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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Numbers 1 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Numbers 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../leviticus/27.htm" title="Leviticus 27">◄</a> Numbers 1 <a href="../numbers/2.htm" title="Numbers 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/numbers/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Registration of Israel’s Troops</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>A year after Israel’s departure from Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tabernacle<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> in the wilderness of Sinai. On the first day of the second month<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> of that year he said, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you:</p><p class="b"/><table><tr class="tr"><td class="th1" align="left">Tribe</td><td class="th2" align="right">Leader</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left">Reuben</td><td class="tc2" align="right">Elizur son of Shedeur</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Simeon</td><td class="tc2" align="right">Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Judah</td><td class="tc2" align="right">Nahshon son of Amminadab</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Issachar</td><td class="tc2" align="right">Nethanel son of Zuar</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Zebulun</td><td class="tc2" align="right">Eliab son of Helon</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Ephraim son of Joseph</td><td class="tc2" align="right">Elishama son of Ammihud</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left">Manasseh son of Joseph</td><td class="tc2" align="right">Gamaliel son of Pedahzur</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Benjamin</td><td class="tc2" align="right">Abidan son of Gideoni</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Dan</td><td class="tc2" align="right">Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Asher</td><td class="tc2" align="right">Pagiel son of Ocran</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Gad</td><td class="tc2" align="right">Eliasaph son of Deuel</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Naphtali</td><td class="tc2" align="right">Ahira son of Enan</td></tr></table><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>These are the chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and they assembled the whole community of Israel on that very day.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> All the people were registered according to their ancestry by their clans and families. The men of Israel who were twenty years old or older were listed one by one, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses recorded their names in the wilderness of Sinai.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-20.htm"><b>20-21</b></a></span>This is the number of men twenty years old or older who were able to go to war, as their names were listed in the records of their clans and families<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a>:</p><p class="b"/><table><tr class="tr"><td class="th1" align="left">Tribe</td><td class="th2" align="right">Number</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left">Reuben (Jacob’s<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> oldest son)</td><td class="tc2" align="right">46,500</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-21.htm"><b></b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-22.htm"><b>22-23</b></a></span>Simeon</td><td class="tc2" align="right">59,300</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-23.htm"><b></b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-24.htm"><b>24-25</b></a></span>Gad</td><td class="tc2" align="right">45,650</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-25.htm"><b></b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-26.htm"><b>26-27</b></a></span>Judah</td><td class="tc2" align="right">74,600</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-27.htm"><b></b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-28.htm"><b>28-29</b></a></span>Issachar</td><td class="tc2" align="right">54,400</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-29.htm"><b></b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-30.htm"><b>30-31</b></a></span>Zebulun</td><td class="tc2" align="right">57,400</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-31.htm"><b></b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-32.htm"><b>32-33</b></a></span>Ephraim son of Joseph</td><td class="tc2" align="right">40,500</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-33.htm"><b></b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-34.htm"><b>34-35</b></a></span>Manasseh son of Joseph</td><td class="tc2" align="right">32,200</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-35.htm"><b></b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-36.htm"><b>36-37</b></a></span>Benjamin</td><td class="tc2" align="right">35,400</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-37.htm"><b></b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-38.htm"><b>38-39</b></a></span>Dan</td><td class="tc2" align="right">62,700</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-39.htm"><b></b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-40.htm"><b>40-41</b></a></span>Asher</td><td class="tc2" align="right">41,500</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-41.htm"><b></b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-42.htm"><b>42-43</b></a></span>Naphtali</td><td class="tc2" align="right">53,400</td></tr></table><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-43.htm"><b></b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>These were the men registered by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, all listed according to their ancestral descent. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>They were registered by families—all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>The total number was 603,550.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>But this total did not include the Levites. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>For the LORD had said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>“Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Covenant,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> along with all its furnishings and equipment. They must carry the Tabernacle and all its furnishings as you travel, and they must take care of it and camp around it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>Whenever it is time for the Tabernacle to move, the Levites will take it down. And when it is time to stop, they will set it up again. But any unauthorized person who goes too near the Tabernacle must be put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>But the Levites will camp around the Tabernacle of the Covenant to protect the community of Israel from the LORD’s anger. The Levites are responsible to stand guard around the Tabernacle.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/1-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>So the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:1a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the Tent of Meeting.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:1b </span><span class="ft">This day in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in April or May.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">on the first day of the second month;</span><span class="ft"> see 1:1.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:20-21a </span><span class="ft">In the Hebrew text, this sentence (</span><span class="it">This is the number of men twenty years old or older who were able to go to war, as their names were listed in the records of their clans and families</span><span class="ft">) is repeated in 1:22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:20-21b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Israel’s.</span><span class="ft"> The names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged throughout the Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch and sometimes to the nation.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:50 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Tabernacle of the Testimony;</span><span class="ft"> also in 1:53.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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