Bamidbar 1

Raise the total count of the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their clans and their fathers' houses, by the enumeration of names — every male according to their heads.

From twenty years of age and upward — all who go forth to the hosts of the sons of Israel — you shall count them by their hosts, you and Aaron.

And there shall be with you, from each tribe, a man; and that man is the chief of his father's house.

And these are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben — Elizur son of Shedeur;

and from Simeon — Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

and from Judah — Nahshon son of Amminadab;

and from Issachar — Nethanel son of Zuar;

and from Zebulun — Eliab son of Helon;

and from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim — Elishama son of Ammihud; and from Manasseh — Gamliel son of Pedahzur;

and from Benjamin — Abidan son of Gideoni;

and from Dan — Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

and from Asher — Pagiel son of Ochran;

and from Gad — Eliasaph son of Deuel;

and from Naphtali — Ahira son of Enan.

These are the summoners of the congregation — the nobles of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the thousands of the sons of Israel.

And Moses and Aaron took these men, whose names had been set forth.

And they assembled the rest of the congregation on the first day of the second month; and they registered themselves by their clans and their fathers' houses, by the enumeration of names, from twenty years of age and upward, according to their heads.

As God had commanded Moses — he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai.

And the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel — their generations by their clans, by their fathers' houses, by the enumeration of names according to their heads — every male from twenty years of age and upward, all who go forth in their hosts:

those counted accordingly from them — forty-six thousand and five hundred.

For the sons of Simeon — their generations by their clans, by their fathers' houses, their number by the enumeration of names according to their heads — every male from twenty years of age and upward, all who go forth in their hosts:

those counted accordingly from them — fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.

For the sons of Gad — their generations by their clans, by their fathers' houses, by the enumeration of names, from twenty years of age and upward, all who go forth in their hosts:

those counted accordingly from them — forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty.

And the sons of Judah — their generations by their clans, by their fathers' houses, by the enumeration of names, from twenty years of age and upward, all who go forth in their hosts:

those counted accordingly from them — seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

And the sons of Issachar — their generations by their clans, by their fathers' houses, by the enumeration of names, from twenty years of age and upward, all who go forth in their hosts:

those counted accordingly from them — fifty-four thousand and four hundred.

And the sons of Zebulun — their generations by their clans, by their fathers' houses, by the enumeration of names, from twenty years of age and upward, all who go forth in their hosts:

those counted accordingly from them — fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.

For the sons of Joseph, for the sons of Ephraim — their generations by their clans, by their fathers' houses, by the enumeration of names, from twenty years of age and upward, all who go forth in their hosts:

those counted accordingly from them — forty thousand and five hundred.

And the sons of Manasseh — their generations by their clans, by their fathers' houses, by the enumeration of names, from twenty years of age and upward, all who go forth in their hosts:

those counted accordingly from them — thirty-six thousand and two hundred.

And the sons of Benjamin — their generations by their clans, by their fathers' houses, by the enumeration of names, from twenty years of age and upward, all who go forth in their hosts:

those counted accordingly from them — thirty-five thousand and four hundred.

And the sons of Dan — their generations by their clans, by their fathers' houses, by the enumeration of names, from twenty years of age and upward, all who go forth in their hosts:

those counted accordingly from them — sixty-two thousand and seven hundred.

And the sons of Asher — their generations by their clans, by their fathers' houses, by the enumeration of names, from twenty years of age and upward, all who go forth in their hosts:

those counted accordingly from them — forty-one thousand and five hundred.

The sons of Naphtali — their generations by their clans, by their fathers' houses, by the enumeration of names, from twenty years of age and upward, all who go forth in their hosts:

those counted accordingly from them — fifty-three thousand and four hundred.

These are those counted, whom Moses and Aaron and the nobles of the house of Israel counted — twelve men, each one of them the noble of his father's house.

And those who were counted from them — traced to their fathers' houses, from twenty years of age and upward, all who go forth in their hosts —

the total of those counted was six hundred thousand and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.

But the Levites were not counted among them, by the tribe of their fathers.

Then God spoke to Moses directly.

'As for the tribe of Levi — do not count it, and do not raise their total among the sons of Israel.

But you — appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and its vessels, and all that belongs to it; they shall carry the tabernacle and all its vessels, and they shall serve it, and around it they shall encamp.

And when it sets out, they shall take it apart; and when it encamps, they shall set it up; and any outsider who approaches it shall be put to death.

And the sons of Israel shall encamp — each tribe in its encampment and in its position — by their hosts.

And the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of testimony, so that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the sons of Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.'

And the sons of Israel did according to all that God had commanded Moses — so they did.