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The Census
The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said:
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and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one,
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“See that the Kohathite tribal clans are not destroyed from among the Levites.
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As long as they remain under their Nazirite vow, they must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.
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“‘If someone dies suddenly in the Nazirite’s presence, thus defiling the hair that symbolizes their dedication, they must shave their head on the seventh day—the day of their cleansing.
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Then on the eighth day they must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for the Nazirite because they sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. That same day they are to consecrate their head again.
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They must rededicate themselves to the Lord for the same period of dedication and must bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. The previous days do not count, because they became defiled during their period of dedication.
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For the Lord had said to Moses, “Each day one leader is to bring his offering for the dedication of the altar.”
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The one who brought his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah.
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On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, brought his offering.
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On the third day, Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the people of Zebulun, brought his offering.
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On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the people of Reuben, brought his offering.
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On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, the leader of the people of Simeon, brought his offering.
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On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the people of Gad, brought his offering.
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On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the people of Ephraim, brought his offering.
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On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the people of Manasseh, brought his offering.
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On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, the leader of the people of Benjamin, brought his offering.
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On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, the leader of the people of Dan, brought his offering.
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On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Okran, the leader of the people of Asher, brought his offering.
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On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, the leader of the people of Naphtali, brought his offering.
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“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.’”
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Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with all its rules and regulations.”
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and they did so in the Desert of Sinai at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.
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But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean on account of a dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same day
