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Numbers 1

NLT

Registration of Israel’s Troops

¹A year after Israel’s departure from Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the Tabernacle in the wilderness of Sinai. On the first day of the second month of that year he said, ²“From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men ³twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops, ⁴and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe.

⁵“These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you:

Tribe Leader

Reuben Elizur son of Shedeur

⁶Simeon Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai

⁷Judah Nahshon son of Amminadab

⁸Issachar Nethanel son of Zuar

⁹Zebulun Eliab son of Helon

¹⁰Ephraim son of Joseph Elishama son of Ammihud

Manasseh son of Joseph Gamaliel son of Pedahzur

¹¹Benjamin Abidan son of Gideoni

¹²Dan Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai

¹³Asher Pagiel son of Ocran

¹⁴Gad Eliasaph son of Deuel

¹⁵Naphtali Ahira son of Enan

¹⁶These are the chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.”

¹⁷So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders, ¹⁸and they assembled the whole community of Israel on that very day. All the people were registered according to their ancestry by their clans and families. The men of Israel who were twenty years old or older were listed one by one, ¹⁹just as the Lord had commanded Moses. So Moses recorded their names in the wilderness of Sinai.

^20-21This is the number of men twenty years old or older who were able to go to war, as their names were listed in the records of their clans and families:

Tribe Number

Reuben (Jacob’s oldest son) 46,500

^22-23Simeon 59,300

^24-25Gad 45,650

^26-27Judah 74,600

^28-29Issachar 54,400

^30-31Zebulun 57,400

^32-33Ephraim son of Joseph 40,500

^34-35Manasseh son of Joseph 32,200

^36-37Benjamin 35,400

^38-39Dan 62,700

^40-41Asher 41,500

^42-43Naphtali 53,400

⁴⁴These were the men registered by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, all listed according to their ancestral descent. ⁴⁵They were registered by families—all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war. ⁴⁶The total number was 603,550.

⁴⁷But this total did not include the Levites. ⁴⁸For the Lord had said to Moses, ⁴⁹“Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites. ⁵⁰Put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Covenant, along with all its furnishings and equipment. They must carry the Tabernacle and all its furnishings as you travel, and they must take care of it and camp around it. ⁵¹Whenever 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. ⁵²Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner. ⁵³But 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.”