Fjórða bók Móse 1
Icelandic Bible
1 Drottinn talaði við Móse í Sínaí-eyðimörk, í samfundatjaldinu, á fyrsta degi annars mánaðar á öðru ári eftir brottför þeirra af Egyptalandi og mælti:
2 "Takið manntal alls safnaðar Ísraelsmanna eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, alla karlmenn mann fyrir mann.
3 Alla herfæra menn í Ísrael frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri skuluð þér telja eftir hersveitum þeirra, þú og Aron.
4 Og með ykkur skal vera einn maður af ættkvísl hverri, og sé hann höfuð ættar sinnar.
5 Þessi eru nöfn þeirra manna, er ykkur skulu aðstoða: Af Rúben: Elísúr Sedeúrsson.
6 Af Símeon: Selúmíel Súrísaddaíson.
7 Af Júda: Nakson Ammínadabsson.
8 Af Íssakar: Netanel Súarsson.
9 Af Sebúlon: Elíab Helónsson.
10 Af Jósefssonum: Af Efraím: Elísama Ammíhúdsson. Af Manasse: Gamlíel Pedasúrsson.
11 Af Benjamín: Abídan Gídeóníson.
12 Af Dan: Akíeser Ammísaddaíson.
13 Af Asser: Pagíel Ókransson.
14 Af Gað: Eljasaf Degúelsson.
15 Af Naftalí: Akíra Enansson."
16 Þessir voru tilnefndir af söfnuðinum, höfðingjar yfir ættkvíslum feðra sinna. Voru þeir höfuð Ísraels þúsunda.
17 Móse og Aron tóku menn þessa, sem nafngreindir eru,
18 og stefndu saman öllum söfnuðinum á fyrsta degi annars mánaðar og skrifuðu þá á ættarskrárnar eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, mann fyrir mann.
19 Svo sem Drottinn hafði boðið Móse, taldi hann þá í Sínaí-eyðimörk.
20 Synir Rúbens, frumgetins sonar Ísraels, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, maður fyrir mann, allir karlmenn frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,
21 þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Rúbens, voru 46.500.
22 Synir Símeons, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, maður fyrir mann, allir karlmenn frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,
23 þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Símeons, voru 59.300.
24 Synir Gaðs, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,
25 þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Gaðs, voru 45.650.
26 Synir Júda, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,
27 þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Júda, voru 74.600.
28 Synir Íssakars, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,
29 þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Íssakars, voru 54.400.
30 Synir Sebúlons, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,
31 þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Sebúlons, voru 57.400.
32 Synir Jósefs: Synir Efraíms, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,
33 þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Efraíms, voru 40.500.
34 Synir Manasse, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,
35 þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Manasse, voru 32.200.
36 Synir Benjamíns, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,
37 þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Benjamíns, voru 35.400.
38 Synir Dans, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,
39 þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Dans, voru 62.700.
40 Synir Assers, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,
41 þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Assers, voru 41.500.
42 Synir Naftalí, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,
43 þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Naftalí, voru 53.400.
44 Þessir eru þeir, er taldir voru, sem þeir Móse, Aron og höfðingjar Ísraels töldu. Voru þeir tólf, einn fyrir hverja ættkvísl hans.
45 Og allir þeir af Ísraelsmönnum, er taldir voru eftir ættum þeirra, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn, voru, _
46 allir þeir er taldir voru, voru 603.550.
47 En levítarnir, eftir ættbálki sínum, voru eigi taldir meðal þeirra.
48 Drottinn talaði við Móse og sagði:
49 "Þú skalt þó eigi telja ættkvísl Leví og eigi taka manntal þeirra meðal Ísraelsmanna.
50 En þú skalt setja levítana yfir sáttmálsbúðina og yfir öll áhöld hennar og yfir allt, sem til hennar heyrir. Þeir skulu bera búðina og öll áhöld hennar, og þeir skulu þjóna að henni, og þeir skulu tjalda umhverfis búðina.
51 Og er búðin tekur sig upp, skulu levítarnir taka hana niður, og þegar reisa skal búðina, skulu levítarnir setja hana upp. En komi nokkur annar þar nærri, skal hann líflátinn verða.
52 Ísraelsmenn skulu tjalda hver á sínum stað í herbúðunum og hver hjá sínu merki, eftir hersveitum sínum.
53 En levítarnir skulu tjalda umhverfis sáttmálsbúðina, að reiði komi eigi yfir söfnuð Ísraelsmanna. Og levítarnir skulu annast sáttmálsbúðina."
54 Ísraelsmenn gjörðu svo. Þeir gjörðu í alla staði svo sem Drottinn hafði boðið Móse.
Numbers 1
English Standard Version
A Census of Israel's Warriors
1 The Lord spoke to Moses (A)in the wilderness of Sinai, (B)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, 2 (C)“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, (D)by fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head. 3 (E)From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, (F)company by company. 4 And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. 5 And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, (G)Elizur the son of Shedeur; 6 from Simeon, (H)Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; 7 from Judah, (I)Nahshon the son of Amminadab; 8 from Issachar, (J)Nethanel the son of Zuar; 9 from Zebulun, (K)Eliab the son of Helon; 10 from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, (L)Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, (M)Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; 11 from Benjamin, (N)Abidan the son of Gideoni; 12 from Dan, (O)Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; 13 from Asher, (P)Pagiel the son of Ochran; 14 from Gad, Eliasaph the son of (Q)Deuel; 15 from Naphtali, (R)Ahira the son of Enan.” 16 These were the ones (S)chosen from the congregation, (T)the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.
17 Moses and Aaron took these men (U)who had been named, 18 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, 19 as the Lord commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20 The people of (V)Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 21 those listed of the tribe of Reuben were (W)46,500.
22 Of the people of Simeon, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, those of them who were listed, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 23 those listed of the tribe of Simeon were (X)59,300.
24 Of the people of Gad, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 25 those listed of the tribe of Gad were (Y)45,650.
26 Of the people of Judah, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 27 those listed of the tribe of Judah were (Z)74,600.
28 Of the people of Issachar, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 29 those listed of the tribe of Issachar were (AA)54,400.
30 Of the people of Zebulun, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 31 those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were (AB)57,400.
32 Of the people of Joseph, namely, of the people of Ephraim, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 33 those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were (AC)40,500.
34 Of the people of Manasseh, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 35 those listed of the tribe of Manasseh were (AD)32,200.
36 Of the people of Benjamin, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 37 those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were (AE)35,400.
38 Of the people of Dan, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 39 those listed of the tribe of Dan were (AF)62,700.
40 Of the people of Asher, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 41 those listed of the tribe of Asher were (AG)41,500.
42 Of the people of Naphtali, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 43 those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were (AH)53,400.
44 (AI)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. 45 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— 46 all those listed were (AJ)603,550.
Levites Exempted
47 But (AK)the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe. 48 For the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 49 “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel. 50 (AL)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 (AM)and shall camp around the tabernacle. 51 (AN)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. (AO)And if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death. 52 The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and (AP)each man by his own standard. 53 But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no (AQ)wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. (AR)And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.” 54 Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.
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
by Icelandic Bible Society
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