And Adonoy spoke to Moshe in the Sinai desert, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first [day] of the second month, in the second year of their exodus from the land of Egypt, saying:

Take a head count [the sum] of the entire congregation of Bnei Yisroel according to their families to the house of their fathers counting the names of all males individually.

From twenty years old and above, all those eligible for the army [who go to war] of Israel, you shall count them according to their divisions, you and Aharon.

Along with you, there shall be one man for each tribe, each man shall be the head of his fathers’ house.

These are the names of the men who shall stand along with you. For [the tribe of] Reuven, Elitzur the son of Shdeiur.

For [the tribe of] Shimon, Shlumiel the son of Tzurishadai.

For [the tribe of] Yehudah, Nachshon the son of Aminadav.

For [the tribe of] Yissachar, Nesanel the son of Tzu’ar.

For [the tribe of] Zevulun, Eliav the son of Cheilon.

For the sons of Yoseif, for [the tribe of] Ephraim, Elishamah the son of Amihud. For [the tribe of] Menasheh, Gamliel the son of Pedahtzur.

For [the tribe of] Binyamin, Avidan the son of Gid’oni.

For [the tribe of] Don, Achiezer the son of Amishadai.

For [the tribe of] Asher, Pagi’el the son of Ochran.

For [the tribe of] Gad, Elyasaf the son of De’uel.

For [the tribe of] Naftali, Achira the son of Einan.

These are the ones called from the congregation, the leaders of their fathers’ tribes; they are the heads of the thousands of Yisroel.

Moshe and Aharon took these men who were designated by name.

They gathered together the entire congregation on the first [day] of the second month and they were registered by family ancestry according to the house of their fathers. according to the number of names each man of twenty years and above; individually.

Just as Adonoy commanded Moshe. He counted them in the Sinai desert.

These were the sons of Reuven, Yisroel’s firstborn, their births according to their families according to the house of their fathers. according to the number of individual names every male of twenty years and above, all who go forth into the army.

Their nunbers, for the tribe of Reuven, is forty-six thousand five hundred.

For the sons of Shimon, their births according to their families according to the house of their fathers, his numbers according to the number of individual names every male of twenty years and above, all who go forth into the army.

Their numbers, for the tribe of Shimon, is fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

For the sons of Gad, their births according to their families according to the house of their fathers in a counting of names. From twenty years and above, all who go forth into the army.

Their numbers, for the tribe of Gad, is forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

For the sons of Yehudah, their births according to their families according to the house of their fathers, in a counting of names. From twenty years and above, all who go forth into the army.

Their numbers, for the tribe of Yehudah, is seventy-four thousand six hundred.

For the sons of Yissachar, their births according to their families according to the house of their fathers, in a counting of names. From twenty years and above, all who go forth into the army.

Their numbers, for the tribe of Yissachar is fifty-four thousand four hundred.

For the sons of Zevulun, their births according to their families according to the house of their fathers, in a counting of names from twenty years and above, all who go forth into the army.

Their numbers, for the tribe of Zevulun, is fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

For the sons of Yoseif; For the sons of Ephraim their births according to their families according to the house of their fathers, in a counting of names from twenty years and above, all who go forth into the army.

Their numbers, for the tribe of Ephraim is forty thousand five hundred.

For the sons of Menashe, their births according to their families according to the house of their fathers, in a counting of names from twenty years and above, all who go forth into the army.

Their numbers, for the tribe of Menashe is thirty-two thousand two hundred.

For the sons of Binyamin, their births according to their families according to the house of their fathers, in a counting of names from twenty years and above, all who go forth into the army.

Their numbers for the tribe of Binyamin, is thirty-five thousand four hundred.

For the sons of Don, their births according to their families according to the house of their fathers, in a counting of names from twenty years and above, all who go forth into the army.

Their numbers, for the tribe of Don, is sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

For the sons of Asher, their births according to their families according to the house of their fathers, in a counting of names from twenty years and above, all who go forth into the army.

Their numbers, for the tribe of Asher is forty-one thousand five hundred.

The sons of Naftali, their births according to their families according to the house of their fathers, in a counting of names from twenty years and above, all who go forth into the army.

Their numbers, for the tribe of Naftali is fifty-three thousand four hundred.

These are the numbers which were counted [by] Moshe, Aharon and the leaders of Israel, [being] twelve men, each man was the head of his fathers’ house.

All the numbers of Bnei Yisroel according to the house of their fathers, from twenty years and above, all who go forth into the army of Israel,

All their numbers were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

The Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers were not counted among them.

Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;

However, the tribe of Levi you shall not count and you shall not take [accept] their head count among Bnei Yisroel.

You shall appoint the Levites to oversee the Mishkon of Testimony and over all of its utensils and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the Mishkon and all its utensils, and they shall administer it, and they shall camp around the Mishkon.

When the Mishkon is to be moved the Levites shall take it down, and when the Mishkon is to rest [in one place] the Levites shall erect it, and the stranger who approaches, shall die.

Bnei Yisroel shall camp, each man at his own camp and each man at his own banner, according to their divisions.

The Levites shall camp around the Mishkon of the Testimony, so that there will not be anger upon the congregation of Bnei Yisroel, and the Levites shall be careful to preserve the Mishkon of Testimony.

Bnei Yisroel did according to all that Adonoy commanded Moshe; they did it [exactly].