| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said: | 1The LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month of the second year after Israel's departure from the land of Egypt: " |
| 2“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. | 2Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of every male one by one. |
| 3You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army. | 3You and Aaron are to register those who are 20 years old or more by their military divisions--everyone who can serve in Israel's army. |
| 4And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you. | 4A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral house. |
| 5These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; | 5These are the names of the men who are to assist you: Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben; |
| 6from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; | 6Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai from Simeon; |
| 7from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab; | 7Nahshon son of Amminadab from Judah; |
| 8from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar; | 8Nethanel son of Zuar from Issachar; |
| 9from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon; | 9Eliab son of Helon from Zebulun; |
| 10from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; | 10from the sons of Joseph: Elishama son of Ammihud from Ephraim, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur from Manasseh; |
| 11from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; | 11Abidan son of Gideoni from Benjamin; |
| 12from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; | 12Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai from Dan; |
| 13from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran; | 13Pagiel son of Ochran from Asher; |
| 14from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; | 14Eliasaph son of Deuel from Gad; |
| 15and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.” | 15Ahira son of Enan from Naphtali. |
| 16These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel. | 16These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of Israel's clans." |
| 17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, | 17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, |
| 18and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older, | 18and they assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. They recorded their ancestry by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting one by one the names of those 20 years old or more, |
| 19just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai: | 19just as the LORD commanded Moses. He registered them in the Wilderness of Sinai: |
| 20From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, | 20The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting one by one the names of every male 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, |
| 21those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500. | 21those registered for the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500. |
| 22From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, | 22The descendants of Simeon: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, those registered counting one by one the names of every male 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, |
| 23those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300. | 23those registered for the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300. |
| 24From the sons of Gad, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, | 24The descendants of Gad: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, |
| 25those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650. | 25those registered for the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650. |
| 26From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, | 26The descendants of Judah: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, |
| 27those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600. | 27those registered for the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600. |
| 28From the sons of Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, | 28The descendants of Issachar: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, |
| 29those registered to the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400. | 29those registered for the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400. |
| 30From the sons of Zebulun, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, | 30The descendants of Zebulun: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, |
| 31those registered to the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400. | 31those registered for the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400. |
| 32From the sons of Joseph: From the sons of Ephraim, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, | 32The descendants of Joseph: The descendants of Ephraim: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, |
| 33those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500. | 33those registered for the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500. |
| 34And from the sons of Manasseh, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, | 34The descendants of Manasseh: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, |
| 35those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200. | 35those registered for the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200. |
| 36From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, | 36The descendants of Benjamin: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, |
| 37those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400. | 37those registered for the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400. |
| 38From the sons of Dan, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, | 38The descendants of Dan: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, |
| 39those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700. | 39those registered for the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700. |
| 40From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, | 40The descendants of Asher: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, |
| 41those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500. | 41those registered for the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500. |
| 42From the sons of Naphtali, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, | 42The descendants of Naphtali: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, |
| 43those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400. | 43those registered for the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400. |
| 44These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. | 44These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with the assistance of the 12 leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral house. |
| 45So all the Israelites twenty years of age or older who could serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families. | 45So all the Israelites 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in Israel's army, were registered by their ancestral houses. |
| 46And all those counted totaled 603,550. | 46All those registered numbered 603,550. |
| 47The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers. | 47But the Levites were not registered with them by their ancestral tribe. |
| 48For the LORD had said to Moses: | 48For the LORD had told Moses: " |
| 49“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites. | 49Do not register or take a census of the tribe of Levi with the other Israelites. |
| 50Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it. | 50Appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They are to transport the tabernacle and all its articles, take care of it, and camp around it. |
| 51Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death. | 51Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to stop at a campsite, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who comes near it must be put to death." |
| 52The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard. | 52The Israelites are to camp by their military divisions, each man with his encampment and under his banner. |
| 53But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.” | 53The Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the Israelite community." |
| 54Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 54The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
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