A Census of Israel’s Warriors
1 The Lord spoke to Moses ain the wilderness of Sinai, bin the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 “Take a ccensus of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head. 3 dFrom twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company. 4 And there shall be with you ea man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. 5 And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, fElizur the son of Shedeur; 6 from Simeon, gShelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; 7 from Judah, hNahshon the son of Amminadab; 8 from Issachar, iNethanel the son of Zuar; 9 from Zebulun, jEliab the son of Helon; 10 from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, kElishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, lGamaliel the son of Pedahzur; 11 from Benjamin, mAbidan the son of Gideoni; 12 from Dan, nAhiezer the son of Ammishaddai; 13 from Asher, oPagiel the son of Ochran; 14 from Gad, pEliasaph the son of Deuel; 15 from Naphtali, qAhira the son of Enan.” 16 These were the ones rchosen from the congregation, the schiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.
17 Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named, 18 and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head, 19 as the Lord commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20 The people of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, 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: 21 tthose listed of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.
22 Of the people of Simeon, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, those of them who were listed, 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: 23 uthose listed of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.
24 Of the people of Gad, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 25 vthose listed of the tribe of Gad were 45,650.
26 Of the people of Judah, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 27 wthose listed of the tribe of Judah were 74,600.
28 Of the people of Issachar, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 29 xthose listed of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.
30 Of the people of Zebulun, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 31 ythose listed of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.
32 Of the people of Joseph, namely, of the people of Ephraim, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 33 zthose listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.
34 Of the people of Manasseh, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 35 athose listed of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200.
36 Of the people of Benjamin, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 37 bthose listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.
38 Of the people of Dan, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 39 cthose listed of the tribe of Dan were 62,700.
40 Of the people of Asher, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 41 dthose listed of the tribe of Asher were 41,500.
42 Of the people of Naphtali, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 43 ethose listed of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400.
44 These are fthose who were listed, whom Moses and Aaron listed with the help of the chiefs of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers’ house. 45 So all those listed of the people of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war in Israel— 46 all those listed were g603,550.
Levites Exempted
47 But hthe Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe. 48 For the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 49 “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel. 50 But appoint the Levites over ithe tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and shall camp around the tabernacle. 51 When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall jtake it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall kset it up. And lif any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death. 52 The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and meach man by his own standard. 53 But nthe Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, oso that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. And pthe Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.” 54 Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.
Arrangement of the Camp
1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “The people of Israel shall camp qeach by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side. 3 Those to camp ron the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the chief of the people of Judah being sNahshon the son of Amminadab, 4 this company as listed being 74,600. 5 Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, the chief of the people of Issachar being uNethanel the son of Zuar, 6 vhis company as listed being 54,400. 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun, the chief of the people of Zebulun being wEliab the son of Helon, 8 xhis company as listed being 57,400. 9 All those listed of the camp of Judah, by their companies, were 186,400. yThey shall set out first on the march.
10 z“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the chief of the people of Reuben being aElizur the son of Shedeur, 11 bhis company as listed being 46,500. 12 And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the chief of the people of Simeon being cShelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, 13 dhis company as listed being 59,300. 14 Then the tribe of Gad, the chief of the people of Gad being eEliasaph the son of Reuel, 15 fhis company as listed being 45,650. 16 All those listed of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, were 151,450. gThey shall set out second.
17 h“Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they camp, so shall they set out, each in position, standard by standard.
18 i“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the chief of the people of Ephraim being jElishama the son of Ammihud, 19 khis company as listed being 40,500. 20 And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, the chief of the people of Manasseh being lGamaliel the son of Pedahzur, 21 mhis company as listed being 32,200. 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin, the chief of the people of Benjamin being nAbidan the son of Gideoni, 23 ohis company as listed being 35,400. 24 All those listed of the camp of Ephraim, by their companies, were 108,100. pThey shall set out third on the march.
25 q“On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their companies, the chief of the people of Dan being rAhiezer the son of Ammishaddai, 26 shis company as listed being 62,700. 27 And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the chief of the people of Asher being tPagiel the son of Ochran, 28 uhis company as listed being 41,500. 29 Then the tribe of Naphtali, the chief of the people of Naphtali being vAhira the son of Enan, 30 whis company as listed being 53,400. 31 All those listed of the camp of Dan were 157,600. xThey shall set out last, standard by standard.”
32 These are the people of Israel as listed by their fathers’ houses. All those listed in the camps by their companies were y603,550. 33 But the Levites were znot listed among the people of Israel, aas the Lord commanded Moses.
34 Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, each one in his clan, according to his fathers’ house.
A Man with a Withered Hand
1 pAgain he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2 And they qwatched Jesus,1 to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” 4 And he said to them, r“Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5 And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their shardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6 The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the tHerodians against him, uhow to destroy him.
A Great Crowd Follows Jesus
7 vJesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea 8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. 9 And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they wcrush him, 10 for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him. 11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, x“You are the ySon of God.” 12 And he strictly zordered them not to make him known.
The Twelve Apostles
13 aAnd he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. 14 And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach 15 and have bauthority to cast out demons. 16 He appointed the ctwelve: dSimon (to whom he gave the ename Peter); 17 fJames the son of Zebedee and gJohn the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); 18 hAndrew, and iPhilip, and jBartholomew, and kMatthew, and lThomas, and mJames the son of Alphaeus, and nThaddaeus, and oSimon the Zealot,2 19 and pJudas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
