Numbers 1 - King James Version (KJV) (2024)

₁And the LORD spake 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 they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, ₂Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; ₃from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. ₄And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. ₅And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. ₆Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ₇Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ₈Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. ₉Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. ₁₀Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ₁₁Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. ₁₂Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ₁₃Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. ₁₄Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ₁₅Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. ₁₆These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. ₁₇And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: ₁₈and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. ₁₉As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

₂₀And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ₂₁those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

₂₂Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ₂₃those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

₂₄Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ₂₅those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.

₂₆Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ₂₇those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

₂₈Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ₂₉those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

₃₀Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ₃₁those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

₃₂Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ₃₃those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.

₃₄Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ₃₅those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

₃₆Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ₃₇those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

₃₈Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ₃₉those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

₄₀Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ₄₁those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

₄₂Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ₄₃those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

₄₄These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers. ₄₅So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel; ₄₆even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

₄₇But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. ₄₈For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, ₄₉Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: ₅₀but thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. ₅₁And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. ₅₂And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. ₅₃But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. ₅₄And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.