Numbers 1:1-26

Leeser(i) 1 And the Lord spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after their going out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the descent from their fathers, by numbering the names, every male according to their polls; 3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: these shall ye number according to their armies, thou and Aaron. 4 And with you there shall be one man each of every tribe; a man who is the head of his family division. 5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you; of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur. 6 Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7 Of Judah: Nachshon the son of ‘Amminadab. 8 Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar. 9 Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Chelon. 10 Of the children of Joseph, of Ephraim: Elishama the son of ‘Ammihud; of Menasseh: Gamliel the son of Pedahzur. 11 Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gidoni. 12 Of Dan: Achiezer the son of ‘Ammishaddai. 13 Of Asher: Pagiel the son of ‘Ochran. 14 Of Gad: Elyassaph the son of Deuel. 15 Of Naphtali: Achira the son of ‘Enan. 16 These were the selected of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; the heads of the thousands of Israel were they. 17 And Moses and Aaron took these men who are expressed by name: 18 And all the congregation they assembled together on the first day of the second month, and they were enrolled in the lists of their pedigrees after their families, by the descent from their fathers, by numbering the names, from twenty years old and upward, according to their polls. 19 As the Lord had commanded Moses, so did he number them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 And there were of the children of Reuben the first-born of Israel, by their generations, after their families, by the descent from their fathers, by numbering the names according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 21 Those that were numbered of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 22 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the descent from their fathers, those that were numbered of them, by numbering the names according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 23 Those that were numbered of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 24 Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the descent from their fathers, by numbering the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 25 Those that were numbered of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. 26 Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the descent from their fathers, by numbering the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;