^{1 Ref} And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land 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,

^{2 Ref} Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;

^{3 Ref} All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.

^{4 Ref} And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.

^{5 Ref} These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;

^{6 Ref} From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;

^{7 Ref} From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab;

^{8 Ref} From Issachar, Nethanel, the son of Zuar;

^{9 Ref} From Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon;

^{10 Ref} Of the children of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur,

^{11 Ref} From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;

^{12 Ref} From Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai;

^{13 Ref} From Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ochran;

^{14 Ref} From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel;

^{15 Ref} From Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan.

^{16 Ref} These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.

^{17 Ref} And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name;

^{18 Ref} And they got together all the people on the first day of the second month; and everyone made clear his family and his father's house, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and over.

^{19 Ref} As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai.

^{20 Ref} The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;

^{21 Ref} Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.

^{22 Ref} The generations of the sons of Simeon were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;

^{23 Ref} Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered.

^{24 Ref} The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

^{25 Ref} Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.

^{26 Ref} The generations of the sons of Judah were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;