1And YHWH speaks to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, saying,

2“Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names—every male by their counted heads;

3from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host in Israel, you number them by their hosts, you and Aaron;

4and with you there is a man for a tribe, each is a head of the house of his fathers.

5And these [are] the names of the men who stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

6for Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

7for Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

8for Issachar, Nathaneel son of Zuar;

9for Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

10for the sons of Joseph: for Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; for Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

11for Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

12for Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

13for Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;

14for Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

15for Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”

16These [are] those called of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers; they [are] heads of the thousands of Israel.

17And Moses takes—Aaron also—these men, who were defined by name,

18and they assembled all the congregation on the first of the second month, and they declare their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names from a son of twenty years and upward, by their counted heads,

19as YHWH has commanded Moses; and he numbers them in the wilderness of Sinai.

20And the sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, by their counted heads, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—

21their numbered ones, for the tribe of Reuben, are forty-six thousand and five hundred.

22Of the sons of Simeon—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, its numbered ones in the number of names, by their counted heads, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—

23their numbered ones, for the tribe of Simeon, [are] fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.

24Of the sons of Gad—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—

25their numbered ones, for the tribe of Gad, [are] forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

26Of the sons of Judah—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—

27their numbered ones, for the tribe of Judah, [are] seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

28Of the sons of Issachar—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—

29their numbered ones, for the tribe of Issachar, [are] fifty-four thousand and four hundred.

30Of the sons of Zebulun—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—

31their numbered ones, for the tribe of Zebulun, [are] fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.

32Of the sons of Joseph: of the sons of Ephraim—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—

33their numbered ones, for the tribe of Ephraim, [are] forty thousand and five hundred.

34Of the sons of Manasseh—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—

35their numbered ones, for the tribe of Manasseh, [are] thirty-two thousand and two hundred.

36Of the sons of Benjamin—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—

37their numbered ones, for the tribe of Benjamin, [are] thirty-five thousand and four hundred.

38Of the sons of Dan—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—

39their numbered ones, for the tribe of Dan, [are] sixty-two thousand and seven hundred.

40Of the sons of Asher—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—

41their numbered ones, for the tribe of Asher, [are] forty-one thousand and five hundred.

42Of the sons of Naphtali—their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host—

43their numbered ones, for the tribe of Naphtali, [are] fifty-three thousand and four hundred.

44These [are] those numbered, whom Moses numbered—Aaron also—and the princes of Israel, twelve men, each one has been [the representative] for the house of his fathers.

45And they are, all those numbered of the sons of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host in Israel,

46indeed, all those numbered are six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

47And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst,

48seeing YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

49“Only the tribe of Levi you do not number, and you do not take up their census in the midst of the sons of Israel;

50and you, appoint the Levites over the Dwelling Place of the Testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all that it has; they carry the Dwelling Place, and all its vessels, and they serve it; and they encamp around the Dwelling Place.

51And in the journeying of the Dwelling Place, the Levites take it down, and in the encamping of the Dwelling Place, the Levites raise it up; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.”

52And the sons of Israel have encamped, each by his camp, and each by his standard, by their hosts;

53and the Levites encamp around the Dwelling Place of the Testimony; and there is no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have kept the charge of the Dwelling Place of the Testimony.

54And the sons of Israel do according to all that YHWH has commanded Moses; so they have done.