1 On the first day of the second month, in the second year after their going out from the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
2 "Count the heads of the whole congregation of the children of Israel by their clans and by the house of their fathers, listing the names of every male one by one.
3 All in Israel who are twenty years old and above, everyone who goes out to war, you and Aaron are to register by their troops.
4 With you there are to be men, one from each tribe, every one a head of the house of his fathers.
5 These are the names of the men who will stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
6 for Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
7 for Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
8 for Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
9 for Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
10 for the sons of Joseph: for Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; for Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
11 for Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
12 for Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
13 for Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;
14 for Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
15 for Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan."
16 These were the men summoned from the congregation, chiefs of the tribes of their fathers; they were heads of Israel's thousands.
17 Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named one by one,
18 and they called the whole congregation together on the first day of the second month. They declared their lineage by clans and by the house of their fathers, listing the names one by one of those twenty years old and above,
19 just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So he registered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20 The descendants of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, according to their lineage, by their clans and by the house of their fathers, listed by name one by one, every male twenty years old and above, everyone who goes out to war—
21 the registered men of the tribe of Reuben came to forty-six thousand five hundred.
22 The descendants of Simeon, according to their lineage, by their clans and by the house of their fathers, those of them who were registered, listed by name one by one, every male twenty years old and above, everyone who goes out to war—
23 the registered men of the tribe of Simeon came to fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24 The descendants of Gad, according to their lineage, by their clans and by the house of their fathers, listed by name, from twenty years old and above, everyone who goes out to war—
25 the registered men of the tribe of Gad came to forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26 The descendants of Judah, according to their lineage, by their clans and by the house of their fathers, listed by name, from twenty years old and above, everyone who goes out to war—
27 the registered men of the tribe of Judah came to seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28 The descendants of Issachar, according to their lineage, by their clans and by the house of their fathers, listed by name, from twenty years old and above, everyone who goes out to war—
29 the registered men of the tribe of Issachar came to fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30 The descendants of Zebulun, according to their lineage, by their clans and by the house of their fathers, listed by name, from twenty years old and above, everyone who goes out to war—
31 the registered men of the tribe of Zebulun came to fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32 The descendants of Joseph: the descendants of Ephraim, according to their lineage, by their clans and by the house of their fathers, listed by name, from twenty years old and above, everyone who goes out to war—
33 the registered men of the tribe of Ephraim came to forty thousand five hundred.
34 The descendants of Manasseh, according to their lineage, by their clans and by the house of their fathers, listed by name, from twenty years old and above, everyone who goes out to war—
35 the registered men of the tribe of Manasseh came to thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36 The descendants of Benjamin, according to their lineage, by their clans and by the house of their fathers, listed by name, from twenty years old and above, everyone who goes out to war—
37 the registered men of the tribe of Benjamin came to thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38 The descendants of Dan, according to their lineage, by their clans and by the house of their fathers, listed by name, from twenty years old and above, everyone who goes out to war—
39 the registered men of the tribe of Dan came to sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40 The descendants of Asher, according to their lineage, by their clans and by the house of their fathers, listed by name, from twenty years old and above, everyone who goes out to war—
41 the registered men of the tribe of Asher came to forty-one thousand five hundred.
42 The descendants of Naphtali, according to their lineage, by their clans and by the house of their fathers, listed by name, from twenty years old and above, everyone who goes out to war—
43 the registered men of the tribe of Naphtali came to fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44 These are the men registered by Moses and Aaron together with the chiefs of Israel, twelve men, each one standing for the house of his fathers.
45 So all the registered men of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and above, everyone in Israel who goes out to war—
46 all the registered came to six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
47 The Levites, however, by the tribe of their fathers, were not registered along with them,
48 since the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying,
49 "The tribe of Levi alone you shall not register, nor count their heads among the children of Israel.
50 Instead, put the Levites in charge of the tabernacle of the testimony, of all its utensils, and of everything that goes with it. They are the ones to carry the tabernacle and all its utensils; they shall attend to it and encamp all around the tabernacle.
51 Whenever the tabernacle moves on, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle encamps, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
52 The children of Israel shall encamp each in his own camp and each by his own banner, according to their troops.
53 The Levites, though, shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that no wrath may come upon the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall take charge of the tabernacle of the testimony."
54 The children of Israel did this; they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses in everything.