Numbers 1 — ULB

1Verse 1Yahweh spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the wilderness of Sinai. This happened on the first day of the second month during the second year after the people of Israel had come out from the land of Egypt. Yahweh said,^{Verse 2}“Conduct a census of all the men of Israel in each clan, in their fathers' families. Count them by name. Count every male, each man^{Verse 3}who is twenty years old or older. Count all who can fight as soldiers for Israel. You and Aaron must record the number of men in their armed groups.^{Verse 4}A man from each tribe, a clan head, must serve with you as his tribe's leader. Each leader must lead the men who will fight for his tribe.^{Verse 5}These are the names of the leaders who must fight with you:From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
^{Verse 6}from the tribe of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
^{Verse 7}from the tribe of Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
^{Verse 8}from the tribe of Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
^{Verse 9}from the tribe of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
^{Verse 10}from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph, Elishama son of Ammihud;
from the tribe of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
^{Verse 11}from the tribe of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
^{Verse 12}from the tribe of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
^{Verse 13}from the tribe of Asher, Pagiel son of Okran;
^{Verse 14}from the tribe of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
^{Verse 15}and from the tribe of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”^{Verse 16}These were the men appointed from the people. They led their ancestors' tribes. They were the leaders of the clans in Israel.^{Verse 17}Moses and Aaron took these men, who were recorded by name,^{Verse 18}and along with these men they assembled all the men of Israel on the first day of the second month. Then each man twenty years old and older identified his ancestry. He had to name the clans and families descended from his ancestors.^{Verse 19}Then Moses recorded their numbers in the wilderness of Sinai, as Yahweh had commanded him to do.^{Verse 20}From the descendants of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.^{Verse 21}They counted 46,500 men from the tribe of Reuben.^{Verse 22}From the descendants of Simeon were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.^{Verse 23}They counted 59,300 men from the tribe of Simeon.^{Verse 24}From the descendants of Gad were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.^{Verse 25}They counted 45,650 men from the tribe of Gad.^{Verse 26}From the descendants of Judah were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.^{Verse 27}They counted 74,600 men from the tribe of Judah.^{Verse 28}From the descendants of Issachar were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.^{Verse 29}They counted 54,400 men from the tribe of Issachar.^{Verse 30}From the descendants of Zebulun were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.^{Verse 31}They counted 57,400 men from the tribe of Zebulun.^{Verse 32}From the descendants of Ephraim son of Joseph were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.^{Verse 33}They counted 40,500 men from the tribe of Ephraim.^{Verse 34}From the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.^{Verse 35}They counted 32,200 men from the tribe of Manasseh.^{Verse 36}From the descendants of Benjamin were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.^{Verse 37}They counted 35,400 men from the tribe of Benjamin.^{Verse 38}From the descendants of Dan were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.^{Verse 39}They counted 62,700 from the tribe of Dan.^{Verse 40}From the descendants of Asher were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.^{Verse 41}They counted 41,500 men from the tribe of Asher.^{Verse 42}From the descendants of Naphtali were counted all the names of each and every man twenty years old or older able to go to war, from the records of their ancestor's clans and families.^{Verse 43}They counted 53,400 from the tribe of Naphtali.^{Verse 44}Moses and Aaron counted all these men, together with the twelve men who were leading the twelve tribes of Israel.^{Verse 45}So all the men of Israel from twenty years old and older, all who could fight in war, were counted in each of their families.^{Verse 46}They counted 603,550 men.^{Verse 47}But the men who were descended from Levi were not counted,^{Verse 48}because Yahweh had said to Moses,^{Verse 49}“You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the total of the people of Israel.^{Verse 50}Instead, assign the Levites to care for the tabernacle of the covenant decrees, and to care for all the furnishings in the tabernacle and for everything in it. The Levites must carry the tabernacle, and they must carry the tabernacle's furnishings. They must care for the tabernacle and make their camp around it.^{Verse 51}When the tabernacle is to move to another place, the Levites must take it down. When the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites must set it up. Any stranger who comes near the tabernacle must be killed.^{Verse 52}When the people of Israel set up their tents, each man must do so near the banner that belongs to his armed group.^{Verse 53}However, the Levites must set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant decrees so that my anger does not come upon the people of Israel. The Levites must care for the tabernacle of the covenant decrees.”^{Verse 54}The people of Israel did all these things. They did everything that Yahweh commanded through Moses.