Our Daily Bread: Bible in a Year

Thriving Through the Holidays: 5 Days of Hope for the Military Wife This Christmas

Hope in the Midst of Chaos: Devotions for Teen Mothers

The Cross: And What It Means for Fallen Humanity | Prayer, Fasting, and Consecration (Family Devotional)

Journey Through the Book of John

Dealing With Anxious Thoughts

Christian Relationship Advice: Why Establishing a Strong Friendship Matters

The Desire for Control

Living With Enthusiasm: A 5 Devotional by Justeina Brownlee

Learn Encouragement: 9 Ways to Build Up Others

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkNUM">
        <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="NUM.1">
            <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Census</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">These are the names of the men who are to assist you:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"><span class="content">from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.1.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.1.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.1.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.1.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">from the sons of Joseph:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="content">from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="content">from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.1.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.1.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">from Asher, Pagiel son of Okran;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.1.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.1.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.1.15"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.1.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.1.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.1.19"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.1.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.1.20"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.1.21"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.1.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Simeon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.1.22"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were counted and listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.1.23"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.1.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Gad:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.1.24"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.1.25"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.1.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.1.26"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.1.27"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.1.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Issachar:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.1.28"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.1.29"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.1.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Zebulun:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.1.30"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.1.31"></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.1.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">From the sons of Joseph:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="content">From the descendants of Ephraim:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.1.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Manasseh:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.1.34"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.1.35"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.1.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Benjamin:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.1.36"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.1.37"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.1.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Dan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.1.38"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.1.39"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.1.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Asher:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.1.40"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.1.41"></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.1.41"></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Naphtali:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.1.42"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.1.43"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.1.43"></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="NUM.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="NUM.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel&#8217;s army were counted according to their families. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">The total number was 603,550.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.1.46"></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="NUM.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="NUM.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said to Moses: </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="NUM.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">&#8220;You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="NUM.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law&#8212;over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="NUM.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="NUM.1.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard. </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="NUM.1.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="NUM.1.53"></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="NUM.1.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">The Israelites did all this just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkNUM">
        <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="NUM.2">
            <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Arrangement of the Tribal Camps</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses and Aaron: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.2.2"></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.2.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">On the east, toward the sunrise, the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His division numbers 74,600.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.2.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">His division numbers 54,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.2.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His division numbers 57,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.2.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.2.9"></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.2.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">His division numbers 46,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.2.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">His division numbers 59,300.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.2.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:14 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate (see also 1:14); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Reuel</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">His division numbers 45,650.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.2.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, number 151,450. They will set out second.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.2.16"></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.2.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the tent of meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they encamp, each in their own place under their standard.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.2.17"></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.2.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">His division numbers 40,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.2.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">His division numbers 32,200.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.2.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">His division numbers 35,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.2.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, number 108,100. They will set out third.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.2.24"></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.2.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan under their standard. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">His division numbers 62,700.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.2.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The tribe of Asher will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Asher is Pagiel son of Okran. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">His division numbers 41,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.2.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">His division numbers 53,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.2.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out last, under their standards.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.2.31"></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.2.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">These are the Israelites, counted according to their families. All the men in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.2.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.2.33"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.2.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.2.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">So the Israelites did everything the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each of them with their clan and family.</span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkNUM">
        <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="NUM.3">
            <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Levites</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family of Aaron and Moses at the time the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.3.1"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.3.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The names of the sons of Aaron were Nadab the firstborn and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Those were the names of Aaron&#8217;s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Nadab and Abihu, however, died before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.3.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community at the tent of meeting by doing the work of the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, fulfilling the obligations of the Israelites by doing the work of the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to him.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:9 </span><span class="ft">Most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text; some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also 8:16) </span><span class="fqa">to me</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests; anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.3.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> also said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">for all the firstborn are mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal. They are to be mine. I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.3.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses in the Desert of Sinai, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Count the Levites by their families and clans. Count every male a month old or more.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So Moses counted them, as he was commanded by the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.3.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">These were the names of the sons of Levi:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.3.17"><span class="content">Gershon, Kohath and Merari.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.3.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">These were the names of the Gershonite clans:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.3.18"><span class="content">Libni and Shimei.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.3.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The Kohathite clans:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.3.19"><span class="content">Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.3.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The Merarite clans:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.3.20"><span class="content">Mahli and Mushi.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.3.20"><span class="content">These were the Levite clans, according to their families.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.3.20"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.3.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To Gershon belonged the clans of the Libnites and Shimeites; these were the Gershonite clans. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 7,500. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At the tent of meeting the Gershonites were responsible for the care of the tabernacle and tent, its coverings, the curtain at the entrance to the tent of meeting, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard surrounding the tabernacle and altar, and the ropes&#8212;and everything related to their use.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.3.26"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.3.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">To Kohath belonged the clans of the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites and Uzzielites; these were the Kohathite clans. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:28 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">8,300</span></span></span><span class="content"> The Kohathites were responsible for the care of the sanctuary. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The Kohathite clans were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The leader of the families of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of Uzziel. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">They were responsible for the care of the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used in ministering, the curtain, and everything related to their use. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.3.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The chief leader of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.3.32"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.3.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.3.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">To Merari belonged the clans of the Mahlites and the Mushites; these were the Merarite clans. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.3.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 6,200. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.3.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The leader of the families of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.3.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">The Merarites were appointed to take care of the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts, bases, all its equipment, and everything related to their use, </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.3.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs and ropes.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.3.37"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.3.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.3.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Moses and Aaron and his sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, in front of the tent of meeting. They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary on behalf of the Israelites. Anyone else who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.3.38"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.3.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.3.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The total number of Levites counted at the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command by Moses and Aaron according to their clans, including every male a month old or more, was 22,000.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.3.39"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.3.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.3.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more and make a list of their names. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.3.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.3.41"></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.3.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded him. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.3.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">The total number of firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.3.43"></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="NUM.3.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> also said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="NUM.3.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine. I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.3.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites, </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="NUM.3.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">collect five shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:47 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="NUM.3.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">Give the money for the redemption of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="NUM.3.48"></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="NUM.3.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites. </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="NUM.3.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">From the firstborn of the Israelites he collected silver weighing 1,365 shekels,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:50 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 35 pounds or about 16 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> according to the sanctuary shekel. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="NUM.3.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Bible Yearly Plan for FebruarySample

Scripture

About this Plan

Related Plans