tribal leaders and representatives of the extended families, chosen by the community. They are the heads of the clans that compose Israel.

1:17 Moses and Aaron gathered these chosen leaders by name;

1:18 and on the first day of the second month, they brought the whole community together to register by their clans and extended families and to specify individuals who were 20 years old and older.

1:19 This Moses did in the wild desert area of Sinai, just as the Eternal One had directed him to do.

1:20 This is the tally of the twelve clans by extended family, identifying those for battle (20 years old and older): from Reuben’s tribe (Reuben was the firstborn of Jacob, whom God renamed “Israel”)—46,500;

1:21 This is the tally of the twelve clans by extended family, identifying those for battle (20 years old and older): from Reuben’s tribe (Reuben was the firstborn of Jacob, whom God renamed “Israel”)—46,500;

1:22 from Simeon’s tribe—59,300;

1:23 from Simeon’s tribe—59,300;

1:24 from Gad—45,650;

1:25 from Gad—45,650;

1:26 from Judah—74,600;

1:27 from Judah—74,600;

1:28 from Issachar—54,400;

1:29 from Issachar—54,400;

1:30 from Zebulun—57,400;

1:31 from Zebulun—57,400;

1:32 from Joseph, the Ephraim tribe—40,500; from Joseph, the Manasseh tribe—32,200;

1:33 from Joseph, the Ephraim tribe—40,500; from Joseph, the Manasseh tribe—32,200;

1:34 from Joseph, the Ephraim tribe—40,500; from Joseph, the Manasseh tribe—32,200;

1:35 from Joseph, the Ephraim tribe—40,500; from Joseph, the Manasseh tribe—32,200;

1:36 from Benjamin—35,400;

1:37 from Benjamin—35,400;

1:38 from Dan—62,700;

1:39 from Dan—62,700;

1:40 from Asher—41,500;

1:41 from Asher—41,500;

1:42 from Naphtali—53,400.

1:43 from Naphtali—53,400.

1:44 This is the organization that Moses, Aaron, and the heads of the twelve clans recorded according to their extended families.

1:45 Those who were 20 years old or older and could fight in the army

1:46 totaled 603,550.

1:47 The Levites were not included in this registration and organizing of the extended families’ tribe members because the Eternal One had expressly told Moses not to count them.

1:48 The Levites were not included in this registration and organizing of the extended families’ tribe members because the Eternal One had expressly told Moses not to count them.

1:49 The Levites were not included in this registration and organizing of the extended families’ tribe members because the Eternal One had expressly told Moses not to count them.

1:50 Eternal One (to Moses): You will make the Levites responsible for the congregation tent that houses the terms of the covenant, its furnishings, and accoutrements. They will be the ones who carry all of it, maintain it, and camp around it.

1:51 When it’s time to move, it will be the Levites who pack up that tent; they are the ones who shall set it back up. If any outsider tries to get involved, he will be killed.

1:52 The rest of the Israelites will camp according to their troops, each extended family under its own banner.

1:53 Remember: only the Levites shall camp around the congregation tent that houses the terms of the covenant, guarding and servicing that place to spare the Israelites an outbreak of My wrath.

1:54 The Israelites did all this, exactly as the Eternal One had commanded through Moses.