And the LORDspakeuntoMoses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the secondmonth, in the secondyearaftertheywerecome out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, aftertheirfamilies, by the house of theirfathers, with the number of theirnames, everymale by theirpolls;
And theyassembled all the congregationtogether on the first day of the secondmonth, and theydeclaredtheirpedigreesaftertheirfamilies, by the house of theirfathers, according to the number of the names, fromtwentyyears old and upward, by theirpolls.
And the children of Reuben, Israel’seldest son, by theirgenerations, aftertheirfamilies, by the house of theirfathers, according to the number of the names, by theirpolls, everymalefromtwentyyears old and upward, all thatwereable to go forth to war;
Of the children of Simeon, by theirgenerations, aftertheirfamilies, by the house of theirfathers, thosethatwerenumbered of them, according to the number of the names, by theirpolls, everymalefromtwentyyears old and upward, all thatwereable to go forth to war;
Of the children of Gad, by theirgenerations, aftertheirfamilies, by the house of theirfathers, according to the number of the names, fromtwentyyears old and upward, all thatwereable to go forth to war;
Of the children of Judah, by theirgenerations, aftertheirfamilies, by the house of theirfathers, according to the number of the names, fromtwentyyears old and upward, all thatwereable to go forth to war;
Of the children of Issachar, by theirgenerations, aftertheirfamilies, by the house of theirfathers, according to the number of the names, fromtwentyyears old and upward, all thatwereable to go forth to war;
Of the children of Zebulun, by theirgenerations, aftertheirfamilies, by the house of theirfathers, according to the number of the names, fromtwentyyears old and upward, all thatwereable to go forth to war;
Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by theirgenerations, aftertheirfamilies, by the house of theirfathers, according to the number of the names, fromtwentyyears old and upward, all thatwereable to go forth to war;
Of the children of Manasseh, by theirgenerations, aftertheirfamilies, by the house of theirfathers, according to the number of the names, fromtwentyyears old and upward, all thatwereable to go forth to war;
Of the children of Benjamin, by theirgenerations, aftertheirfamilies, by the house of theirfathers, according to the number of the names, fromtwentyyears old and upward, all thatwereable to go forth to war;
Of the children of Dan, by theirgenerations, aftertheirfamilies, by the house of theirfathers, according to the number of the names, fromtwentyyears old and upward, all thatwereable to go forth to war;
Of the children of Asher, by theirgenerations, aftertheirfamilies, by the house of theirfathers, according to the number of the names, fromtwentyyears old and upward, all thatwereable to go forth to war;
Of the children of Naphtali, throughouttheirgenerations, aftertheirfamilies, by the house of theirfathers, according to the number of the names, fromtwentyyears old and upward, all thatwereable to go forth to war;
So were all thosethatwerenumbered of the children of Israel, by the house of theirfathers, fromtwentyyears old and upward, all thatwereable to go forth to war in Israel;
But thoushaltappoint the Levitesover the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vesselsthereof, and over all thingsthatbelong to it: theyshallbear the tabernacle, and all the vesselsthereof; and theyshallministerunto it, and shallencamproundabout the tabernacle.
And when the tabernaclesettethforward, the Levitesshalltake it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levitesshall set it up: and the strangerthatcomethnighshall be put to death.
But the Levitesshallpitchroundabout the tabernacle of testimony, thatthere be no wrathupon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levitesshallkeep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.