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,

2Take 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;

3From 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.

4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

5And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.

6Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

7Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

8Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

9Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.

10Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

11Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.

12Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

13Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.

14Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

15Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

16These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

17And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by theirnames:

18And 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.

19As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

20And 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;

21Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

22Of 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;

23Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

24Of 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;

25Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, wereforty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.

26Of 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;

27Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, werethreescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

28Of 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;

29Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

30Of 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;

31Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

32Of 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;

33Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.

34Of 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;

35Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

36Of 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;

37Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

38Of 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;

39Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, werethreescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

40Of 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;

41Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, wereforty and one thousand and five hundred.

42Of 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;

43Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

44These 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.

45So 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;

46Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

47But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

48For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,

49Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

50But 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.

51And 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.

52And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.

53But 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.

54And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai, in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, on the first day of the second moneth, in the second yeere, after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

2Take yee the summe of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, euery male by their polle:

3From twentie yeeres old and vpward, all that are able to goe foorth to warre in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

4And with you there shalbe a man of euery Tribe: euery 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 sonne of Shedeur.

6Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

7Of Iudah: Nahshon, the sonne of Amminadab.

8Of Issachar: Nethaneel, the sonne of Zuar.

9Of Zebulun: Eliab the sonne of Helon.

10Of the children of Ioseph: of Ephraim, Elishama the sonne of Ammihud: of Manasseh, Gamaliel the sonne of Pedahzur.

11Of Beniamin: Abidan, the sonne of Gideoni.

12Of Dan: Ahiezer, the sonne of Ammishaddai.

13Of Asher: Pagiel the sonne of Ocran.

14Of Gad: Eliasaph, the sonne of Deuel.

15Of Naphthali: Ahira the sonne of Enan.

16These were the renowned of the Congregation, Princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

17 And Moses and Aaron tooke these men, which are expressed by their names.

18And they assembled all the Congregation together on the first day of the second moneth, and they declared their pedegrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty yeres old and vpward by their polle.

19As the Lord commaunded Moses, so he numbred them in the wildernesse of Sinai.

20And the children of Reuben Israels eldest sonne, by their generations after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polle, euery male from twenty yeeres old and vpward, all that were able to go forth to warre:

21Those that were numbred of them, euen of the tribe of Reuben, were fourty and sixe thousand and fiue hundred.

22 Of the children of Simeon by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbred of them, according to the number of the names, by their polles, euery male from twenty yeeres old and vpward, all that were able to goe foorth to warre:

23Those that were numbred of them, euen of the tribe of Simeon, were fiftie 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 yeeres old and vpward, all that were able to goe foorth to warre:

25Those that were numbred of them, euen of the tribe of Gad, were fourty and fiue thousand, sixe hundred and fiftie.

26 Of the children of Iudah by their generations, after their families by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty yeeres old and vpward, all that were able to goe foorth to warre:

27Those that were numbred of them, euen of the tribe of Iudah, were threescore and fourteene thousand, and sixe 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 yeres old and vpward, all that were able to goe foorth to warre:

29Those that were numbred of them, euen of the tribe of Issachar, were fiftie and foure thousand, and foure 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 yeres old and vpward, all that were able to goe foorth to warre:

31Those that were numbred of them, euen of the tribe of Zebulun, were fiftie and seuen thousand and foure hundred.

32 Of the children of Ioseph; 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 yeres old and vpward, all that were able to goe foorth to warre:

33Those that were numbred of them, euen of the tribe of Ephraim, were fourty thousand and fiue 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 yeeres old and vpward, all that were able to go forth to warre:

35Those that were numbred of them, euen of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand, and two hundred.

36 Of the children of Beniamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names from twenty yeeres old and vpward, all that were able to goe foorth to warre:

37Those that were numbred of them, euen of the tribe of Beniamin, were thirtie and fiue thousand, and foure 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 twentie yeeres old and vpward, all that were able to goe forth to warre:

39Those that were numbred of them, euen of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand, and seuen 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 twentie yeres old and vpward, all that were able to goe forth to warre:

41Those that were numbred of them, euen of the tribe of Asher, were fourtie and one thousand, and fiue 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 twentie yeeres olde and vpward, all that were able to goe forth to warre:

43Those that were numbred of them, euen of the tribe of Naphtali, were fiftie and three thousand, and foure hundred.

44These are those that were numbred, which Moses and Aaron numbred, and the Princes of Israel, being twelue men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

45So were all those that were numbred of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty yeeres old and vpward, all that were able to goe forth to warre in Israel:

46Euen all they, that were numbred, were sixe hundred thousand, and three thousand, and fiue hundred and fiftie.

47 But the Leuites after the tribe of their fathers, were not numbred among them.

48For the Lord had spoken vnto Moses, saying,

49Onely thou shalt not number the tribe of Leui, neither take the summe of them among the children of Israel.

50But thou shalt appoint the Leuites ouer the Tabernacle of Testimonie, and ouer all the vessels thereof, and ouer all things that belong to it: they shall beare the Tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof, and they shall minister vnto it, and shall encampe round about the Tabernacle.

51And when the Tabernacle setteth forward, the Leuites shall take it downe: and when the Tabernacle is to be pitched, the Leuites shall set it vp: and the stranger that commeth nigh, shall be put to death.

52And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents euery man by his own campe, and euery man by his owne standerd, throughout their hostes.

53But the Leuites shall pitch round about the Tabernacle of Testimonie, that there be no wrath vpon the Congregation of the children of Israel: and the Leuites shall keepe the charge of the Tabernacle of Testimonie.

54And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.

I == Ex 19:1 ; 25:22 ; Num 10:11-12

 

 

II == Ex 30:12 ; 38:26 ; Num 26:2 , 63-64 ; 2nd Sam 24:2 ; 1st Chr 21:2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XIV == Num 2:14

 

 

XVI == Ex 18:21 , 25 ; Num 7:2 ; 1st Chr 27:16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XLIV == Num 26:64

 

 

 

 

 

 

XLVI == Ex 23:37 ; 28:26 ; Num 2:32 ; 26:51

XLVII == Num 2:33 ; 3:4 ; 26:57 ; 1st Chr 21:6

 

XLIX == Num 2:33 ; 26:62

 

 

L == Ex 38:21 ; Num 3:7-8 , 23 ,29 , 35 , 38 ; 4:15 , 25-27 , 33

 

 

LI == Num 3:10 , 38 ; 10:17 , 21 ; 18:22

 

 

 

 

LII == Num 2:2 , 34

 

 

 

LIII == Lev 10:6 ; Num 1:50 ; 3:7-8 ; 8:19 , 24-26 ; 16:46 ; 18:3-5 ; 31:30 , 47 ; 1st Sam 3:19 ; 1st Chr 23:32 ; 2nd Chr 13:11

 

 

 

 

 

In the year following that of the Israelites' departure from the land of Egypt, on the first day of the second month, the LORD said to Moses in the meeting tent in the desert of Sinai:

2 "Take a census of the whole community of the Israelites, by clans and ancestral houses, registering each male individually.

3 You and Aaron shall enroll in companies all the men in Israel of twenty years or more who are fit for military service.

4 "To assist you there shall be a man from each tribe, the head of his ancestral house.

5 These are the names of those who are to assist you: from Reuben: Elizur, son of Shedeur;

6 from Simeon: Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai;

7 from Judah: Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

8 from Issachar: Nethanel, son of Zuar;

9 from Zebulun: Eliab, son of Helon;

10 from Ephraim: Elishama, son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh: Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur, for the descendants of Joseph;

11 from Benjamin: Abidan, son of Gideoni;

12 from Dan: Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai;

13 from Asher: Pagiel, son of Ochran;

14 from Gad: Eliasaph, son of Reuel;

15 from Naphtali: Ahira, son of Enan."

16 These were councilors of the community, princes of their ancestral tribes, chiefs of the troops of Israel.

17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated,

18 and assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. Every man of twenty years or more then declared his name and lineage according to clan and ancestral house,

19 as the LORD had commanded Moses. This is their census as taken in the desert of Sinai.

20 Of the descendants of Reuben, the first-born of Israel, registered by lineage in clans and ancestral houses: when all the males of twenty years or more who were fit for military service were polled,

21 forty-six thousand five hundred were enrolled in the tribe of Reuben.

22 Of the descendants of Simeon, registered by lineage in clans and ancestral houses: when all the males of twenty years or more who were fit for military service were polled,

23 fifty-nine thousand three hundred were enrolled in the tribe of Simeon.

24 Of the descendants of Gad, registered by lineage in clans and ancestral houses: when all the males of twenty years or more who were fit for military service were polled,

25 forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty were enrolled in the tribe of Gad.

26 Of the descendants of Judah, registered by lineage in clans and ancestral houses: when all the males of twenty years or more who were fit for military service were polled,

27 seventy-four thousand six hundred were enrolled in the tribe of Judah.

28 Of the descendants of Issachar, registered by lineage in clans and ancestral houses: when all the males of twenty years or more who were fit for military service were polled,

29 fifty-four thousand four hundred were enrolled in the tribe of Issachar.

30 Of the descendants of Zebulun, registered by lineage in clans and ancestral houses: when all the males of twenty years or more who were fit for military service were polled,

31 fifty-seven thousand four hundred were enrolled in the tribe of Zebulun.

32 Of the descendants of Joseph - Of the descendants of Ephraim, registered by lineage in clans and ancestral houses: when all the males of twenty years or more who were fit for military service were polled,

33 forty thousand five hundred were enrolled in the tribe of Ephraim.

34 Of the descendants of Manasseh, registered by lineage in clans and ancestral houses: when all the males of twenty years or more who were fit for military service were polled,

35 thirty-two thousand two hundred were enrolled in the tribe of Manasseh.

36 Of the descendants of Benjamin, registered by lineage in clans and ancestral houses: when all the males of twenty years or more who were fit for military service were polled,

37 thirty-five thousand four hundred were enrolled in the tribe of Benjamin.

38 Of the descendants of Dan, registered by lineage in clans and ancestral houses: when all the males of twenty years or more who were fit for military service were polled,

39 sixty-two thousand seven hundred were enrolled in the tribe of Dan.

40 Of the descendants of Asher, registered by lineage in clans and ancestral houses: when all the males of twenty years or more who were fit for military service were polled,

41 forty-one thousand five hundred were enrolled in the tribe of Asher.

42 Of the descendants of Naphtali, registered by lineage in clans and ancestral houses: when all the males of twenty years or more who were fit for military service were polled,

43 fifty-three thousand four hundred were enrolled in the tribe of Naphtali.

44 It was these who were registered, each according to his ancestral house, in the census taken by Moses and Aaron and the twelve princes of Israel.

45 The total number of the Israelites of twenty years or more who were fit for military service, registered by ancestral houses,

46 was six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.

47 The Levites, however, were not registered by ancestral tribe with the others.

48 For the LORD had told Moses,

49 "The tribe of Levi alone you shall not enroll nor include in the census along with the other Israelites.

50 You are to give the Levites charge of the Dwelling of the commandments with all its equipment and all that belongs to it. It is they who shall carry the Dwelling with all its equipment and who shall be its ministers. They shall therefore camp around the Dwelling.

51 When the Dwelling is to move on, the Levites shall take it down; when the Dwelling is to be pitched, it is the Levites who shall set it up. Any layman who comes near it shall be put to death.

52 While the other Israelites shall camp by companies, each in his own division of the camp,

53 the Levites shall camp around the Dwelling of the commandments. Otherwise God's wrath will strike the Israelite community. The Levites, then, shall have charge of the Dwelling of the commandments."

54 All this the Israelites fulfilled as the LORD had commanded Moses.

THE FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS ISRAEL'S YOURNEY TO THE PROMISED LAND.

CHRONOLOGY OF THE JOURNEY

I. Departure from Egypt: 1st Month 15th Day
a. Cross the Red Sea
II.At Marah
a. Elim;
b. Wilderness of Sin
c. People Murmur
d. Quails and Manna 2nd Month 15th Day
III. At Rephidim.
a. Jethro b. Battle with Amalck c. Water from Rock
IV. At Sinai.3rd Month (?) Day
a. Ten Commandments 3rd Month (?) Day
b. Covenant 3rd Month (?) Day
c. Book of Laws
d. Moses 40 days in Mt.
e. Golden Calf
f. 2nd 40 days in Mt
g. Tabernacle Built 2nd Year 2nd Month 1st Day
h. nsus 2nd Year 2nd Month 1st Day
i. Set forward from Sinai
j. Had been at Sinai about a year.
VI. At Taberah
a. Fire
b. Quails
pc. Plague
VII. At Hazeroth
a. Sedition of Miriam and Aaron
VIII. Second Time at Kadesh-barnea 40th Year 1st Month
a. Miriam's Death
b. Moses's sinn stricking the rock twice, water from the rock
c. Final Start for Canaan
d. Edom Refuses Passage
IX. At Mt. Hor 40th Year 5th Month 1st Day
a. Aaron's Death 40th Year 5th Month 1st Day
b. Israel Defeats Canaanites
X. South from Mt Hor
a. Serpents East and North around Edom then North along East Border of Moab.
b. Conquer Amorites and Bashan
XI. Camp on the Plans of Moab
a. Balaam

 

b. Sin of Peor

Chapter 1 THE CENSUS taken at Mt. Sinai showed 603,550 above the age of 20, exclusive of the Levites v: 45-47 CENSUS TAKE AGAIN 18 later showed 601,730 above the age of 20.

The book of Numbers is a translation of the Latin, Numeri, in turn a translation from the Greek, Arithmoi.
These terms were used for the titles for the book in the Vulgate and the LXX respectively. The Jews know the book as “in the Wilderness” 
To properly appreciated this book you have to take it as it is, a collection of lists, laws, itineraries, and traditions which Israel gathered up and preserved as part of its heritage of a past time.

I. CHAPTERS 1:1 TO 10:10 BEFORE MOUNT SINAI

1:1 – 10:10 Before Mount Sinai

10:11 - 20:13 From Mount Sinai to Dadesh

20:14 – 36:13 From Kadesh to the Plains of Moab

1-4 Census of the Men of War Ordered
Numbers give you a time and place, in the wilderness of Sinai, and the time as the first day of the second month in the second year after leaving Egypt. The question that has to be asked is did the calendar stay preserved so the writer in Babylon five hundred years afterward would have the exact day, Plus the Wilderness of Sinai was so large that you still wouldn’t know where it took place.

5 – 19 Heads of the Tribes

v 2-16. God commands Moses to take a census, an accurate head count of all the males of Israel twenty years old and above who were able bodied and could go to war. He and Aaron were to number them individually by their families in each of their tribes. They were to take along to assist them a man from every tribe, who was head of the tribal house, and the Lord even supplied their names. They were the head of thousands, and the highest class officers in Israel.

20 – 47 The Census

v 17-46. The people were immediately assembled for this census, but they may not have been able to complete such a vast numbering the same day unless there was already an established system. Having had military training, Moses brought them out of Egypt harnessed, or in ranks, Ex. 13:18, and he had establish further order at Sinai, so they may have been organized to do it. The number in each tribe is listed with the total being 603, 550. The number given in Ex. 12:37 was about 600,000, so with other men, women and children plus Levites and their families there were surely 2-3 million people. This may seem excessive, but no other attempted explanation is satisfactory. Consider Balak’s words in Num. 22:5, “they cover the face of the earth”.

48 – 54 The Levites

v 47. The Levites were not numbered among the Israelites, because they would not go out to war. In 3:14 they were numbered at 22,273 males a month old or more.

 

v 48-54. The task of the Levites was to take care of all things about the tabernacle including taking it down, transporting it and setting it up. Any others who came close at that time would be put to death. All the tribes would camp surrounding the tabernacle as God would command in chapter 2, but the Levites would camp between them and the tabernacle, so the wrath of God would not come upon them for intrusions.