Numbers 1:3-48

³Those aged twenty or older who can do military service are to be registered by you and Aaron in their Israelite army divisions.

⁴A representative from each tribe, the head of a family, must be there with you.

⁵These are the names of the men who will work with you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur;

⁶from the tribe of Simeon, Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai;

⁷from the tribe of Judah, Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

⁸from the tribe of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar;

⁹from the tribe of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon;

¹⁰from the sons of Joseph: from the tribe of Ephraim, Elishama, son of Ammihud, and from the tribe of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur;

¹¹from the tribe of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni;

¹²from the tribe of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai;

¹³from the tribe of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ocran;

¹⁴from the tribe of Gad, Eliasaph, son of Deuel;

¹⁵and from the tribe of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan.”

¹⁶These were the men chosen from the Israelite community. They were the leaders of their fathers' tribes; the heads of the families of Israel.

¹⁷Moses and Aaron summoned these men who had been selected by name.

¹⁸They had all the Israelites gather together on the first day of the second month, and recorded the people's genealogy according to their tribe and family, and counted up the names of all those aged twenty or older,

¹⁹as the Lord had told Moses to do. Moses conducted this census in the Sinai desert.

²⁰The descendants of Reuben, (he was Israel's firstborn son), men aged twenty or over, were recorded by name according to the genealogical records of their tribe and families. All those registered who could serve in the army

²¹from the tribe of Reuben totaled 46,500.

²²The descendants of Simeon, men aged twenty or over, were recorded by name according to the genealogical records of their tribe and families. All those registered who could serve in the army

²³from the tribe of Simeon totaled 59,300.

²⁴The descendants of Gad, men aged twenty or over, were recorded by name according to the genealogical records of their tribe and families. All those registered who could serve in the army

²⁵from the tribe of Gad totaled 45,650.

²⁶The descendants of Judah, men aged twenty or older, were recorded by name according to the genealogical records of their tribe and families. All those registered who could serve in the army

²⁷from the tribe of Judah, totaled 74,600.

²⁸The descendants of Issachar, men aged twenty or older, were recorded by name according to the genealogical records of their tribe and families. All those registered who could serve in the army

²⁹from the tribe of Issachar, totaled 54,400.

³⁰The descendants of Zebulun, men aged twenty or older, were recorded by name according to the genealogical records of their tribe and families. All those registered who could serve in the army

³¹from the tribe of Zebulun, totaled 57,400.

³²The descendants of Joseph: the descendants of Ephraim, men aged twenty or older, were recorded by name according to the genealogical records of their tribe and families. All those registered who could serve in the army

³³from the tribe of Ephraim, totaled 40,500.

³⁴And the descendants of Manasseh, men aged twenty or older, were recorded by name according to the genealogical records of their tribe and families. All those registered who could serve in the army

³⁵from the tribe of Manasseh, totaled 32,200.

³⁶The descendants of Benjamin, men aged twenty or older, were recorded by name according to the genealogical records of their tribe and families. All those registered who could serve in the army

³⁷from the tribe of Benjamin, totaled 35,400.

³⁸The descendants of Dan, men aged twenty or older, were recorded by name according to the genealogical records of their tribe and families. All those registered who could serve in the army

³⁹from the tribe of Dan, totaled 62,700.

⁴⁰The descendants of Asher, men aged twenty or older, were recorded by name according to the genealogical records of their tribe and families. All those registered who could serve in the army

⁴¹from the tribe of Asher, totaled 41,500.

⁴²The descendants of Naphtali, men aged twenty or older, were recorded by name according to the genealogical records of their tribe and families. All those registered who could serve in the army

⁴³from the tribe of Naphtali, totaled 53,400.

⁴⁴These were the totals of the men counted and registered by Moses and Aaron, with the help of the twelve leaders of Israel, who each represented their family.

⁴⁵In this way all the Israelite men aged twenty or older who were able to serve in Israel's army were registered according to their families.

⁴⁶The sum total of those registered was 603,550.

⁴⁷However, the Levites were not registered with the others according to their tribe and families.

⁴⁸This was because the Lord had told Moses,