And they said,“ We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.”

他们说：“仆人们本是弟兄十二人，是迦南地一个人的儿子，顶小的现今在我们的父亲那里，有一个没有了。”

他们说：“仆人们本是兄弟十二人，我们都是迦南地同一个人的儿子。看哪，最小的今日在我们父亲那里，有一个不在了。”

他们说：“仆人们本是兄弟十二人，我们都是迦南地同一个人的儿子。看哪，最小的今日在我们父亲那里，有一个不在了。”

他们说：“仆人们共有弟兄十二人，父亲住在迦南，最年幼的弟弟留在父亲身边，还有一个已经去世。”

他们说：“仆人们本是兄弟十二人，我们都是迦南地一个人的儿子。最小的现在与我们的父亲在一起，还有一个不在了。”

他们说：“你的仆人们本是兄弟十二人，都是迦南地同一个人的儿子。看哪，最小的那个现在与我们的父亲在一起，还有一个已经不在了。”

他們說：「僕人們本是弟兄十二人，是迦南地一個人的兒子，頂小的現今在我們的父親那裏，有一個沒有了。」

他們說：「僕人們本是兄弟十二人，我們都是迦南地同一個人的兒子。看哪，最小的今日在我們父親那裏，有一個不在了。」

他們說：「僕人們本是兄弟十二人，我們都是迦南地同一個人的兒子。看哪，最小的今日在我們父親那裏，有一個不在了。」

他們說：「僕人們共有弟兄十二人，父親住在迦南，最年幼的弟弟留在父親身邊，還有一個已經去世。」

他們說：“僕人們本是兄弟十二人，我們都是迦南地一個人的兒子。最小的現在與我們的父親在一起，還有一個不在了。”

他們說：『僕人們弟兄十二個；是迦南地一個人的兒子；頂小的現今和我們的父親在一起，還有一個不在了。』

他們說：「你的僕人們本是兄弟十二人，都是迦南地同一個人的兒子。看哪，最小的那個現在與我們的父親在一起，還有一個已經不在了。」

曰、僕昆弟十二、迦南一人之子、一弟已亡、季者偕父、

曰、僕昆弟十有二人迦南地一父所生、一弟已亡、季者偕父。

曰、僕本兄弟十二人、迦南地一人之子、今日季者偕父、一弟已亡、

But they replied,“ Your servants were twelve brothers, the sons of one man, who lives in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

But they replied,“ We were 12 brothers. All of us were the sons of one man. He lives in the land of Canaan. Our youngest brother is now with our father. And one brother is gone.”

“ Sir,” they said,“ there are actually twelve of us. We, your servants, are all brothers, sons of a man living in the land of Canaan. Our youngest brother is back there with our father right now, and one of our brothers is no longer with us.”

But they replied,“ We, your servants, were twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer living.”

But they said,“ Your servants are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no longer alive.”

And they said,“ Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and in fact, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no more.”

And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

But they replied,“ We, your servants, were 12 brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer living.”

And they said, Thy servants[ are] twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest[ is] this day with our father, and one[ is] not.

They replied,“ Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”

They said,“ We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is today with our father, and one is no more.”

and returned to his brothers and said,“ The boy is gone, and I, where shall I go?”

And we said to my lord,‘ We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’

We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’

They replied,“ The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying,‘ Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ What we told him was in answer to these questions. Could we in any way know that he would say,‘ Bring your brother down’?”

Thus says the Lord:“ A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.

We are all sons of one man. We are honest men. Your servants have never been spies.”

And they told him,“ Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them.

Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn,and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah( but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron.The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three.The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob— sixteen persons.The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him.And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob— fourteen persons in all.The son of Dan: Hushim.The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob— seven persons in all.All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all.And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.

And Jacob their father said to them,“ You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me.”

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,“ Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for breaking camp.And when both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting.But if they blow only one, then the chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.When you blow an alarm, the camps that are on the east side shall set out.And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out.But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow a long blast, but you shall not sound an alarm.And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations.And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. They shall be a reminder of you before your God: I am the Lord your God.”In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony,and the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai. And the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.They set out for the first time at the command of the Lord by Moses.The standard of the camp of the people of Judah set out first by their companies, and over their company was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.And over the company of the tribe of the people of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.And over the company of the tribe of the people of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.And when the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who carried the tabernacle, set out.And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies, and over their company was Elizur the son of Shedeur.And over the company of the tribe of the people of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.And over the company of the tribe of the people of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things, and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.And the standard of the camp of the people of Ephraim set out by their companies, and over their company was Elishama the son of Ammihud.And over the company of the tribe of the people of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.And over the company of the tribe of the people of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.Then the standard of the camp of the people of Dan, acting as the rear guard of all the camps, set out by their companies, and over their company was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.And over the company of the tribe of the people of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran.And over the company of the tribe of the people of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.This was the order of march of the people of Israel by their companies, when they set out.And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law,“ We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said,‘ I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will do good to you, for the Lord has promised good to Israel.”But he said to him,“ I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred.”And he said,“ Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us.And if you do go with us, whatever good the Lord will do to us, the same will we do to you.”So they set out from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey. And the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them three days’ journey, to seek out a resting place for them.And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, whenever they set out from the camp.And whenever the ark set out, Moses said,“ Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you.”And when it rested, he said,“ Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.”

Then Rachel said,“ God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.Then Rachel said,“ With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.Then Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.And Leah said,“ Good fortune has come!” so she called his name Gad.Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.And Leah said,“ Happy am I! For women have called me happy.” So she called his name Asher.In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah,“ Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”But she said to her,“ Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes also?” Rachel said,“ Then he may lie with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”When Jacob came from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said,“ You must come in to me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he lay with her that night.And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.Leah said,“ God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son.Then Leah said,“ God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name Zebulun.Afterward she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah.Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.She conceived and bore a son and said,“ God has taken away my reproach.”And she called his name Joseph, saying,“ May the Lord add to me another son!”

But he said,“ My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said,“ Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”She conceived again and bore a son, and said,“ Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also.” And she called his name Simeon.Again she conceived and bore a son, and said,“ Now this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.And she conceived again and bore a son, and said,“ This time I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she ceased bearing.

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,“ Command the people of Israel, and say to them, When you enter the land of Canaan( this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan as defined by its borders),your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your southern border shall run from the end of the Salt Sea on the east.And your border shall turn south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon.And the border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea.“ For the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its coast. This shall be your western border.“ This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to Mount Hor.From Mount Hor you shall draw a line to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at Zedad.Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.“ You shall draw a line for your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham.And the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. And the border shall go down and reach to the shoulder of the Sea of Chinnereth on the east.And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around.”Moses commanded the people of Israel, saying,“ This is the land that you shall inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe.For the tribe of the people of Reuben by fathers’ houses and the tribe of the people of Gad by their fathers’ houses have received their inheritance, and also the half-tribe of Manasseh.The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,“ These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.You shall take one chief from every tribe to divide the land for inheritance.These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.Of the tribe of the people of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.Of the tribe of the people of Dan a chief, Bukki the son of Jogli.Of the people of Joseph: of the tribe of the people of Manasseh a chief, Hanniel the son of Ephod.And of the tribe of the people of Ephraim a chief, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.Of the tribe of the people of Zebulun a chief, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.Of the tribe of the people of Issachar a chief, Paltiel the son of Azzan.And of the tribe of the people of Asher a chief, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.Of the tribe of the people of Naphtali a chief, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”These are the men whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance for the people of Israel in the land of Canaan.

Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.

After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest,“ Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war.”And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,“ Take a census of the people, from twenty years old and upward,” as the Lord commanded Moses. The people of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were:Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites;of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites.These are the clans of the Reubenites, and those listed were 43,730.And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, chosen from the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lordand the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they became a warning.But the sons of Korah did not die.The sons of Simeon according to their clans: of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites;of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites.These are the clans of the Simeonites, 22,200.The sons of Gad according to their clans: of Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; of Shuni, the clan of the Shunites;of Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; of Eri, the clan of the Erites;of Arod, the clan of the Arodites; of Areli, the clan of the Arelites.These are the clans of the sons of Gad as they were listed, 40,500.The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.And the sons of Judah according to their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites.And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites.These are the clans of Judah as they were listed, 76,500.The sons of Issachar according to their clans: of Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites;of Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites.These are the clans of Issachar as they were listed, 64,300.The sons of Zebulun, according to their clans: of Sered, the clan of the Seredites; of Elon, the clan of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites.These are the clans of the Zebulunites as they were listed, 60,500.The sons of Joseph according to their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim.The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites.These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; of Helek, the clan of the Helekites;and of Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites;and of Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites.Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.These are the clans of Manasseh, and those listed were 52,700.These are the sons of Ephraim according to their clans: of Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the clan of the Becherites; of Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites.And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites.These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were listed, 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to their clans.The sons of Benjamin according to their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites;of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites.And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites.These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans, and those listed were 45,600.These are the sons of Dan according to their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan according to their clans.All the clans of the Shuhamites, as they were listed, were 64,400.The sons of Asher according to their clans: of Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriites.Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the clan of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites.And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.These are the clans of the sons of Asher as they were listed, 53,400.The sons of Naphtali according to their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites;of Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites.These are the clans of Naphtali according to their clans, and those listed were 45,400.This was the list of the people of Israel, 601,730.The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,“ Among these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names.To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance; every tribe shall be given its inheritance in proportion to its list.But the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller.”This was the list of the Levites according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites.These are the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram.The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister.And to Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord.And those listed were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward. For they were not listed among the people of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the people of Israel.These were those listed by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who listed the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.But among these there was not one of those listed by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had listed the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.For the Lord had said of them,“ They shall die in the wilderness.” Not one of them was left, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death.His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.The son of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing;and Ethan’s son was Azariah.

Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor.And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her,“ Do not fear, for you have another son.”And as her soul was departing( for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath( that is, Bethlehem),and Jacob set up a pillar over her tomb. It is the pillar of Rachel’s tomb, which is there to this day.Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine. And Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.The sons of Leah: Reuben( Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant: Dan and Naphtali.The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,“ Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company.And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers.And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;from Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;from Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;from Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;from Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;from Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;from Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran;from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.”These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named,and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,as the Lord commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai.The people of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.Of the people of Simeon, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, those of them who were listed, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.Of the people of Gad, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Gad were 45,650.Of the people of Judah, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Judah were 74,600.Of the people of Issachar, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.Of the people of Zebulun, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.Of the people of Joseph, namely, of the people of Ephraim, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.Of the people of Manasseh, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200.Of the people of Benjamin, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.Of the people of Dan, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Dan were 62,700.Of the people of Asher, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Asher were 41,500.Of the people of Naphtali, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400.These are those who were listed, whom Moses and Aaron listed with the help of the chiefs of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers’ house.So all those listed of the people of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war in Israel—all those listed were 603,550.But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe.For the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,“ Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel.But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and 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. And if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death.The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and each man by his own standard.But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.”Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.

“ A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”

One left me, and I said,“ Surely he has been torn to pieces,” and I have never seen him since.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.