Numbers 1

1 And the Lord spak to Moises in the deseert of Synay, in the tabernacle of the boond of pees, in the firste day of the secounde monethe, in the tother yeer of her goyng out of Egipt,

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,

2 and seide, Take ye `the summe of al the congregacioun of the sones of Israel, bi her kynredis, and howsis, and `the names of alle bi hem silf, what

“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one,

3 euer thing is of male kynde fro the twentithe yeere and aboue, of alle the stronge men of Israel; and thou and Aaron schulen noumbre hem bi her cumpanies.

from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall count them by their divisions.

4 And the princes of lynagis and of housis, in her kynredis, schulen be with you,

With you there shall be a man of every tribe, each one head of his fathers’ house.

5 of whiche princes these ben the names; of Ruben, Elisur, the sone of Sedeur;

These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

6 of Symeon, Salamyel, the sone of Suri Sadday;

Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

7 of Juda, Naason, the sone of Amynadab; of Ysacar,

Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

8 Nathanael, the sone of Suar;

Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.

9 of Zabulon, Eliab, the sone of Elon; sotheli of the sones of Joseph,

Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.

10 of Effraym, Elisama, the sone of Amyud; of Manasses, Gamaliel the sone of Phadussur;

Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

11 of Beniamyn, Abidan, the sone of Gedeon;

Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.

12 of Dan, Aiezer, the sone of Amysadday;

Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

13 of Aser, Fegiel, the sone of Ochran;

Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.

14 of Gad, Elisaphan, the sone of Duel;

Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

15 of Neptalym, Hayra, the sone of Henam.

Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”

16 These weren the noblest princes of the multitude, bi her lynagis, and kynredis, and the heedis of the oost of Israel,

These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

17 whiche pryncis Moises and Aaron token, with al the multitude of the comyn puple.

Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.

18 And thei gaderiden in the firste dai of the secounde monethe, and telden hem bi kynredis, and housis, and meynees, and heedis, and names of alle by hem silf, fro the twentithe yeer and aboue,

They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.

19 as the Lord comaundide to Moises.

As the LORD commanded Moses, so he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai.

20 And of Ruben the firste gendrid of Israel weren noumbrid, in the deseert of Synai, bi her generaciouns, and meynees, and housis, and bi the names of alle heedis, al thing that is of male kynde, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, of men goynge forth to batel,

The children of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

21 sixe and fourti thousynd and fyue hundrid.

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

22 Of the sones of Symeon, bi her generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kyneredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names and heedis of alle, al that is of male kynde, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, of men goynge forth to batel,

Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those who were counted of it, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

23 nyn and fifty thousand and thre hundrid.

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

24 Of the sones of Gad, by generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro twenti yeer and aboue, alle men that yeden forth to batels,

Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

25 fyue and fourti thousand sixe hundrid and fifti.

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

26 Of the sones of Juda, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, by the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that miyten go to batels,

Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

27 weren noumbrid foure and seuenti thousand and sixe hundrid.

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

28 Of the sones of Ysacar, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that yeden forth to batels,

Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

29 weren noumbrid foure and fifti thousande and foure hundrid.

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

30 Of the sones of Zabulon, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

31 seuene and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid.

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

32 Of the sones of Joseph, of the sones of Effraym, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

Of the children of Joseph: of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

33 fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.

34 Forsothe of the sones of Manasses, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

35 two and thretti thousynd and two hundrid.

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

36 Of the sones of Beniamyn, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro twenti yeer and aboue, alle men that miyten go forth to batels,

Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

37 fyue and thretti thousinde and foure hundrid.

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

38 Of the sones of Dan, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yere and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

39 two and sixti thousynde and seuene hundrid.

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

40 Of the sones of Aser, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

41 fourti thousynde and a thousynde and fyue hundrid.

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.

42 Of the sones of Neptalym, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

43 thre and fifty thousynde and foure hundrid.

those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

44 These men it ben, whiche Moises and Aaron and the twelue princes of Israel noumbriden, alle bi the housis `of her kynredis.

These are those who were counted, whom Moses and Aaron counted, and the twelve men who were princes of Israel, each one for his fathers’ house.

45 And alle men of the sones of Israel bi her housis, and meynees, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, that myyten go forth to batels, weren togidere

So all those who were counted of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel—

46 sixe hundrid thousynde and thre thousynde of men, fyue hundred and fifti.

all those who were counted were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.

47 Sotheli the dekenes in the lynage of her meynes weren not noumbrid with hem.

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not counted among them.

48 And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, `Nyle thou noumbre the lynage of Leuy,

For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

49 nether sette thou the summe of hem with the sones of Israel;

“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not count, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;

50 but thou schalt ordeyne hem on the tabernacle of witnessing, and on alle the vessels therof, and what euer thing perteyneth to cerymonyes ether sacrifices. Thei schulen bere the tabernacle, and alle purtenaunces therof, and thei schulen be in seruyce, and schulen sette tentis bi the cumpas of the tabernacle.

but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.

51 Whanne me schal go, the dekenes schulen do doun the tabernacle; whanne the tentis schulen be sette, thei schulen `reise the tabernacle. Who euer of straungeris neiyeth, he schal be slayn.

When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

52 Sotheli the sones of Israel schulen sette tentis, ech man bi cumpenyes, and gaderyngis, and his oost;

The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.

53 forsothe the dekenes schulen sette tentis bi the cumpas of the tabernacle, lest indignacioun be maad on the multitude of the sones of Israel; and thei schulen wake in the kepyngis of the `tabernacle of witnessyng.

But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel. The Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony.”

54 Therfor the sones of Israel diden bi alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide to Moises.

Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they did.