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A Census of Israel’s Warriors
The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
“From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men
“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.
twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops,
From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company.
and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe.
And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers.
“These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you:
| Tribe | Leader |
| Reuben | Elizur son of Shedeur |
And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
Ephraim son of JosephElishama son of Ammihud Manasseh son of Joseph Gamaliel son of Pedahzur
from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;
These are the chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.”
These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.
So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders,
Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named,
and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,
just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses recorded their names in the wilderness of Sinai.
as the Lord commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai.
These were the men registered by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, all listed according to their ancestral descent.
These are those who were listed, whom Moses and Aaron listed with the help of the chiefs of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers’ house.
They were registered by families — all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war.
So all those listed of the people of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war in Israel —
But this total did not include the Levites.
Levites Exempted
But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe.
But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe.
“Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites.
“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel.
But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and shall camp around the tabernacle.
Whenever it is time for the Tabernacle to move, the Levites will take it down. And when it is time to stop, they will set it up again. But any unauthorized person who goes too near the Tabernacle must be put to death.
When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death.
Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner.
The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and each man by his own standard.
But the Levites will camp around the Tabernacle of the Covenant to protect the community of Israel from the LORD’s anger. The Levites are responsible to stand guard around the Tabernacle.”
But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.”