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Dénombrement des Israélites dans le désert de Sinaï
1 L’Eternel parla à Moïse dans le désert du Sinaï, dans la tente d’assignation, le premier jour du second mois, la seconde année après leur sortie du pays d’Egypte. Il dit: 2 Faites le dénombrement de toute l’assemblée des enfants d’Israël, selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères, en comptant par tête les noms de tous les hommes, 3 depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux d’Israël en état de porter les armes; vous en ferez le dénombrement selon leurs divisions, toi et Aaron. 4 Il y aura avec vous un homme par tribu, chef de la maison de ses pères.
5 Voici les noms des hommes qui se tiendront avec vous.
Pour Ruben: Elitsur, fils de Schedéur;
6 pour Siméon: Schelumiel, fils de Tsurischaddaï;
7 pour Juda: Nachschon, fils d’Amminadab;
8 pour Issacar: Nethaneel, fils de Tsuar;
9 pour Zabulon: Eliab, fils de Hélon;
10 pour les fils de Joseph – pour Ephraïm: Elischama, fils d’Ammihud; – pour Manassé: Gamliel, fils de Pedahtsur;
11 pour Benjamin: Abidan, fils de Guideoni;
12 pour Dan: Ahiézer, fils d’Ammischaddaï;
13 pour Aser: Paguiel, fils d’Ocran;
14 pour Gad: Eliasaph, fils de Déuel;
15 pour Nephthali: Ahira, fils d’Enan.
16 Tels sont ceux qui furent convoqués à l’assemblée, princes des tribus de leurs pères, chefs des milliers d’Israël.
17 Moïse et Aaron prirent ces hommes, qui avaient été désignés par leurs noms, 18 et ils convoquèrent toute l’assemblée, le premier jour du second mois. On les enregistra selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères, en comptant par tête les noms depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus. 19 Moïse en fit le dénombrement dans le désert de Sinaï, comme l’Eternel le lui avait ordonné.
20 On enregistra les fils de Ruben, premier-né d’Israël, selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères, en comptant par tête les noms de tous les hommes, depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux en état de porter les armes: 21 les hommes de la tribu de Ruben dont on fit le dénombrement furent quarante-six mille cinq cents.
22 On enregistra les fils de Siméon, selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères; on en fit le dénombrement, en comptant par tête les noms de tous les hommes depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux en état de porter les armes: 23 les hommes de la tribu de Siméon dont on fit le dénombrement furent cinquante-neuf mille trois cents.
24 On enregistra les fils de Gad, selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères, en comptant les noms depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux en état de porter les armes: 25 les hommes de la tribu de Gad dont on fit le dénombrement furent quarante-cinq mille six cent cinquante.
26 On enregistra les fils de Juda, selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères, en comptant les noms depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux en état de porter les armes: 27 les hommes de la tribu de Juda dont on fit le dénombrement furent soixante-quatorze mille six cents.
28 On enregistra les fils d’Issacar, selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères, en comptant les noms depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux en état de porter les armes: 29 les hommes de la tribu d’Issacar dont on fit le dénombrement furent cinquante-quatre mille quatre cents.
30 On enregistra les fils de Zabulon, selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères, en comptant les noms depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux en état de porter les armes: 31 les hommes de la tribu de Zabulon dont on fit le dénombrement furent cinquante-sept mille quatre cents.
32 On enregistra, d’entre les fils de Joseph, les fils d’Ephraïm, selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères, en comptant les noms depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux en état de porter les armes: 33 les hommes de la tribu d’Ephraïm dont on fit le dénombrement furent quarante mille cinq cents.
34 On enregistra les fils de Manassé, selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères, en comptant les noms depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux en état de porter les armes: 35 les hommes de la tribu de Manassé dont on fit le dénombrement furent trente-deux mille deux cents.
36 On enregistra les fils de Benjamin, selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères, en comptant les noms depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux en état de porter les armes: 37 les hommes de la tribu de Benjamin dont on fit le dénombrement furent trente-cinq mille quatre cents.
38 On enregistra les fils de Dan, selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères, en comptant les noms depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux en état de porter les armes: 39 les hommes de la tribu de Dan dont on fit le dénombrement furent soixante-deux mille sept cents.
40 On enregistra les fils d’Aser, selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères, en comptant les noms depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux en état de porter les armes: 41 les hommes de la tribu d’Aser dont on fit le dénombrement furent quarante et un mille cinq cents.
42 On enregistra les fils de Nephthali, selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères, en comptant les noms depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux en état de porter les armes: 43 les hommes de la tribu de Nephthali dont on fit le dénombrement furent cinquante-trois mille quatre cents.
44 Tels sont ceux dont le dénombrement fut fait par Moïse et Aaron, et par les douze hommes, princes d’Israël; il y avait un homme pour chacune des maisons de leurs pères. 45 Tous ceux des enfants d’Israël dont on fit le dénombrement, selon les maisons de leurs pères, depuis l’âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux d’Israël en état de porter les armes, 46 tous ceux dont on fit le dénombrement furent six cent trois mille cinq cent cinquante.
Responsabilités des Lévites
47 Les Lévites, selon la tribu de leurs pères, ne firent point partie de ce dénombrement. 48 L’Eternel parla à Moïse, et dit: 49 Tu ne feras point le dénombrement de la tribu de Lévi, et tu n’en compteras point les têtes au milieu des enfants d’Israël. 50 Remets aux soins des Lévites le tabernacle du témoignage, tous ses ustensiles et tout ce qui lui appartient. Ils porteront le tabernacle et tous ses ustensiles, ils en feront le service, et ils camperont autour du tabernacle. 51 Quand le tabernacle partira, les Lévites le démonteront; quand le tabernacle campera, les Lévites le dresseront; et l’étranger qui en approchera sera puni de mort. 52 Les enfants d’Israël camperont chacun dans son camp, chacun près de sa bannière, selon leurs divisions. 53 Mais les Lévites camperont autour du tabernacle du témoignage, afin que ma colère n’éclate point sur l’assemblée des enfants d’Israël; et les Lévites auront la garde du tabernacle du témoignage. 54 Les enfants d’Israël se conformèrent à tous les ordres que l’Eternel avait donnés à Moïse; ils firent ainsi.
Numbers 1
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Numbers 1
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The Census of Israel’s Warriors
1 The Lord spoke [by special revelation] to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) on the first day of the second month in the second year after the [a]Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 “Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, [b]head by head 3 from twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go out to war. You and Aaron shall number them, army by army. 4 And with you there shall be a man [to assist you] from each tribe, each being the head of his father’s household. 5 These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from [the tribe of] Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; 6 from [the tribe of] Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; 7 from [the tribe of] Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab; 8 from [the tribe of] Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar; 9 from [the tribe of] Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon; 10 from the sons (descendants) of Joseph: from [the tribe of] [c]Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; from [the tribe of] Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; 11 from [the tribe of] Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni; 12 from [the tribe of] Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; 13 from [the tribe of] Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran; 14 from [the tribe of] Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel; 15 from [the tribe of] Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan. 16 These men were the ones called from the congregation, the leaders of their fathers’ (ancestors’) tribes; they were the heads of thousands [the highest ranking officers] in Israel.”
17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who were designated by name, 18 and assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and they registered by ancestry in their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head, 19 just as the Lord had commanded Moses. So he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.
20 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s (Jacob’s) firstborn, their generations, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, 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 of the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.
22 Of the sons of Simeon, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, their numbered men 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 of the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.
24 Of the sons of Gad, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 25 those of the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.
26 Of the sons of Judah, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 27 those of the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.
28 Of the sons of Issachar, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 29 those of the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.
30 Of the sons of Zebulun, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 31 those of the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.
32 Of the sons of Joseph: the sons (descendants) of Ephraim, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 33 those of the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.
34 Of the sons of Manasseh, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 35 those of the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.
36 Of the sons of Benjamin, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 37 those of the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.
38 Of the sons of Dan, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 39 those of the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.
40 Of the sons of Asher, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 41 those of the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.
42 Of the sons of Naphtali, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 43 those of the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.
44 These were the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers’ household. 45 So all those numbered of the sons of Israel, by their fathers’ households, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war in Israel, 46 all who were numbered were 603,550.
Levites Exempted
47 The Levites, however, were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe. 48 For the Lord had said to Moses, 49 “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel [since they are unavailable to go to war]. 50 But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle (sanctuary) of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings and all things that belong to it. They shall carry the tabernacle [when traveling] and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and camp around it. 51 When the tabernacle is to go forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to [be set up for] camp, the Levites shall set it up. But the layman (non-Levite) who approaches the tabernacle shall be put to death. 52 The Israelites shall camp according to their armies, every man by his own camp and every man by his own [tribal] standard (banner). 53 But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, so that there will be no wrath against the congregation of the Israelites. The Levites shall be in charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.” 54 Thus the sons of Israel did these things; according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so they did.
Footnotes
- Numbers 1:1 In general, sons (children) of Israel or Israel or Israelites refers to all the people (males and females) of the various tribes descended from the twelve sons (Gen 35:23-26) of Jacob (later renamed Israel by God). In verses concerning things such as warfare or circumcision sons of Israel or Israel or Israelites usually refers only to the males. Tribes of ancient peoples were identified by the name of their founding ancestor. Therefore, this same general rule applies when referring to individual tribal groups, e.g. sons of Reuben, Reuben, Reubenites and so throughout.
- Numbers 1:2 Lit by their skulls, also the root word for “Golgotha.”
- Numbers 1:10 Ephraim was the second son born to Joseph in Egypt, but he was chosen over his elder brother, Manasseh, by his grandfather, Jacob (Israel) to receive the birthright blessing (the double portion). Joshua, the great leader who took command after the death of Moses, was from the tribe of Ephraim. Eventually, Ephraim dominated the other nine tribes of Israel, the Northern Kingdom. “Ephraim” is often used interchangeably with “Israel” to refer to the ten tribes of the north.
Numbers 1
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Numbers 1
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The Census
1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting(A) in the Desert of Sinai(B) on the first day of the second month(C) of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt.(D) He said: 2 “Take a census(E) of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families,(F) listing every man by name,(G) one by one. 3 You and Aaron(H) are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more(I) and able to serve in the army.(J) 4 One man from each tribe,(K) each of them the head of his family,(L) is to help you.(M) 5 These are the names(N) of the men who are to assist you:
from Reuben,(O) Elizur son of Shedeur;(P)
6 from Simeon,(Q) Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;(R)
7 from Judah,(S) Nahshon son of Amminadab;(T)
8 from Issachar,(U) Nethanel son of Zuar;(V)
9 from Zebulun,(W) Eliab son of Helon;(X)
10 from the sons of Joseph:
from Ephraim,(Y) Elishama son of Ammihud;(Z)
from Manasseh,(AA) Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;(AB)
11 from Benjamin,(AC) Abidan son of Gideoni;(AD)
12 from Dan,(AE) Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;(AF)
13 from Asher,(AG) Pagiel son of Okran;(AH)
16 These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders(AM) of their ancestral tribes.(AN) They were the heads of the clans of Israel.(AO)
17 Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified, 18 and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month.(AP) The people registered their ancestry(AQ) by their clans and families,(AR) and the men twenty years old or more(AS) were listed by name, one by one, 19 as the Lord commanded Moses. And so he counted(AT) them in the Desert of Sinai:
20 From the descendants of Reuben(AU) the firstborn son(AV) of Israel:
All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. 21 The number from the tribe of Reuben(AW) was 46,500.
22 From the descendants of Simeon:(AX)
All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were counted and listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. 23 The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.(AY)
24 From the descendants of Gad:(AZ)
All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. 25 The number from the tribe of Gad(BA) was 45,650.
26 From the descendants of Judah:(BB)
All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. 27 The number from the tribe of Judah(BC) was 74,600.
28 From the descendants of Issachar:(BD)
All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. 29 The number from the tribe of Issachar(BE) was 54,400.(BF)
30 From the descendants of Zebulun:(BG)
All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. 31 The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.(BH)
32 From the sons of Joseph:(BI)
From the descendants of Ephraim:(BJ)
All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. 33 The number from the tribe of Ephraim(BK) was 40,500.
34 From the descendants of Manasseh:(BL)
All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. 35 The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.
36 From the descendants of Benjamin:(BM)
All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. 37 The number from the tribe of Benjamin(BN) was 35,400.
38 From the descendants of Dan:(BO)
All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. 39 The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.(BP)
40 From the descendants of Asher:(BQ)
All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. 41 The number from the tribe of Asher(BR) was 41,500.
42 From the descendants of Naphtali:(BS)
All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. 43 The number from the tribe of Naphtali(BT) was 53,400.(BU)
44 These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron(BV) and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. 45 All the Israelites twenty years old or more(BW) who were able to serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.(BX) 46 The total number was 603,550.(BY)
47 The ancestral tribe of the Levites,(BZ) however, was not counted(CA) along with the others. 48 The Lord had said to Moses: 49 “You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites. 50 Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle(CB) of the covenant law(CC)—over all its furnishings(CD) and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it. 51 Whenever the tabernacle(CE) is to move,(CF) the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it.(CG) Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death.(CH) 52 The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard.(CI) 53 The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle(CJ) of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall(CK) on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.(CL)”
54 The Israelites did all this just as the Lord commanded Moses.
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