1 O Senhor falou a Moisés na Tenda do Encontro, no deserto do Sinai, no primeiro dia do segundo mês do segundo ano, depois que os israelitas saíram do Egito. Ele disse:2 "Façam um recenseamento de toda a comunidade de Israel, pelos seus clãs e famílias, alistando todos os homens, um a um, pelo nome.3 Você e Arão contarão todos os homens que possam servir no exército, de vinte anos para cima, organizados segundo as suas divisões.4 Um homem de cada tribo, o chefe dos grupos de famílias, deverá ajudá-los.5 Estes são os nomes dos homens que os ajudarão: de Rúben, Elizur, filho de Sedeur;6 de Simeão, Selumiel, filho de Zurisadai;7 de Judá, Naassom, filho de Aminadabe;8 de Issacar, Natanael, filho de Zuar;9 de Zebulom, Eliabe, filho de Helom;10 dos filhos de José: de Efraim, Elisama, filho de Amiúde; de Manassés, Gamaliel, filho de Pedazur;11 de Benjamim, Abidã, filho de Gideoni;12 de Dã, Aieser, filho de Amisadai;13 de Aser, Pagiel, filho de Ocrã;14 de Gade, Eliasafe, filho de Deuel;15 de Naftali, Aira, filho de Enã".16 Foram esses os escolhidos dentre a comunidade, líderes das tribos dos seus antepassados, chefes dos clãs de Israel.17 Moisés e Arão reuniram os homens nomeados18 e convocaram toda a comunidade no primeiro dia do segundo mês. Os homens de vinte anos para cima inscreveram-se conforme os seus clãs e as suas famílias, um a um, pelo nome,19 conforme o Senhor tinha ordenado a Moisés. E assim ele os contou no deserto do Sinai, na seguinte ordem:20 Dos descendentes de Rúben, o filho mais velho de Israel: Todos os homens de vinte anos para cima que podiam servir no exército foram relacionados, cada um pelo seu nome, de acordo com os registros de seus clãs e famílias.21 O número dos da tribo de Rúben foi 46. 500.22 Dos descendentes de Simeão: Todos os homens de vinte anos para cima que podiam servir no exército foram relacionados, cada um pelo seu nome, de acordo com os seus registros de clãs e famílias.23 O número dos da tribo de Simeão foi 59. 300.24 Dos descendentes de Gade: Todos os homens de vinte anos para cima que podiam servir no exército foram relacionados, cada um pelo seu nome, de acordo com os seus registros de clãs e famílias.25 O número dos da tribo de Gade foi 45. 650.26 Dos descendentes de Judá: Todos os homens de vinte anos para cima que podiam servir no exército foram relacionados, cada um pelo seu nome, de acordo com os seus registros de clãs e famílias.27 O número dos da tribo de Judá foi 74. 600.28 Dos descendentes de Issacar: Todos os homens de vinte anos para cima que podiam servir no exército foram relacionados, cada um pelo seu nome, de acordo com os seus registros de clãs e famílias.29 O número dos da tribo de Issacar foi 54. 400.30 Dos descendentes de Zebulom: Todos os homens de vinte anos para cima que podiam servir no exército foram relacionados, cada um pelo seu nome, de acordo com os seus registros de clãs e famílias.31 O número dos da tribo de Zebulom foi 57. 400.32 Dos filhos de José: Dos descendentes de Efraim: Todos os homens de vinte anos para cima que podiam servir no exército foram relacionados, cada um pelo seu nome, de acordo com os seus registros de clãs e famílias.33 O número dos da tribo de Efraim foi 40. 500.34 Dos descendentes de Manassés: Todos os homens de vinte anos para cima que podiam servir no exército foram relacionados, cada um pelo seu nome, de acordo com os seus registros de clãs e famílias.35 O número dos da tribo de Manassés foi 32. 200.36 Dos descendentes de Benjamim: Todos os homens de vinte anos para cima que podiam servir no exército foram relacionados, cada um pelo seu nome, de acordo com os seus registros de clãs e famílias.37 O número dos da tribo de Benjamim foi 35. 400.38 Dos descendentes de Dã: Todos os homens de vinte anos para cima que podiam servir no exército foram relacionados, cada um pelo seu nome, de acordo com os seus registros de clãs e famílias.39 O número dos da tribo de Dã foi 62. 700.40 Dos descendentes de Aser: Todos os homens de vinte anos para cima que podiam servir no exército foram relacionados, cada um pelo seu nome, de acordo com os seus registros de clãs e famílias.41 O número dos da tribo de Aser foi 41. 500.42 Dos descendentes de Naftali: Todos os homens de vinte anos para cima que podiam servir no exército foram relacionados, cada um pelo seu nome, de acordo com os seus registros de clãs e famílias.43 O número dos da tribo de Naftali foi 53. 400.44 Esses foram os homens contados por Moisés e por Arão e pelos doze líderes de Israel, cada um representando a sua família.45 Todos os israelitas de vinte anos para cima que podiam servir no exército foram contados de acordo com as suas famílias.46 O total foi 603. 550 homens.47 As famílias da tribo de Levi, porém, não foram contadas juntamente com as outras,48 pois o Senhor tinha dito a Moisés:49 "Não faça o recenseamento da tribo de Levi nem a relacione entre os demais israelitas.50 Em vez disso, designe os levitas como responsáveis pelo tabernáculo que guarda as tábuas da aliança, por todos os seus utensílios e por tudo o que pertence a ele. Eles transportarão o tabernáculo e todos os seus utensílios; cuidarão dele e acamparão ao seu redor.51 Sempre que o tabernáculo tiver que ser removido, os levitas o desmontarão e, sempre que tiver que ser armado, os levitas o farão. Qualquer pessoa não autorizada que se aproximar do tabernáculo terá que ser executada.52 Os israelitas armarão as suas tendas organizadas segundo as suas divisões, cada um em seu próprio acampamento e junto à sua bandeira.53 Os levitas, porém, armarão as suas tendas ao redor do tabernáculo que guarda as tábuas da aliança, para que a ira divina não caia sobre a comunidade de Israel. Os levitas terão a responsabilidade de cuidar do tabernáculo que guarda as tábuas da aliança".54 Os israelitas fizeram tudo exatamente como o Senhor tinha ordenado a Moisés.

1 And LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt, saying,2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls,3 from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel. Thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe, each one head of his fathers' house.5 And these are the names of the men who shall stand with you. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.6 Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.7 Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.8 Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.9 Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.10 Of the sons of Joseph, of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.11 Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.12 Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.13 Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.14 Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.15 Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.16 These are those who were called from the congregation, the rulers of the tribes of their fathers. They were the heads of the thousands of Israel.17 And Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name,18 and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month. And they declared their ancestry after their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and19 As LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.20 And the sons of Reuben, Israel's first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go21 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand and five hundred.22 Of the sons of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, those who were numbered of it, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were a23 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.24 Of the sons of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,25 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.26 Of the sons of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,27 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand and six hundred.28 Of the sons of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,29 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand and four hundred.30 Of the sons of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,31 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.32 Of the sons of Joseph, [namely], of the sons of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,33 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred;34 of the sons of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,35 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand and two hundred.36 Of the sons of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,37 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand and four hundred.38 Of the sons of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,39 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand and seven hundred.40 Of the sons of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,41 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand and five hundred.42 Of the sons of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,43 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand and four hundred.44 These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the rulers of Israel, being twelve men. They were each one for his fathers' house.45 So all those who were numbered of the sons of Israel by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war in Israel,46 even all those who were numbered were six hundred three thousand and five hundred and fifty.47 But the Levites according to the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.48 For LORD spoke to Moses, saying,49 Only the tribe of Levi thou shall not number, neither shall thou take the sum of them among the sons of Israel,50 but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture of it, and over all that belongs to it. They shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture of it, and they shall minister to it, and s51 And when the tabernacle sets forward, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.52 And the sons of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their armies.53 But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the sons of Israel. And the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.54 Thus did the sons of Israel. According to all that LORD commanded Moses, so they did.