1 And Yehovah spake unto Moshe in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, ²Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Isra’el, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls; ³from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Isra’el, thou and Aharon shall number them by their hosts. ⁴And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers’ house. ⁵And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur. ⁶Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ⁷Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ⁸Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar. ⁹Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon. ¹⁰Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ¹¹Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni. ¹²Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ¹³Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran. ¹⁴Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ¹⁵Of Napthtali: Ahira the son of Enan. ¹⁶These are they that were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel. ¹⁷And Moses and Aaron took these men that are mentioned by name: ¹⁸And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. ¹⁹As Jehovah commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 

²⁰And the children of Re’uven, Israel’s first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ²¹those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Re’uven, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 

²²Of the children of Shim’on, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those that were numbered thereof, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ²³those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Shim’on, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 

²⁴Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ²⁵those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand and fifty. 

²⁶Of the children of Y’hudah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ²⁷those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Y’hudah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 

²⁸Of the children of Yissakhar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ²⁹those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Yissakhar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 

³⁰Of the children of Z’vulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ³¹those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Z’vulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 

³²Of the children of Yosef, namely the children of Efrayim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ³³those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Efrayim, were forty thousand and five hundred. 

³⁴Of the children of M’nasheh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ³⁵those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of M’nasheh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 

³⁶Of the children of Binyamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ³⁷those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Binyamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 

³⁸Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ³⁹those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 

⁴⁰Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ⁴¹those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 

⁴²Of the children of Naftali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ⁴³those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naftali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 

⁴⁴These are they that were numbered, whom Moshe and Aharon numbered, and the princes of Isra’el, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers’ house. ⁴⁵So all they that were numbered of the children of Isra’el by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Isra’el; ⁴⁶even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 

⁴⁷But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. ⁴⁸For Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ⁴⁹Only the tribe of Levi thou shall not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel; ⁵⁰but appoint thou the Levites over the Tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it: they shall bear the Tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the Tabernacle. ⁵¹And when the Tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the Tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. ⁵²And the children of Isra’el shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts. ⁵³But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Isra’el: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the Tabernacle of the testimony. ⁵⁴Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that Yehovah commanded Moshe, so did they. 

2 And Yehovah spake unto Moshe and unto Aharon, saying, ²The children of Isra’el shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers’ houses: over against the tent of meeting shall they encamp round about. ³And those that encamp on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Y’hudah, according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Y’hudah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ⁴And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. ⁵And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Yissakhar: and the prince of the children of Yissakhar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar. ⁶And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. ⁷And the tribe of Z’vulun: and the prince of the children of Z’vulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon. ⁸And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. ⁹All that were numbered of the camp of Y’hudah were a hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts. They shall set forth first. 

¹⁰On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of R’uven according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of R’uven shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. ¹¹And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. ¹²And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Shim’on: and the prince of the children of Shim’on shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ¹³And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. ¹⁴And the tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaf the son of Reuel. ¹⁵And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. ¹⁶All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second. 

¹⁷Then the tent of meeting shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards. 

¹⁸On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Efrayim according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Efrayim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. ¹⁹And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. ²⁰And next unto him shall be the tribe of M’nasheh: and the prince of the children of M’nasheh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ²¹And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. ²²And the tribe of Binyamin: and the prince of the children of Binyamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. ²³And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. ²⁴All that were numbered of the camp of Efrayim were a hundred thousand and eight thousand and a hundred, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth third. 

²⁵On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. ²⁷And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran. ²⁸And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. ²⁹And the tribe of Naftali: and the prince of the children of Naftali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. ³⁰And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. ³¹All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall set forth hindmost by their standards. 

³²These are they that were numbered of the children of Isra’el by their fathers’ houses: all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. ³³But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Isra’el; as Yehovah commanded Moshe. ³⁴Thus did the children of Isra’el; according to all that JehYehovahovah commanded Moshe, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set forward, every one by their families, according to their fathers’ houses. 

3 Now these are the generations of Aharon and Moshe in the day that Yehovah spake with Moshe in mount Sinai. ²And these are the names of the sons of Aharon: Nadav the first-born, and Avihu, El’azar, and Itamar. ³These are the names of the sons of Aharon, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office. ⁴And Nadav and Avihu died before Yehovah, when they offered strange fire before Yehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children; and El’azar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aharon their father. 

⁵And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ⁶Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aharon the priest, that they may minister unto him. ⁷And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the Tabernacle. ⁸And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Isra’el, to do the service of the Tabernacle. ⁹And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aharon and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him on the behalf of the children of Isra’el. ¹⁰And thou shalt appoint Aharon and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 

¹¹And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ¹²And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Isra’el instead of all the first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Isra’el; and the Levites shall be mine: ¹³for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the first-born in Isra’el, both man and beast; mine they shall be: I am Yehovah. 

¹⁴And Yehovah spake unto Moshe in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, ¹⁵Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. ¹⁶And Moshe numbered them according to the word of Yehovah, as he was commanded. ¹⁷And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and K’hat, and M’rari. ¹⁸And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁹And the sons of K’hat by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ²⁰And the sons of M’rari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses. 

²¹Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites. ²²Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. ²³The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the Tabernacle westward. ²⁴And the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites shall be Elyasaf the son of Lael. ²⁵And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the Tabernacle, and the Tent, the covering thereof, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, ²⁶and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the Tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. 

²⁷And of K’hat was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. ²⁸According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. ²⁹The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward. ³⁰And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elitzafan the son of Uzi’el. ³¹And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof. ³²And El’azar the son of Aharon the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 

³³Of M’rari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of M’rari. ³⁴And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. ³⁵And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of M’rari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall encamp on the side of the Tabernacle northward. ³⁶And the appointed charge of the sons of M’rari shall be the boards of the Tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof, and all the service thereof, ³⁷and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 

³⁸And those that encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moshe, and Aharon and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Isra’el; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. ³⁹All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moshe and Aharon numbered at the commandment of Yehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. 

⁴⁰And Yehovah said unto Moshe, Number all the first-born males of the children of Isra’el from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. ⁴¹And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am Yehovah) instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Isra’el. ⁴²And Moshe numbered, as Yehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Isra’el. ⁴³And all the first-born males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 

⁴⁴And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ⁴⁵Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Isra’el, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Yehovah. ⁴⁶And for the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Isra’el, that are over and above the number of the Levites, ⁴⁷thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs): ⁴⁸and thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aharon and to his sons. ⁴⁹And Moshe took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites; ⁵⁰from the first-born of the children of Isra’el took he the money, a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: ⁵¹and Moshe gave the redemption-money unto Aharon and to his sons, according to the word of Yehovah, as Yehovah commanded Moshe. 

4 And Yehovah spake unto Moshe and unto Aharon, saying, ²Take the sum of the sons of K’hat from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, ³from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. ⁴This is the service of the sons of K’hat in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things: ⁵when the camp setteth forward, Aharon shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it, ⁶and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. ⁷And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls and the cups wherewith to pour out; and the continual bread shall be thereon: ⁸and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof. ⁹And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: ¹⁰and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it upon the frame. ¹¹And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof: ¹²and they shall take all the vessels of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame. ¹³And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: ¹⁴and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the firepans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of sealskin, and put in the staves thereof. ¹⁵And when Aharon and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is set forward; after that, the sons of K’hat shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of K’hat in the tent of meeting. ¹⁶And the charge of El’azar the son of Aharon the priest shall be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the continual meal-offering, and the anointing oil, the charge of all the Tabernacle, and of all that therein is, the sanctuary, and the furniture thereof. 

¹⁷And Yehovah spake unto Moshe and unto Aharon, saying, ¹⁸Do not cut off the clan of K’hat from among the L’vi’im; ¹⁹but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aharon and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden; ²⁰but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.