أول إحصاء لبني إسرائيل
1 وكلَّمَ الرّبُّ موسى في برِّيَّةِ سيناءَ، في خَيمةِ الاجتِماعِ، في اليومِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الثَّاني مِنَ السَّنةِ الثَّانيةِ لِخُروجِ بَني إِسرائيلَ مِنْ أرضِ مِصْرَ، فقالَ: 2 «أحصِ أنتَ وهرونَ جماعةَ بَني إِسرائيلَ بِــعشائِرهِم وعائلاتِهِم وسَجِّلا أسماءَ جميعِ الذُّكورِ، كُلُّ ذَكَرٍ بِمُفرَدِهِ، 3 مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سنَةً فصاعدا، مِمَّنْ يَخرُجونَ إلى الحربِ، كُلُّ واحدٍ بِـحسَبِ جيشِهِ. 4 وليَكُنْ معَكُما مِنْ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ رَجُلٌ يكونُ هوَ رئيسَ عائِلتِه. 5 وهذِهِ أسماؤُهُم: «مِنْ رَأوبـينَ: أليصورُ بْنُ شَديئورَ، 6 ومِنْ شِمعونَ: شَلُوميئيلُ بنُ صُوريشدَّايَ، 7 ومِنْ يَهوذا: نَحشونُ بنُ عَمِّينادابَ، 8 ومِنْ يسَّاكِرَ: نَثَنائيلُ بنُ صُوغَرَ، 9 ومِنْ زَبولونَ: أليآبُ بنُ حِيلونَ، 10 ومِنْ ابنَي يوسُفَ مِنْ أفرايمَ: أليشَمعُ بنُ عَمّيهودَ، ومِنْ منَسَّى: جَمْلئيلُ بنُ فَدَهْصورَ، 11 ومِنْ بنيامينَ: أبـيدانُ بنُ جَدعوني، 12 ومِنْ دانَ: أخيعَزَرُ بنُ عَمّيشَدّايَ، 13 ومِنْ أشيرَ: فَجْعِيئِيلُ بنُ عُكرنَ، 14 ومِنْ جادَ: ألياسافُ بنُ دَعوئيلَ، 15 ومِنْ نَفتالي: أخيرَعُ بنُ عِينَنَ». 16 هؤلاءِ اخْتيروا مِنْ جماعةِ بَني إِسرائيلَ، وكانوا شُيوخَ أسباطِ آبائِهِم ورُؤساءَ عَشائِرِ بَني إِسرائيلَ.
17 فأخذَ موسى وهرونُ هؤلاءِ الرِّجالَ الذينَ ذُكِرَت أسماؤُهُم، 18 وجمَعا كُلَّ الجماعةِ في اليومِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الثَّاني، فانْتَسَبوا إلى عشائِرِهِم وعائلاتِهِم بإحصاءِ أسمائِهِم، مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ فصاعِدا، كُلُّ واحدٍ بِمُفرَدِهِ، 19 كما أمرَ الرّبُّ موسى. وهكذا عَدَّهُم موسى وهرونُ في برِّيَّةِ سيناءَ.
20 فبنو رَأوبـينَ، بِكْرِ إِسرائيلَ بإحصاءِ أسمائِهِم فَرْدا فَرْدا، مَواليدُهُم وعشائِرُهُم وعائِلاتُهُم، كُلُّ ذَكَرٍ مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سنَةً فصاعِدا مِمَّنْ يَخرُجونَ إلى الحربِ، 21 كانَ عدَدُهُم سِتَّةً وأربعينَ ألفا وخَمْسَ مئةٍ.
22 وبَنو شِمعونَ بإحصاءِ أسمائِهِم، فَرْدا فَرْدا، حسَبَ مَواليدِهِم وعشائرِهِم وعائلاتِهِم، كُلُّ ذَكَرٍ مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سنَةً فصاعِدا مِمَّنْ يَخرُجونَ إلى الحربِ، 23 كانَ عدَدُهُم تِسعةً وخمسينَ ألفا وثَلاثَ مئةٍ.
24 وبَنو جادَ بإحصاءِ أسمائِهِم حسَبَ مَواليدِهِم وعشائرِهِم وعائلاتِهِم مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سنَةً فصاعِدا، مِمَّنْ يَخرُجونَ إلى الحربِ، 25 كانَ عدَدُهُم خمسةً وأربعينَ ألفا وسِتَّ مئةٍ وخمسينَ.
26 وبَنو يَهوذا بإحصاءِ أسمائِهِم حسَبَ مَواليدِهِم وعشائرِهِم وعائلاتِهِم مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سنَةً فصاعِدا مِمَّنْ يَخرُجونَ إلى الحربِ 27 كانَ عدَدُهُم أربعةً وسبعينَ ألفا وسِتَّ مئةٍ.
28 وبَنو يسَّاكِرَ بإحصاءِ أسمائِهِم حسَبَ مَواليدِهِم وعشائرِهِم وعائلاتِهِم مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سنَةً فصاعِدا، مِمَّنْ يَخرُجونَ إلى الحربِ 29 كانَ عدَدُهُم أربعةً وخمسينَ ألفا وأربعَ مئةٍ.
30 وبَنو زَبولونَ بإحصاءِ أسمائِهِم حسَبَ مواليدِهِم وعَشائرِهِم وعائلاتِهِم مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سنَةً فصاعِدا، مِمَّنْ يَخرُجونَ إلى الحربِ 31 كانَ عدَدُهُم سَبعةً وخمسينَ ألفا وأربعَ مئةٍ.
32 وبَنو يوسُفَ بَنو أفرايمَ بإحصاءِ أسمائِهِم حسَبَ مَواليدِهِم وعشائرِهِم وعائلاتِهِم مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سنَةً فصاعِدا، مِمَّنْ يَخرُجونَ إلى الحربِ 33 كانَ عدَدُهُم أربعينَ ألفا وخَمسَ مئةٍ.
34 وبَنو منَسَّى بإحصاءِ أسمائِهِم حسَبَ مَواليدِهِم وعشائرِهِم، وعائلاتِهِم مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سنَةً فصاعِدا، مِمَّنْ يَخرُجونَ إلى الحربِ 35 كانَ عدَدُهُم اثنَينِ وثَلاثينَ ألفا ومِئَتَينِ.
36 وبَنو بنيامينَ بإحصاءِ أسمائِهِم حسَبَ مَواليدِهِم وعشائرِهِم وعائلاتِهِم مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سنَةً فصاعِدا، مِمَّنْ يَخرُجونَ إلى الحربِ 37 كانَ عدَدُهُم خمسةً وثَلاثينَ ألفا وأربَعَ مئةٍ.
38 وبَنو دانَ بإحصاءِ أسمائِهِم حسَبَ مَواليدِهِم وعشائرِهِم وعائلاتِهِم مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سنَةً فصاعِدا، مِمَّنْ يَخرُجونَ إلى الحربِ 39 كانَ عدَدُهُم اثنينِ وسِتِّينَ ألفا وسَبعَ مئةٍ.
40 وبَنو أشيرَ بإحصاءِ أسمائِهِم حسَبَ مَواليدِهِم وعشائرِهِم وعائلاتِهِم، مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سنَةً فصاعِدا، مِمَّنْ يَخرُجونَ إلى الحربِ 41 كانَ عدَدُهُم واحدا وأربعينَ ألفا وخَمسَ مئةٍ.
42 وبَنو نَفتالي بإحصاءِ أسمائِهِم حسَبَ مَواليدِهِم وعشائرِهِم وعائلاتِهِم، مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سنَةً فصاعِدا، مِمَّنْ يَخرُجونَ إلى الحربِ 43 كانَ عدَدُهُم ثَلاثَةً وخمسينَ ألفا وأربعَ مئةٍ.
44 أُولئِكَ هُمُ المَعدودُونَ الّذينَ عَدَّهُم موسى وهرونُ ورُؤساءُ بَني إِسرائيلَ، وهُم اثنا عشَرَ رَجُلا، لِكُلِّ عائلةٍ مِنَ العائلاتِ واحدٌ. 45 وكانَ جميعُ المَعدُودينَ مِنْ بَني إِسرائيلَ، بِـحسَبِ عائلاتِهِم، مِنِ ابنِ عِشرينَ سنَةً فصاعدا، مِمَّنْ يَخرُجونَ إلى الحربِ في إِسرائيلَ 46 سِتَّ مئةِ ألفٍ وثَلاثَةَ آلافٍ وخَمْسَ مئةٍ وخمسينَ.
47 وأمَّا اللاَّويّونَ فلم يُعَدُّوا فيما بَينَهُم بِـحسَبِ سِبْطِ آبائِهِم، 48 لأنَّ الرّبَّ كلَّمَ موسى فقالَ: 49 «أمَّا سِبْطُ لاوي فلا تَعُدَّهُم ولا تُحْصِ جُملتَهُم فيما بَينَ بَني إِسرائيلَ 50 لكن وكِّلِ اللاَّويِّينَ بِمسكِنِ تابوتِ العَهدِ وجميعِ أمتعَتِهِ وكُلِّ ما يتعلَّقُ بهِ، وهُم يَحمِلونَ المَسكِنَ وجميعَ أمتعَتِه، وهُم يَخدِمُونَه وحَوالَيهِ يَنزِلونَ. 51 فإذا رحَلَ المَسكِنُ فاللاَّويُّونَ يُقَوِّضونَه، وإذا حَلَّ فهُم يَنصِبونَه، وإنِ اقْتَرَبَ مِنهُ أحدٌ سِواهُم يُقتَلْ 52 ويَنزِلُ بَنو إِسرائيلَ، كُلُّ واحدٍ في مُخَيَّمِهِ وعِندَ رايتِهِ بِـحسَبِ جُيوشِهِم، 53 واللاَّويُّونَ يَنزِلونَ حَوالَي مَسكِنِ تابوتِ العَهدِ لِئلاَّ يقتَرِبَ مِنهُ أحدٌ فيحِلَّ على جماعةِ بَني إِسرائيلَ غضَبُ اللهِ، ويَقومونَ بِـخِدمةِ المَسكِنِ. 54 فعمِلَ بَنو إِسرائيلَ بجميعِ ما أمرَ الرّبُّ بهِ موسى.
1 And 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, 2 Take 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; 3 From 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. 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
5 ¶ And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe 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; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. 10 Of the children 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 Ocran. 14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. 16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
17 ¶ And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: 18 And 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. 19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 And 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; 21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
22 ¶ Of 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; 23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
24 ¶ Of 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; 25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26 ¶ Of 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; 27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
28 ¶ Of 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; 29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
30 ¶ Of 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; 31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
32 ¶ Of 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; 33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
34 ¶ Of 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; 35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
36 ¶ Of 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; 37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
38 ¶ Of 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; 39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
40 ¶ Of 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; 41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
42 ¶ Of 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; 43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
44 These 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. 45 So 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; 46 Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
47 ¶ But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. 48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: 50 But 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. 51 And 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. 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. 53 But 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. 54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.