Census

1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Tent of Revelation (it was in the wilderness of Sinai on the first day of the second month, the second year after the departure of the children of Israel from Egypt) and instructed him and Aaron: 2"Enumerate all in the community of Israel, generation by generation, family by family, all the men by name, one by one, 3 years of age and older, all those who are fit for the army of Israel. You and Aaron will need to enlist them in the military units. 4–5To help you, there will be one man from each tribe, the head of his families.

These are their names: Elitzo, son of Shedeur, from the tribe of Reuben;

6Shelumi'e, son of Tzurishedda, of the tribe of Simeon;

7Nachsho, son of Amminad, from the tribe of Judah;

8Netanel[975], son of Zuahr, of the tribe of Issachar;

9Elia, son of Cheloh, of the tribe of Zebulun;

10Elishama, son of Ammichud, of the tribe of Ephraim;

Gamliel, son of Pedazur, from the tribe of Manasseh;

(Ephraim and Manasseh are the sons of Joseph).

11Abid, son of Gidoni, of the tribe of Benjamin;

12Ahiezer, son of Ammishadda, of the tribe of Dan;

13 Pagiel, son of Ochran, by the tribe of Asher;

14Eliasath, son of Deue, of the tribe of Gad;

15Ahira, the son of Ahen, is of the tribe of Naphtali."

16Those whom God has chosen out of the whole community are the heads of the thousands of Israel, the leaders[976] of those tribes that trace their origins back to their twelve ancestors.

17Moses and Aaron gathered together all these men named by name,18 and together with them on that first day of the second month they called together the whole congregation. On that day, all the Israelites who had reached the age of twenty answered the question about their origin, indicated what kind of family and what family they came from; and every one of them was registered by name, 19as the Lord had commanded Moses. And he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai.

20Of the descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, all the men twenty years of age and older were numbered; All who were fit for military service were enlisted in the army by name, one after the other, in accordance with what had been spent in each of their clans and families. 21The number of such in the tribe of Reuben was forty-six thousand five hundred.

22 Of the descendants of Simeon, all the males twenty years of age and older were numbered; All who were fit for military service were enlisted in the army by name, one after the other, in accordance with what had been spent in each of their clans and families. 23The number of such in the tribe of Simeon was fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

24 Of the descendants of Gad, all the males from twenty years of age and older were numbered; All who were fit for military service were enlisted in the army by name, one after the other, in accordance with what had been spent in each of their clans and families. 25The number of such in the tribe of Gad was forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

26Of the descendants of Judah, all the males from twenty years of age and older were counted; All who were fit for military service were enlisted in the army by name, one after the other, in accordance with what had been spent in each of their clans and families. 27The number of such in the tribe of Judah was seventy-four thousand six hundred.