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።
The Men of Israel Are Counted
1The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting. It happened in the Desert of Sinai. The Lord spoke to him on the first day of the second month. It was the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. The Lord said, 2“Count all the men of Israel. Make a list of them by their tribes and families. List every man by name. List them one by one. 3Count all the men able to serve in the army. They must be 20 years old or more. I want you and Aaron to make a list of them group by group. 4One man from each tribe must help you. Those who help must be the heads of their families.
5“Here are the names of the men who must help you.
“From the tribe of Reuben will come Elizur, the son of Shedeur.
6From the tribe of Simeon will come Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.
7From the tribe of Judah will come Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.
8From the tribe of Issachar will come Nethanel, the son of Zuar.
9From the tribe of Zebulun will come Eliab, the son of Helon.
10From the tribe of Ephraim will come Elishama, the son of Ammihud.
From the tribe of Manasseh will come Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.
Ephraim and Manasseh are Joseph’s two sons.
11From the tribe of Benjamin will come Abidan, the son of Gideoni.
12From the tribe of Dan will come Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.
13From the tribe of Asher will come Pagiel, the son of Okran.
14From the tribe of Gad will come Eliasaph, the son of Deuel.
15From the tribe of Naphtali will come Ahira, the son of Enan.”
16These were the men appointed from the community. They were the leaders of the tribes of their people. They were the heads of the major families in Israel.
17Moses and Aaron went and got the men whose names had been given to them. 18Then Moses and Aaron gathered all the men of Israel together. It was the first day of the second month. The people wrote down the tribe and family they belonged to. The men 20 years old or more were listed by name. They were listed one by one. 19Everything was done just as the Lord had commanded Moses. So Moses counted them in the Desert of Sinai.
20Here is the number of men from the tribe of Reuben. He is Israel’s oldest son.
All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed one by one. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 21The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.
22Here is the number of men from the tribe of Simeon.
All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed one by one. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 23The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.
24Here is the number of men from the tribe of Gad.
All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 25The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.
26Here is the number of men from the tribe of Judah.
All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 27The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.
28Here is the number of men from the tribe of Issachar.
All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 29The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.
30Here is the number of men from the tribe of Zebulun.
All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 31The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.
32Here is the number of men from the tribe of Ephraim. He is the son of Joseph.
All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 33The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.
34Here is the number of men from the tribe of Manasseh. He is the son of Joseph.
All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 35The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.
36Here is the number of men from the tribe of Benjamin.
All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 37The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.
38Here is the number of men from the tribe of Dan.
All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 39The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.
40Here is the number of men from the tribe of Asher.
All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 41The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.
42Here is the number of men from the tribe of Naphtali.
All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families. 43The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.
44These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron. The 12 leaders of Israel helped them. There was one leader from each tribe. 45The men who were counted were able to serve in Israel’s army. All of them were 20 years old or more. They were counted family by family. 46The total number of men was 603,550.
47But the families of the tribe of Levi were not counted along with the others. 48The Lord had spoken to Moses. He had said, 49“You must not count the men from the tribe of Levi. Do not include them when you list the other men of Israel. 50Instead, put the Levites in charge of the holy tent. That is where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. The Levites will be in charge of everything that belongs to the holy tent. They must carry the tent and everything that belongs to it. They must take care of it. They must set up camp around it. 51When the holy tent must be moved, the Levites must take it down. And when the tent must be set up, the Levites must do it. Anyone else who approaches it must be put to death. 52The Israelites must set up their tents by military groups. All of them must be in their own camps under their own flags. 53But the Levites must set up their tents around the holy tent. That’s where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. Then I will not be angry with the community of Israel. The Levites will be responsible for taking care of the tent.”
54The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
