(A)Take a [a]census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head from (B)twenty years old and upward, whoever is able to go to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall [b]count them by their armies. With you, moreover, there shall be a man of each tribe, (C)each one head of his father’s household.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 1:2 Lit sum
  2. Numbers 1:3 Lit muster, and so throughout the ch

“Take a census(A) of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families,(B) listing every man by name,(C) one by one. You and Aaron(D) are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more(E) and able to serve in the army.(F) One man from each tribe,(G) each of them the head of his family,(H) is to help you.(I)

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