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Numbers 1 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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The Census of Israel's Warriors

(cf. 2Sa 24:1–9; 1Ch 21:1–6 )
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:1 - And Jehovah spake unto 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 were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:2 - Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:3 - from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them by their hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:4 - And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers’ house.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:5 - And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:6 - Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:7 - Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:8 - Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:9 - Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:10 - Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:11 - Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:12 - Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:13 - Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:14 - Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:15 - Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:17 - And Moses and Aaron took these men that are mentioned by name:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:18 - and 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:19 - As Jehovah commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 - And the children of Reuben, 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:22 - Of the children of Simeon, 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:24 - Of the children of Gad, 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:26 - Of the children of Judah, 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:28 - Of the children of Issachar, 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:30 - Of the children of Zebulun, 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:32 - Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:34 - Of the children of Manasseh, 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:36 - Of the children of Benjamin, 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:38 - Of 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:40 - Of 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:42 - Of the children of Naphtali, 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 - These are they that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers’ house.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:45 - So all they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

Levites Exempted

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:47 - But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:48 - For Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - but 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52 - And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:54 - Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so did they.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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