On the first day of the second month, in the second year following the exodus from the land of Egypt, יהוה spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, saying:
Take a census of the whole Israelite company [of fighters] company [of fighters] NJPS “community,” trad. “congregation.” See the Dictionary under ‘edah. by the clans of its ancestral houses, its ancestral houses I.e., its tribes. listing the names, every male, head by head.
and on the first day of the second month they convoked the whole company [of fighters], company [of fighters] See note at v. 2. who were registered by the clans of their ancestral houses—the names of those aged twenty years and over being listed head by head.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואת
407
כלהעדה
134
הקהילו
156
באחד
15
לחדש
342
השני
365
ויתילדו
466
עלמשפחתם
968
לבית
442
אבתם
443
במספר
382
שמות
746
מבן
92
עשרים
620
שנה
355
ומעלה
151
לגלגלתם
536
Numbers 1:19
Gematria: 2072
כאשרצוהיהוהאתמשהויפקדםבמדברסיניס
As יהוה had commanded Moses, so he recorded them in the wilderness of Sinai.
They totaled as follows: The descendants of Reuben, Israel’s first-born, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house, as listed by name, head by head, all males aged twenty years and over, all who were able to bear arms—
Of the descendants of Simeon, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house, their enrollment as listed by name, head by head, all males aged twenty years and over, all who were able to bear arms—
Of the descendants of Gad, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house, as listed by name, aged twenty years and over, all who were able to bear arms—
Of the descendants of Judah, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house, as listed by name, aged twenty years and over, all who were able to bear arms—
Of the descendants of Issachar, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house, as listed by name, aged twenty years and over, all who were able to bear arms—
Word-by-Word Analysis
לבני
92
יששכר
830
תולדתם
880
למשפחתם
898
לבית
442
אבתם
443
במספר
382
שמת
740
מבן
92
עשרים
620
שנה
355
ומעלה
151
כל
50
יצא
101
צבא
93
Numbers 1:29
Gematria: 2752
פקדיהםלמטהיששכרארבעהוחמשיםאלףוארבעמאותפ
those enrolled from the tribe of Issachar: 54,400.
Of the descendants of Zebulun, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house, as listed by name, aged twenty years and over, all who were able to bear arms—
Of the descendants of Joseph: Of the descendants of Ephraim, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house, as listed by name, aged twenty years and over, all who were able to bear arms—
Of the descendants of Manasseh, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house, as listed by name, aged twenty years and over, all who were able to bear arms—
Word-by-Word Analysis
לבני
92
מנשה
395
תולדתם
880
למשפחתם
898
לבית
442
אבתם
443
במספר
382
שמות
746
מבן
92
עשרים
620
שנה
355
ומעלה
151
כל
50
יצא
101
צבא
93
Numbers 1:35
Gematria: 2492
פקדיהםלמטהמנשהשניםושלשיםאלףומאתיםפ
those enrolled from the tribe of Manasseh: 32,200.
Of the descendants of Benjamin, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house, as listed by name, aged twenty years and over, all who were able to bear arms—
Word-by-Word Analysis
לבני
92
בנימן
152
תולדתם
880
למשפחתם
898
לבית
442
אבתם
443
במספר
382
שמת
740
מבן
92
עשרים
620
שנה
355
ומעלה
151
כל
50
יצא
101
צבא
93
Numbers 1:37
Gematria: 2431
פקדיהםלמטהבנימןחמשהושלשיםאלףוארבעמאותפ
those enrolled from the tribe of Benjamin: 35,400.
Of the descendants of Dan, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house, as listed by name, aged twenty years and over, all who were able to bear arms—
Of the descendants of Asher, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house, as listed by name, aged twenty years and over, all who were able to bear arms—
[Of] the descendants of Naphtali, the registration of the clans of their ancestral house as listed by name, aged twenty years and over, all who were able to bear arms—
Word-by-Word Analysis
בני
62
נפתלי
570
תולדתם
880
למשפחתם
898
לבית
442
אבתם
443
במספר
382
שמת
740
מבן
92
עשרים
620
שנה
355
ומעלה
151
כל
50
יצא
101
צבא
93
Numbers 1:43
Gematria: 2849
פקדיהםלמטהנפתלישלשהוחמשיםאלףוארבעמאותפ
those enrolled from the tribe of Naphtali: 53,400.
Those are the enrollments recorded by Moses and Aaron and by the chieftains of Israel, who were twelve in number, one participant from each ancestral house.
You shall put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Pact, all its furnishings, and everything that pertains to it: they shall carry the Tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall tend it; and they shall camp around the Tabernacle.
When the Tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the Tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up; any outsider who encroaches shall be put to death.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ובנסע
188
המשכן
415
יורידו
236
אתו
407
הלוים
91
ובחנת
466
המשכן
415
יקימו
166
אתו
407
הלוים
91
והזר
218
הקרב
307
יומת
456
Numbers 1:52
Gematria: 2216
וחנובניישראלאישעלמחנהוואישעלדגלולצבאתם
The Israelites shall encamp troop by troop, each man with his division and each under his standard. each man with his division and each under his standard Or “each [household] with its division and each under its standard.”
The Levites, however, shall camp around the Tabernacle of the Pact, that wrath may not strike the Israelite community; the Levites shall stand guard around the Tabernacle of the Pact.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והלוים
97
יחנו
74
סביב
74
למשכן
440
העדת
479
ולאיהיה
67
קצף
270
עלעדת
574
בני
62
ישראל
541
ושמרו
552
הלוים
91
אתמשמרת
1381
משכן
410
העדות
485
Numbers 1:54
Gematria: 2965
ויעשובניישראלככלאשרצוהיהוהאתמשהכןעשופ
The Israelites did accordingly; just as יהוה had commanded Moses, so they did.