Numbers 1

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 1 of 36

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation on the first of the second month, in the second year after they had gone out of the land of Egypt, saying,

2 Lift the heads of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, by their heads;

3 from a son of twenty years and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

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Chapter Summary

God commands Moses to number the people. The rulers of the tribes are named. The number of every tribe is counted. The Levites are exempted from the census.

Key Hebrew Words

פָּקַד to number, muster H6485 · TWOT 1802b
עֵדָה congregation H5712 · TWOT 878a
צָבָא army, host H6635 · TWOT 1865b
נָשִׂיא ruler, leader H5387 · TWOT 1421b
מִשְׁכָּן tabernacle, dwelling-place H4908 · TWOT 2387c
עֵדוּת testimony H5715 · TWOT 1576f

People & Context

Moses

Leader commanded by Jehovah to number the sons of Israel for war

Aaron

Moses' brother who numbers the people with him

Nahshon

Son of Amminadab, ruler appointed over the tribe of Judah

Elizur

Son of Shedeur, ruler appointed over the tribe of Reuben

Shelumiel

Son of Zurishaddai, ruler appointed over the tribe of Simeon

Eliab

Son of Helon, ruler appointed over the tribe of Zebulun

Timeline

Command to Take Census

Jehovah commands Moses to number all males twenty years and upward able to go to war in Israel. Moses and Aaron, along with appointed rulers of each tribe, assemble the congregation.

Numbers 1:1-19
Census of Reuben

The descendants of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, are numbered. The total count for the tribe of Reuben is forty-six thousand five hundred.

Numbers 1:20-21
Census of Simeon

The descendants of Simeon are numbered by their families and fathers' houses. The total count for the tribe of Simeon is fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

Numbers 1:22-23

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