¹And the Lord spoke to Moses in the Sinai Desert in the tent of contact on the first day of the second month in the second year since they came out of the land of Egypt, and he said, ²“Hold a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel according to their families, according to their paternal house, for the number of the names of every male according to their headcount. ³From twenty years old and above – everyone who could serve in the army in Israel – you and Aaron will count them according to their armies. ⁴And one man per tribe will be with you: he who is the chief man of his paternal house. ⁵And these are the names of the men who will stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur. ⁶For Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ⁷For Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ⁸For Issachar, Nethaneel the son of Zuar. ⁹For Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon. ¹⁰For the sons of Joseph: for Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; for Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ¹¹For Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni. ¹²For Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ¹³For Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran. ¹⁴For Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ¹⁵For Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.” ¹⁶These are those called out from the congregation, the leading men from the tribes of their fathers. They are the heads of the families of Israel. ¹⁷So Moses and Aaron took those men who were specified by their names, ¹⁸and they assembled the whole congregation on the first day of the second month, and they declared their genealogy according to their families, by their paternal house, according to the number of their names, from twenty years old and above, according to their headcount. ¹⁹As the Lord commanded Moses, so he counted them in the Sinai Desert. ²⁰And for the sons of Reuben, the eldest son of Israel, in their genealogy according to their families, according to their paternal house, by the number of their names according to their headcount – every male from twenty years old and above, everyone who could serve in the army – ²¹those of them counted in the tribe of Reuben came to forty-six thousand five hundred. ²²For the sons of Simeon, in their genealogy according to their families, according to their paternal house, those of his men counted, by the number of their names according to their headcount – every male from twenty years old and above, everyone who could serve in the army – ²³those of them counted in the tribe of Simeon came to fifty-nine thousand three hundred. ²⁴For the sons of Gad, in their genealogy according to their families, according to their paternal house, by the number of their names from twenty years old and above – everyone who could serve in the army – ²⁵those of them counted in the tribe of Gad came to forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty. ²⁶For the sons of Judah, in their genealogy according to their families, according to their paternal house, by the number of their names from twenty years old and above – everyone who could serve in the army – ²⁷those of them counted in the tribe of Judah came to seventy-four thousand six hundred. ²⁸For the sons of Issachar, in their genealogy according to their families, according to their paternal house, by the number of their names from twenty years old and above – everyone who could serve in the army – ²⁹those of them counted in the tribe of Issachar came to fifty-four thousand four hundred. ³⁰For the sons of Zebulun, in their genealogy according to their families, according to their paternal house, by the number of their names from twenty years old and above – everyone who could serve in the army – ³¹those of them counted in the tribe of Zebulun came to fifty-seven thousand four hundred. ³²For the sons of Joseph, for the sons of Ephraim, in their genealogy according to their families, according to their paternal house, by the number of their names from twenty years old and above – everyone who could serve in the army – ³³those of them counted in the tribe of Ephraim came to forty thousand five hundred. ³⁴For the sons of Manasseh, in their genealogy according to their families, according to their paternal house, by the number of their names from twenty years old and above – everyone who could serve in the army – ³⁵those of them counted in the tribe of Manasseh came to thirty-two thousand two hundred. ³⁶For the sons of Benjamin, in their genealogy according to their families, according to their paternal house, by the number of their names from twenty years old and above – everyone who could serve in the army – ³⁷those of them counted in the tribe of Benjamin came to thirty-five thousand four hundred. ³⁸For the sons of Dan, in their genealogy according to their families, according to their paternal house, by the number of their names from twenty years old and above – everyone who could serve in the army – ³⁹those of them counted in the tribe of Dan came to sixty-two thousand seven hundred. ⁴⁰For the sons of Asher, in their genealogy according to their families, according to their paternal house, by the number of their names from twenty years old and above – everyone who could serve in the army – ⁴¹those of them counted in the tribe of Asher came to forty-one thousand five hundred. ⁴²The sons of Naphtali, in their genealogy according to their families, according to their paternal house, by the number of their names from twenty years old and above – everyone who could serve in the army – ⁴³those of them counted in the tribe of Naphtali came to fifty-three thousand four hundred. ⁴⁴These are those who were counted, whom Moses and Aaron counted with the leading men of Israel. There were twelve of these men – one man for each paternal house. ⁴⁵And they were all the sons of Israel who were counted, according to their paternal house, from twenty years old and above – everyone who could serve in the army in Israel – ⁴⁶and all those counted came to six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. ⁴⁷But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, were not counted among them. ⁴⁸Then the Lord spoke to Moses and said, ⁴⁹“Now you shall not count the tribe of Levi, and you shall not hold a census of them among the sons of Israel. ⁵⁰But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony and over all its equipment and over everything that belongs to it. They will carry the tabernacle and all its equipment, and they will serve it, and they will encamp around the tabernacle. ⁵¹And when the tabernacle is moved, the Levites will take it down, and when the tabernacle is pitched, the Levites will set it up, and any foreigner who comes near will be put to death. ⁵²And the sons of Israel will pitch their camp, each one at his own encampment, and each one at his own ensign, according to their armies. ⁵³But the Levites will encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there will be no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel, and the Levites will keep the observance of the tabernacle of the testimony.” ⁵⁴And the sons of Israel did it. They acted according to everything that the Lord commanded Moses.