The Message

Numbers 1:10-28-29 The Message (MSG)

10. from the sons of Joseph,from Ephraim: Elishama son of Ammihudfrom Manasseh: Gamaliel son of Pedahzur

11. from Benjamin: Abidan son of Gideoni

12. from Dan: Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai

13. from Asher: Pagiel son of Ocran

14. from Gad: Eliasaph son of Deuel

15. from Naphtali: Ahira son of Enan.”

16. These were the men chosen from the congregation, leaders of their ancestral tribes, heads of Israel’s military divisions.

17-19. Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named to help and gathered the whole congregation together on the first day of the second month. The people registered themselves in their tribes according to their ancestral families, putting down the names of those who were twenty years old and older, just as God commanded Moses. He numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.

20-21. The line of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: The men were counted off head by head, every male twenty years and older who was able to fight in the army, registered by tribes according to their ancestral families. The tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

22-23. The line of Simeon: The men were counted off head by head, every male twenty years and older who was able to fight in the army, registered by clans and families. The tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

24-25. The line of Gad: The men were counted off head by head, every male twenty years and older who was able to fight in the army, registered by clans and families. The tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

26-27. The line of Judah: The men were counted off head by head, every male twenty years and older who was able to fight in the army, registered by clans and families. The tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

28-29. The line of Issachar: The men were counted off head by head, every male twenty years and older who was able to fight in the army, registered by clans and families. The tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.