Numbers 1
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Census of Israel
1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting(A) in the Wilderness of Sinai,(B) on the first day of the second month of the second year(C) after Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt: 2 ‘Take a census(D) of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral families,[a] counting the names of every male one by one. 3 You and Aaron are to register those who are twenty years old or more by their military divisions – everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.[b](E) 4 A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral family.[c](F) 5 These are the names of the men who are to assist you:(G)
Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben;
6 Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai from Simeon;
7 Nahshon son of Amminadab from Judah;
8 Nethanel son of Zuar from Issachar;
9 Eliab son of Helon from Zebulun;
10 from the sons of Joseph:
Elishama son of Ammihud from Ephraim,
Gamaliel son of Pedahzur from Manasseh;
11 Abidan son of Gideoni from Benjamin;
12 Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai from Dan;
13 Pagiel son of Ochran from Asher;
14 Eliasaph son of Deuel[d] from Gad;
15 Ahira son of Enan from Naphtali.
16 These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes,(H) the heads of Israel’s clans.’(I)
17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,(J) 18 and they assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. They recorded their ancestry by their clans and their ancestral families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years old or more, 19 just as the Lord commanded Moses. He registered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:
20 The descendants of Reuben,(K) the firstborn of Israel: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 21 those registered for the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.
22 The descendants of Simeon:(L) according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, those registered counting one by one the names of every male twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 23 those registered for the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.
24 The descendants of Gad:(M) according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 25 those registered for the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.
26 The descendants of Judah:(N) according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 27 those registered for the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.
28 The descendants of Issachar:(O) according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 29 those registered for the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.
30 The descendants of Zebulun:(P) according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 31 those registered for the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.
32 The descendants of Joseph:(Q)
The descendants of Ephraim:(R) according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 33 those registered for the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.
34 The descendants of Manasseh:(S) according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 35 those registered for the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.
36 The descendants of Benjamin:(T) according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 37 those registered for the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.
38 The descendants of Dan:(U) according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 39 those registered for the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.
40 The descendants of Asher:(V) according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 41 those registered for the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.
42 The descendants of Naphtali:(W) according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 43 those registered for the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.
44 These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral family. 45 So all the Israelites twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in Israel’s army, were registered by their ancestral families. 46 All those registered numbered 603,550.(X)
Duties of the Levites
47 But the Levites(Y) were not registered with them by their ancestral tribe. 48 For the Lord had told Moses, 49 ‘Do not register or take a census of the tribe of Levi with the other Israelites. 50 Appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They are to transport the tabernacle and all its articles, take care of it, and camp round it. 51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to stop at a campsite, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorised(Z) person who comes near it is to be put to death.(AA)
52 ‘The Israelites are to camp by their military divisions, each man with his encampment and under his banner. 53 The Levites are to camp round the tabernacle of the testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the Israelite community.’(AB) 54 The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.(AC)
Numbers 1
New King James Version
The First Census of Israel(A)
1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses (B)in the Wilderness of Sinai, (C)in the tabernacle of meeting, on the (D)first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying: 2 (E)“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male (F)individually, 3 from (G)twenty years old and above—all who are able to go to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 4 And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each one the head of his father’s house.
5 “These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; 6 from Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; 7 from Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab; 8 from Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar; 9 from Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon; 10 from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; 11 from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni; 12 from Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; 13 from Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran; 14 from Gad, Eliasaph the son of (H)Deuel;[a] 15 from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.” 16 (I)These were (J)chosen[b] from the congregation, leaders of their fathers’ tribes, (K)heads of the divisions in Israel.
17 Then Moses and Aaron took these men who had been [c]mentioned (L)by name, 18 and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they recited their (M)ancestry by families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, each one individually. 19 As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.
20 Now the (N)children of Reuben, Israel’s oldest son, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 21 those who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.
22 From the (O)children of Simeon, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, of those who were numbered, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 23 those who were numbered of the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24 From the (P)children of Gad, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 25 those who were numbered of the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26 From the (Q)children of Judah, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 27 those who were numbered of the tribe of Judah were (R)seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28 From the (S)children of Issachar, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 29 those who were numbered of the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30 From the (T)children of Zebulun, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 31 those who were numbered of the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32 From the sons of Joseph, the (U)children of Ephraim, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 33 those who were numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.
34 From the (V)children of Manasseh, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 35 those who were numbered of the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36 From the (W)children of Benjamin, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 37 those who were numbered of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38 From the (X)children of Dan, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 39 those who were numbered of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40 From the (Y)children of Asher, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 41 those who were numbered of the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.
42 From the children of Naphtali, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 43 those who were numbered of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44 (Z)These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each one representing his father’s house. 45 So all who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war in Israel— 46 all who were numbered were (AA)six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
47 But (AB)the Levites were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe; 48 for the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying: 49 (AC)“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel; 50 (AD)but you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, over all its furnishings, and over all things that belong to it; they shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall attend to it (AE)and camp around the tabernacle. 51 (AF)And when the tabernacle is to go forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it (AG)up. (AH)The outsider who comes near shall be put to death. 52 The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, (AI)everyone by his own camp, everyone by his own standard, according to their armies; 53 (AJ)but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no (AK)wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall (AL)keep[d] charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
54 Thus the children of Israel did; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they did.
Footnotes
- Numbers 1:14 Reuel, Num. 2:14
- Numbers 1:16 called
- Numbers 1:17 designated
- Numbers 1:53 have in their care
4 Moseboken 1
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Förberedelser för vandringen
(1:1—10:10)
Den första folkräkningen
(26:1-51)
Gud ger order om en folkräkning
1 Den första dagen i andra månaden året efter det att israeliterna lämnat Egypten och kommit till Sinais öken, talade Herren till Mose i uppenbarelsetältet:
2 ”Räkna hela Israels menighet, alla män i varje stam och familj, varje namn för sig. 3 Du och Aron ska mönstra alla vapenföra Israels män från tjugo år och uppåt, häravdelning för häravdelning. 4 En man från varje stam, ett familjeöverhuvud, ska hjälpa er. 5 Här är namnen på männen som ska hjälpa er:
från Rubens stam Elisur, Shedeurs son,
6 från Simons Shelumiel, Surishaddajs son,
7 från Judas Nachshon, Amminadavs son,
8 från Isaskars Netanel, Suars son,
9 från Sebulons Eliav, Helons son,
10 från Efraims (Josefs son) Elishama, Ammihuds son,
från Manasse (Josefs son) Gamliel, Pedasurs son,
11 från Benjamins Avidan, Gidonis son,
12 från Dans Achieser, Ammishaddajs son,
13 från Ashers Pagiel, Okrans son,
14 från Gads Eljasaf, Deguels son,
15 från Naftalis stam Achira, Enans son.”
16 Dessa män var utsedda av menigheten och var ledare för sina fäders stammar, de var Israels stamhövdingar.
17 Mose och Aron tog dessa namngivna män 18 och sammankallade hela menigheten på första dagen i andra månaden. Folket infördes i förteckningen efter sina släkter och familjer, varje namn för sig, alla män från tjugo år och uppåt 19 som Herren hade befallt Mose. Så mönstrade han dem i Sinaiöknen.
20 Av Rubens, Israels förstföddes, stam upptecknades släkt för släkt, familj för familj, namn för namn alla vapenföra män från tjugo år och uppåt. 21 Av Rubens stam mönstrades 46 500 man.
22 Av Simons ättlingar upptecknades släkt för släkt, familj för familj, namn för namn alla vapenföra män från tjugo år och uppåt. 23 Av Simons stam mönstrades 59 300 man.
24 Av Gads ättlingar upptecknades släkt för släkt, familj för familj, namn för namn alla vapenföra män från tjugo år och uppåt. 25 Av Gads stam mönstrades 45 650 man.
26 Av Judas ättlingar upptecknades släkt för släkt, familj för familj, namn för namn alla vapenföra män från tjugo år och uppåt. 27 Av Judas stam mönstrades 74 600 man.
28 Av Isaskars ättlingar upptecknades släkt för släkt, familj för familj, namn för namn alla vapenföra män från tjugo år och uppåt. 29 Av Isaskars stam mönstrades 54 400 man.
30 Av Sebulons ättlingar upptecknades släkt för släkt, familj för familj, namn för namn alla vapenföra män från tjugo år och uppåt. 31 Av Sebulons stam mönstrades 57 400 man.
32 Av Efraims, Josefs sons, ättlingar upptecknades släkt för släkt, familj för familj, namn för namn alla vapenföra män från tjugo år och uppåt. 33 Av Efraims stam mönstrades 40 500 man.
34 Av Manasses, Josefs sons, ättlingar upptecknades släkt för släkt, familj för familj, namn för namn alla vapenföra män från tjugo år och uppåt. 35 Av Manasses stam mönstrades 32 200 man.
36 Av Benjamins ättlingar upptecknades släkt för släkt, familj för familj, namn för namn alla vapenföra män från tjugo år och uppåt. 37 Av Benjamins stam inmönstrades 35 400 man.
38 Av Dans ättlingar upptecknades släkt för släkt, familj för familj, namn för namn alla vapenföra män från tjugo år och uppåt. 39 Av Dans stam mönstrades 62 700 man.
40 Av Ashers ättlingar upptecknades släkt för släkt, familj för familj, namn för namn alla vapenföra män från tjugo år och uppåt. 41 Av Ashers stam mönstrades 41 500 man.
42 Av Naftalis ättlingar upptecknades släkt för släkt, familj för familj, namn för namn alla vapenföra män från tjugo år och uppåt. 43 Av Naftalis stam mönstrades 53 400 man.
44 Dessa mönstrades av Mose och Aron och Israels hövdingar, tolv män som representerade var sin stamfamilj. 45 Alla vapenföra israeliter från tjugo år och uppåt mönstrades alltså familjevis. 46 Sammanlagt räknades 603 550 stridsdugliga män vid mönstringen.
47 Leviternas fädernestam räknades dock inte i mönstringen tillsammans med de andra. 48 Herren talade nämligen till Mose: 49 ”Du ska inte räkna Levis stam i mönstringen av israeliterna. 50 Du ska ge dem i uppdrag att bära förbundstecknets boning och utföra allt som hör samman med den och alla dess redskap och sköta om dem. De måste bo nära tältet 51 och när det ska flyttas är det leviternas sak att ta ner det och att sätta upp det igen vid nästa lägerplats. Om någon annan kommer nära det ska han dödas. 52 Varje israelit ska slå läger tillsammans och under eget banér, efter sina häravdelningar. 53 Leviternas tält ska slås upp runt förbundstecknets boning för att Guds vrede inte ska komma över Israels meninghet. Leviterna är ansvariga för den och dess skötsel.”
54 Alla dessa befallningar som Herren hade gett Mose efterföljdes av israeliterna.
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