Thematic Bible




Numbers 1:1 (show verse)

The Lord spoke [by special revelation] to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) on the first day of the second month in the second year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 1:2 (show verse)

“Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head

Numbers 1:3 (show verse)

from twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go out to war. You and Aaron shall number them, army by army.

Numbers 1:4 (show verse)

And with you there shall be a man [to assist you] from each tribe, each being the head of his father’s household.

Numbers 1:5 (show verse)

These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from [the tribe of] Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

Numbers 1:6 (show verse)

from [the tribe of] Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;

Numbers 1:7 (show verse)

from [the tribe of] Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

Numbers 1:8 (show verse)

from [the tribe of] Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;

Numbers 1:9 (show verse)

from [the tribe of] Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;

Numbers 1:10 (show verse)

from the sons (descendants) of Joseph: from [the tribe of] Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; from [the tribe of] Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;

Numbers 1:11 (show verse)

from [the tribe of] Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;

Numbers 1:12 (show verse)

from [the tribe of] Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;

Numbers 1:13 (show verse)

from [the tribe of] Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran;

Numbers 1:14 (show verse)

from [the tribe of] Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;

Numbers 1:15 (show verse)

from [the tribe of] Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.

Numbers 1:16 (show verse)

These men were the ones called from the congregation, the leaders of their fathers’ (ancestors’) tribes; they were the heads of thousands [the highest ranking officers] in Israel.”

Numbers 1:17 (show verse)

So Moses and Aaron took these men who were designated by name,

Numbers 1:18 (show verse)

and assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and they registered by ancestry in their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,

Numbers 1:19 (show verse)

just as the Lord had commanded Moses. So he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Numbers 1:20 (show verse)

The sons of Reuben, Israel’s (Jacob’s) firstborn, their generations, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Numbers 1:21 (show verse)

those of the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

Numbers 1:22 (show verse)

Of the sons of Simeon, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, their numbered men according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Numbers 1:23 (show verse)

those of the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

Numbers 1:24 (show verse)

Of the sons of Gad, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Numbers 1:25 (show verse)

those of the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

Numbers 1:26 (show verse)

Of the sons of Judah, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Numbers 1:27 (show verse)

those of the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

Numbers 1:28 (show verse)

Of the sons of Issachar, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Numbers 1:29 (show verse)

those of the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.

Numbers 1:30 (show verse)

Of the sons of Zebulun, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Numbers 1:31 (show verse)

those of the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.

Numbers 1:32 (show verse)

Of the sons of Joseph: the sons (descendants) of Ephraim, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Numbers 1:33 (show verse)

those of the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.

Numbers 1:34 (show verse)

Of the sons of Manasseh, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Numbers 1:35 (show verse)

those of the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

Numbers 1:36 (show verse)

Of the sons of Benjamin, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Numbers 1:37 (show verse)

those of the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.

Numbers 1:38 (show verse)

Of the sons of Dan, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Numbers 1:39 (show verse)

those of the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

Numbers 1:40 (show verse)

Of the sons of Asher, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Numbers 1:41 (show verse)

those of the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.

Numbers 1:42 (show verse)

Of the sons of Naphtali, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

Numbers 1:43 (show verse)

those of the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

Numbers 1:44 (show verse)

These were the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers’ household.

Numbers 1:45 (show verse)

So all those numbered of the sons of Israel, by their fathers’ households, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war in Israel,

Numbers 1:46 (show verse)

all who were numbered were 603,550.

Numbers 1:47 (show verse)

The Levites, however, were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe.

Numbers 1:48 (show verse)

For the Lord had said to Moses,

Numbers 1:49 (show verse)

“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel [since they are unavailable to go to war].

Numbers 1:50 (show verse)

But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle (sanctuary) of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings and all things that belong to it. They shall carry the tabernacle [when traveling] and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and camp around it.

Numbers 1:51 (show verse)

When the tabernacle is to go forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to [be set up for] camp, the Levites shall set it up. But the layman (non-Levite) who approaches the tabernacle shall be put to death.

Numbers 1:52 (show verse)

The Israelites shall camp according to their armies, every man by his own camp and every man by his own [tribal] standard (banner).

Numbers 1:53 (show verse)

But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, so that there will be no wrath against the congregation of the Israelites. The Levites shall be in charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

Numbers 1:54 (show verse)

Thus the sons of Israel did these things; according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so they did.