Bible Reading
April 5
The World English Bible
Apr.
5
Numbers
1, 2
Num
1:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in 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,
Num
1:2 "Take a census of all the congregation of the children of
Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the
number of the names, every male, one by one;
Num
1:3 from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to
war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their divisions.
Num
1:4 With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head of
his fathers' house.
Num
1:5 These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of
Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Num
1:6 Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Num
1:7 Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Num
1:8 Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.
Num
1:9 Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
Num
1:10 Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of
Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Num
1:11 Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Num
1:12 Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Num
1:13 Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.
Num
1:14 Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Num
1:15 Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan."
Num
1:16 These are those who were called of the congregation, the
princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the
thousands of Israel.
Num
1:17 Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.
Num
1:18 They assembled all the congregation together on the first day
of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their
families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.
Num
1:19 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the
wilderness of Sinai.
Num
1:20 The children of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number
of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and
upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Num
1:21 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were
forty-six thousand five hundred.
Num
1:22 Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their
families, by their fathers' houses, those who were numbered of it,
according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Num
1:23 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were
fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
Num
1:24 Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Num
1:25 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were
forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
Num
1:26 Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Num
1:27 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were
sixty-four thousand six hundred.
Num
1:28 Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their
families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out
to war;
Num
1:29 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were
fifty-four thousand four hundred.
Num
1:30 Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their
families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out
to war;
Num
1:31 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were
fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
Num
1:32 Of the children of Joseph, of the children of Ephraim, their
generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according
to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who
were able to go out to war;
Num
1:33 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were
forty thousand five hundred.
Num
1:34 Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their
families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out
to war;
Num
1:35 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were
thirty-two thousand two hundred.
Num
1:36 Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their
families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out
to war;
Num
1:37 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were
thirty-five thousand four hundred.
Num
1:38 Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
Num
1:39 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were
sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
Num
1:40 Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
Num
1:41 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were
forty-one thousand five hundred.
Num
1:42 Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their
families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
forth to war;
Num
1:43 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were
fifty-three thousand four hundred.
Num
1:44 These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron
numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each
one for his fathers' house.
Num
1:45 So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel by
their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were
able to go out to war in Israel;
Num
1:46 even all those who were numbered were six hundred three
thousand five hundred fifty.
Num
1:47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not
numbered among them.
Num
1:48 For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Num
1:49 "Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither
shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;
Num
1:50 but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony,
and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They
shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings; and they shall
take care of it, and shall encamp around it.
Num
1:51 When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down;
and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up.
The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
Num
1:52 The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by
his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their
divisions.
Num
1:53 But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the
Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the
children of Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for the
Tabernacle of the Testimony."
Num
1:54 Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh
commanded Moses, so they did.
Num
2:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Num
2:2 "The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own
standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses: at a distance
from the Tent of Meeting shall they encamp around it."
Num
2:3 Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of
the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions: and
the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of
Amminadab.
Num
2:4 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were
seventy-four thousand six hundred.
Num
2:5 Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and
the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of
Zuar.
Num
2:6 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-four
thousand four hundred.
Num
2:7 The tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun
shall be Eliab the son of Helon.
Num
2:8 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were
fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
Num
2:9 All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were one hundred
eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They
shall set out first.
Num
2:10 "On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of
Reuben according to their divisions. The prince of the children of
Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Num
2:11 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were forty-six
thousand five hundred.
Num
2:12 "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of
Simeon. The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the
son of Zurishaddai.
Num
2:13 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were
fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
Num
2:14 "The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad
shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
Num
2:15 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were
forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
Num
2:16 "All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were one
hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their
armies. They shall set out second.
Num
2:17 "Then the Tent of Meeting shall set out, with the camp of
the Levites in the midst of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they
set out, every man in his place, by their standards.
Num
2:18 "On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of
Ephraim according to their divisions: and the prince of the children
of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
Num
2:19 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty
thousand five hundred.
Num
2:20 "Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the
prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur.
Num
2:21 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were
thirty-two thousand two hundred.
Num
2:22 "The tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of
Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Num
2:23 His army, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five
thousand four hundred.
Num
2:24 "All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were one
hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their divisions.
They shall set out third.
Num
2:25 "On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of
Dan according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of
Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Num
2:26 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were
sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
Num
2:27 "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher:
and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of
Ochran.
Num
2:28 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were
forty-one thousand and five hundred.
Num
2:29 "The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of
Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
Num
2:30 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were
fifty-three thousand four hundred.
Num
2:31 "All who were numbered of the camp of Dan were one hundred
fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last by their
standards."
Num
2:32 These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel by
their fathers' houses. All who were numbered of the camps according
to their armies were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
Num
2:33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel;
as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Num
2:34 Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh
commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set
out, everyone by their families, according to their fathers' houses.
