1 No segundo ano depois da saída dos israelitas do Egito, no dia primeiro do segundo mês, o Senhor Deus falou com Moisés no deserto do Sinai, na Tenda Sagrada. Ele disse:

2 — Você e Arão devem fazer a contagem do povo de Israel por grupos de famílias e por famílias. 3 Façam a lista de todos os homens de vinte anos para cima, isto é, todos os que já têm idade para o serviço militar. 4 Vocês chamarão um chefe de grupo de famílias de cada tribo para ajudá-los. 5-16 São estes os nomes dos homens que vão ajudar vocês:

Esses foram os chefes de tribo escolhidos no meio do povo de Israel para representar os seus grupos de famílias.

17,18 Então, no dia primeiro do segundo mês, Moisés e Arão, junto com esses doze homens, reuniram todo o povo e fizeram a contagem por grupos de famílias e por famílias, registrando nome por nome os homens de vinte anos para cima. 19 Assim, a contagem no deserto do Sinai foi feita como o Senhor havia ordenado a Moisés. 20,21 Os homens de vinte anos para cima, que tinham idade para o serviço militar, foram registrados pelo seu nome, cada um no seu grupo de famílias e na sua família. Começaram pela tribo de Rúben, o filho mais velho de Jacó. A soma total das tribos foi a seguinte:

Da tribo de Rúben, quarenta e seis mil e quinhentos homens.

22,23 Da tribo de Simeão, cinquenta e nove mil e trezentos homens.

24,25 Da tribo de Gade, quarenta e cinco mil seiscentos e cinquenta.

26,27 Da tribo de Judá, setenta e quatro mil e seiscentos.

28,29 Da tribo de Issacar, cinquenta e quatro mil e quatrocentos.

30,31 Da tribo de Zebulom, cinquenta e sete mil e quatrocentos.

32,33 Da tribo de Efraim, quarenta mil e quinhentos.

34,35 Da tribo de Manassés, trinta e dois mil e duzentos.

36,37 Da tribo de Benjamim, trinta e cinco mil e quatrocentos.

38,39 Da tribo de Dã, sessenta e dois mil e setecentos.

40,41 Da tribo de Aser, quarenta e um mil e quinhentos.

42,43 Da tribo de Naftali, cinquenta e três mil e quatrocentos.

44-46 A soma total de todos os homens de vinte anos para cima, que tinham idade para o serviço militar, foi de seiscentos e três mil quinhentos e cinquenta.

47 Mas os levitas não foram registrados com as outras tribos, 48 pois o Senhor tinha dito a Moisés o seguinte:

49 — Quando você fizer a contagem dos homens com idade para o serviço militar, deixe de fora os homens da tribo de Levi. 50 Mas ponha os levitas para cuidarem da Tenda Sagrada e de todos os seus móveis e objetos. Eles carregarão a Tenda e todo o seu equipamento, farão ali o serviço religioso e acamparão ao redor dela. 51 Quando a Tenda tiver de ser transportada, os levitas a desarmarão e, quando for preciso acampar de novo, eles a armarão outra vez. Quem não for levita e chegar perto da Tenda deverá ser morto. 52 Os outros israelitas ficarão cada um no seu próprio acampamento, perto da sua própria bandeira, de acordo com o seu grupo. 53 Mas os levitas acamparão ao redor da Tenda para guardá-la a fim de que ninguém chegue perto, e assim eu não fique irado com o povo de Israel.

54 E o povo fez tudo como o Senhor havia ordenado a Moisés.

1 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses in the desert of Sinai in the tent of meeting,on the first of the second month in the second year by their coming forth out of the land of Egypt saying:

2 Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, by their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names, every male, by their polls;

3 from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war in Israel,ye shall number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;

4 and with you, shall be one man for each tribe,each man, head of his ancestral house, shall be.

5 These, then, are the names of the men who shall stand with you,Of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur;

6 Of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

7 Of Judah, Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

8 Of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar;

9 Of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon;

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

11 Of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

12 Of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

13 Of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran;

14 Of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

15 Of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.

16 These, are they who had been summoned by the assembly, being princes of the tribes of their fathers,heads of the thousands of Israeli.

17 So then Moses and Aaron took these men, who were distinguished by name;

18 all the assembly also, called they together on the first of the second month,and they declared their pedigree according to their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names from twenty years old and upwards by their polls.

19 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he mustered them in the desert of Sinai.

20 And they were The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, in their pedigreesby their families, by their ancestral houses, in the counting of names, by their polls, every male, from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war;

21 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Reuben, forty-six thousand and five hundred.

22 Of the sons of Simeon, in their pedigree by their families by their ancestral houses,such as were numbered of him, in the counting of names by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war;

23 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Simeon, fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.

24 Of the sons of Gad, in their pedigreeby their families by their ancestral houses, in the counting of names from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war:

25 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Gad, forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

26 Of the sons of Judah, in the r pedigrees by their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names, from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war;

27 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Judah, seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

28 Of the sons of Issachar, in their pedigreesby their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names, from twenty year old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war;

29 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Issachar, fifty-four thousand and four hundred.

30 Of the sons of Zebulun, in their pedigreesby their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names from twenty years rid and upwards, every one able to go forth to war;

31 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Zebulun, fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.

32 Of the sons of JosephOf the sons of Ephraim, in their pedigreesby their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war;

33 such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Ephraim, forty thousand and five hundred.

34 Of the sons of Manasseh, in their pedigreesby their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war;

35 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Manasseh, thirty-two thousand, and two hundred.

36 Of the sons of Benjamin, in their pedigrees by their families, by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war;

37 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, thirty-five thousand and four hundred.

38 Of the sons of Dan, in their pedigrees by their families by their ancestral houses, in the counting of names from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war;

39 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Dan, sixty-two thousand, and seven hundred.

40 Of the sons of Asher, in their pedigreesby their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war;

41 such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Asher, forty-one thousand, and five hundred.

42 The sons of Naphtali, in their pedigrees by their families by their ancestral houses,in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war;

43 such as were numbered of them, as belonging to the tribe of Naphtali, fifty-three thousand, and four hundred.

44 These, are they who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the twelve princes of Israel did number, the princes acting each one for his ancestral house.

45 So then all they who were numbered of the sons of Israel by their ancestral houses, from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war in Israel;

46 so then all they who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

47 But the Levites by the tribe of their fathers were not numbered in their midst.

48 For Yahweh spake unto Moses saying:

49 Only the tribe of Levi, shalt thou no number, nor the sum of them, shalt thou reckon up, in the midst of the sons of Israel.

50 But do, thou thyself, put the Levites in charge over the habitation of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof and over all that pertaineth thereto, they, shall bear the habitation, and all the furniture thereof, and they, shall attend thereupon; and, round about the habitation, shall they encamp.

51 And, when the habitation is to set forward, the Levites shall take it down, and when the habitation is to be pitched, the Levites, shall set it up, but the stranger that draweth near, shall be put to death.

52 So then the sons of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man, near his own camp, and, every man, near his own standard, by their hosts;

53 but the Levites, shall pitch their tents round about the habitation of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the assembly of the sons of Israel,so shall the Levites keep the watch of the habitation of the testimony.

54 Thus did the sons of Israel,according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did they.