የሕዝብ ቈጠራ
1እስራኤላውያን ከግብፅ በወጡ በሁለተኛው ዓመት፣ በሁለተኛው ወር፣ በመጀመሪያው ቀን በሲና ምድረ በዳ ሳሉ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴን በመገናኛው ድንኳን ውስጥ ተናገረው፤ እንዲህም አለው፤ 2“የወንዶቹን ስም አንድ በአንድ በመዘርዘር መላውን የእስራኤል ማኅበረ ሰብ በየጐሣቸውና በየቤተ ሰባቸው ቍጠሯቸው። 3በመላው እስራኤል ያሉትን ዕድሜያቸው ሃያና ከዚያም በላይ ሆኖ ለውጊያ ብቁ የሆኑትን ወንዶች ሁሉ አንተና አሮን በየምድባቸው ቍጠሯቸው። 4ከየነገዱ የአባቶች ቤት ተጠሪ የሆነ አንድ ሰው ከእናንተ ጋር ይሁን።
5“የሚረዷችሁም ሰዎች ስም የሚከተለው ነው፤
“ከሮቤል የሰዲዮር ልጅ ኤሊሱር፤
6ከስምዖን የሱሪሰዳይ ልጅ ሰለሚኤል፤
7ከይሁዳ የአሚናዳብ ልጅ ነአሶን፤
8ከይሳኮር የሶገር ልጅ ናትናኤል፤
9ከዛብሎን የኬሎን ልጅ ኤልያብ፤
10ከዮሴፍ ልጆች ከኤፍሬም የዓሚሁድ ልጅ ኤሊሳማ፤
ከምናሴ የፍዳሱር ልጅ ገማልኤል፤
11ከብንያም የጋዴዮን ልጅ አቢዳን፤
12ከዳን የአሚሳዳይ ልጅ አኪዔዘር፤
13ከአሴር የኤክራን ልጅ ፋግኤል፤
14ከጋድ የራጉኤል ልጅ ኤሊሳፍ፤
15ከንፍታሌም የዔናን ልጅ አኪሬ።”
16እነዚህ ከማኅበረ ሰቡ የተመረጡ የየነገዱ አለቆች ሲሆኑ እነርሱም የእስራኤል ጐሣዎች መሪዎች ነበሩ።
17ሙሴና አሮን ስማቸው የተጠቀሰውን እነዚህን ሰዎች ወሰዱ፤ 18ከዚያም በሁለተኛው ወር በመጀመሪያው ቀን ማኅበረ ሰቡን በሙሉ በአንድነት ሰበሰቧቸው። የተሰበሰቡትም በየጐሣቸውና በየቤተ ሰባቸው የትውልድ ሐረጋቸውን ተናገሩ፤ 19እግዚአብሔር ሙሴን ባዘዘው መሠረት ዕድሜያቸው ሃያ ዓመትና ከዚያም በላይ የሆነ ወንዶች ስማቸው አንድ በአንድ ተመዘገበ። እንዲህ አድርጎም በሲና ምድረ በዳ ቈጠራቸው።
20ከእስራኤል የበኵር ልጅ ከሮቤል ዝርያ፦
ዕድሜያቸው ሃያ ዓመትና ከዚያ በላይ ሆኖ በሰራዊቱ ውስጥ ለማገልገል ብቁ የሆኑት ወንዶች ሁሉ በየጐሣቸውና፣ በየቤተ ሰባቸው መዝገብ መሠረት ስማቸው አንድ በአንድ ተጻፈ። 21ከሮቤል ነገድ የተቈጠሩት አርባ ስድስት ሺሕ አምስት መቶ ነበሩ።
22ከስምዖን ዝርያ፦
ዕድሜያቸው ሃያ ዓመትና ከዚያም በላይ ሆኖ ለመዋጋት ብቁ የሆኑት ወንዶች ሁሉ በየጐሣቸውና በየቤተ ሰባቸው መዝገብ መሠረት ስማቸው አንድ በአንድ ተጻፈ። 23ከስምዖን ነገድ የተቈጠሩት አምሳ ዘጠኝ ሺሕ ሦስት መቶ ነበሩ።
24ከጋድ ዝርያ፦
ዕድሜያቸው ሃያ ዓመትና ከዚያም በላይ ሆኖ ለመዋጋት ብቁ የሆኑት ወንዶች ሁሉ በየጐሣቸውና፣ በየቤተ ሰባቸው መዝገብ መሠረት ስማቸው አንድ በአንድ ተጻፈ። 25ከጋድ ነገድ የተቈጠሩትም አርባ አምስት ሺሕ ስድስት መቶ አምሳ ነበሩ።
26ከይሁዳ ዝርያ፦
ዕድሜያቸው ሃያ ዓመትና ከዚያም በላይ ሆኖ ለመዋጋት ብቁ የሆኑት ወንዶች ሁሉ በየጐሣቸውና፣ በየቤተ ሰባቸው መዝገብ መሠረት ስማቸው አንድ በአንድ ተጻፈ። 27ከይሁዳ ነገድ የተቈጠሩትም ሰባ አራት ሺሕ ስድስት መቶ ነበሩ።
28ከይሳኮር ዝርያ፦
ዕድሜያቸው ሃያ ዓመትና ከዚያም በላይ ሆኖ ለመዋጋት ብቁ የሆኑት ወንዶች ሁሉ በየጐሣቸውና፣ በየቤተ ሰባቸው መዝገብ መሠረት ስማቸው አንድ በአንድ ተጻፈ። 29ከይሳኮር ነገድ የተቈጠሩትም አምሳ አራት ሺሕ አራት መቶ ነበሩ።
30ከዛብሎን ዝርያ፦
ዕድሜያቸው ሃያ ዓመትና ከዚያም በላይ ሆኖ ለመዋጋት ብቁ የሆኑት ወንዶች ሁሉ በየጐሣቸውና፣ በየቤተ ሰባቸው መዝገብ መሠረት ስማቸው አንድ በአንድ ተጻፈ። 31ከዛብሎን ነገድ የተቈጠሩትም አምሳ ሰባት ሺሕ አራት መቶ ነበሩ።
32ከዮሴፍ ልጆች፦
ከኤፍሬም ዝርያ ዕድሜያቸው ሃያ ዓመትና ከዚያም በላይ ሆኖ ለመዋጋት ብቁ የሆኑት ወንዶች ሁሉ በየጐሣቸውና በየቤተ ሰባቸው መዝገብ መሠረት ስማቸው አንድ በአንድ ተጻፈ። 33ከኤፍሬም ነገድ የተቈጠሩትም አርባ ሺሕ አምስት መቶ ነበሩ።
34ከምናሴ ዝርያዎች፦
ዕድሜያቸው ሃያ ዓመትና ከዚያም በላይ ሆኖ ለመዋጋት ብቁ የሆኑት ወንዶች ሁሉ በየጐሣቸውና በየቤተ ሰባቸው መዝገብ መሠረት ስማቸው አንድ በአንድ ተጻፈ። 35ከምናሴ ነገድ የተቈጠሩትም ሠላሳ ሁለት ሺሕ ሁለት መቶ ነበሩ።
36ከብንያም ዝርያ፦
ዕድሜያቸው ሃያ ዓመትና ከዚያም በላይ ሆኖ ለመዋጋት ብቁ የሆኑት ወንዶች ሁሉ በየጐሣቸውና፣ በየቤተ ሰባቸው መዝገብ መሠረት ስማቸው አንድ በአንድ ተጻፈ፤ 37ከብንያም ነገድ የተቈጠሩትም ሠላሳ አምስት ሺሕ አራት መቶ ነበሩ።
38ከዳን ዝርያ፦
ዕድሜያቸው ሃያ ዓመትና ከዚያም በላይ ሆኖ ለመዋጋት ብቁ የሆኑት ወንዶች ሁሉ በየጐሣቸውና፣ በየቤተ ሰባቸው መዝገብ መሠረት ስማቸው አንድ በአንድ ተጻፈ። 39ከዳን ነገድ የተቈጠሩትም ስድሳ ሁለት ሺሕ ሰባት መቶ ነበሩ።
40ከአሴር ዝርያ፦
ዕድሜያቸው ሃያ ዓመትና ከዚያም በላይ ሆኖ ለመዋጋት ብቁ የሆኑት ወንዶች ሁሉ በየጐሣቸውና፣ በየቤተ ሰባቸው መዝገብ መሠረት ስማቸው አንድ በአንድ ተጻፈ። 41ከአሴር ነገድ የተቈጠሩት አርባ አንድ ሺሕ አምስት መቶ ነበሩ።
42ከንፍታሌም ዝርያ፦
ዕድሜያቸው ሃያ ዓመትና ከዚያም በላይ ሆኖ ለመዋጋት ብቁ የሆኑት ወንዶች ሁሉ በየጐሣቸውና፣ በየቤተ ሰባቸው መዝገብ መሠረት ስማቸው አንድ በአንድ ተጻፈ። 43ከንፍታሌም ነገድ የተቈጠሩትም አምሳ ሦስት ሺሕ አራት መቶ ነበሩ።
44በሙሴና በአሮን፣ እያንዳንዳቸውም ቤተ ሰባቸውን በወከሉት በዐሥራ ሁለቱ የእስራኤል አለቆች የተቈጠሩት ወንዶች እነዚህ ናቸው። 45ስለዚህ እስራኤላውያን ሁሉ ዕድሜያቸው ሃያ ዓመትና ከዚያም በላይ ሆኖ በእስራኤል ሰራዊት ውስጥ ለመዋጋት ብቁ የሆኑት በየቤተ ሰባቸው ተቈጠሩ፤ 46ጠቅላላ ቍጥራቸውም ስድስት መቶ ሦስት ሺሕ አምስት መቶ አምሳ ነበር።
47የሌዊ ነገድ ቤተ ሰቦች ግን ከሌሎች ጋር አብረው አልተቈጠሩም፤ 48እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴን እንዲህ ብሎት ነበርና፤ 49“የሌዊን ነገድ አትቍጠር፤ በእስራኤላውያንም ቈጠራ ውስጥ አታስገባው፤ 50በዚህ ፈንታ ሌዋውያንን በምስክሩ ማደሪያ፣ በውስጡ ባሉት በመገልገያ ዕቃዎች ሁሉ እንዲሁም ከዚሁ ጋር በተያያዙ በማናቸውም ነገሮች ላይ ኀላፊዎች ይሁኑ፤ ማደሪያውንና በውስጡ ያሉትን የመገልገያ ዕቃዎች ይሸከሙ፤ በውስጡ ያገልግሉ፤ ድንኳናቸውንም በዙሪያው ይትከሉ። 51ማደሪያው በሚነሣበት ጊዜ ሌዋውያን ይንቀሉት፤ ማደሪያው በሚተከልበትም ጊዜ ሌዋውያን ያቁሙት፤ ሌላ ሰው ቢቀርብ ግን ይገደል። 52እስራኤላውያን በየምድባቸው ድንኳናቸውን ይትከሉ፤ እያንዳንዱም ሰው በየሰፈሩና በየዐርማው ሥር ይስፈር። 53ሌዋውያን ግን በእስራኤላውያን ማኅበረ ሰብ ላይ ቍጣ እንዳይወርድ ድንኳኖቻቸውን በምስክሩ ማደሪያ ዙሪያ ይትከሉ፤ የምስክሩ ማደሪያ ድንኳን ኀላፊዎች ሌዋውያን ናቸው።”
54እስራኤላውያንም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴን ባዘዘው መሠረት ይህን ሁሉ አደረጉ።
1And 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.
5¶ And 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.1.14 Deuel: also called, Reuel 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.
17¶ And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: 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.
22¶ Of 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.
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 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, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26¶ Of 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, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six 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 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.
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 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.
32¶ Of 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.
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 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.
36¶ Of 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.
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 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, were threescore and two thousand and seven 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 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, were forty and one thousand and five 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 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.
47¶ But 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.
