Redeeming What Is the Lord’s

27 The Lord said to Moses,  2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate persons to the Lord by giving equivalent values,  3 set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekelsa of silver, according to the sanctuary shekelb;  4 and if it is a female, set her value at thirty shekels.c  5 If it is a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekelsd and of a female at ten shekels.e  6 If it is a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekelsf of silver and that of a female at three shekelsg of silver.  7 If it is a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekelsh and of a female at ten shekels.  8 If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, he is to present the person to the priest, who will set the value for him according to what the man making the vow can afford.

 9 “ ‘If what he vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy.  10 He must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one; if he should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy.  11 If what he vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal—one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord—the animal must be presented to the priest,  12 who will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be.  13 If the owner wishes to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.

 14 “ ‘If a man dedicates his house as something holy to the Lord, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain.  15 If the man who dedicates his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become his.

 16 “ ‘If a man dedicates to the Lord part of his family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver to a homeri of barley seed.  17 If he dedicates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the value that has been set remains.  18 But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced.  19 If the man who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, he must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become his.  20 If, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed.  21 When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the Lord; it will become the property of the priests.j

 22 “ ‘If a man dedicates to the Lord a field he has bought, which is not part of his family land,  23 the priest will determine its value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man must pay its value on that day as something holy to the Lord.  24 In the Year of Jubilee the field will revert to the person from whom he bought it, the one whose land it was.  25 Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

 26 “ ‘No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord; whether an oxk or a sheep, it is the Lord’s.  27 If it is one of the unclean animals, he may buy it back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If he does not redeem it, it is to be sold at its set value.

 28 “ ‘But nothing that a man owns and devotesl to the Lord—whether man or animal or family land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the Lord.

 29 “ ‘No person devoted to destructionm may be ransomed; he must be put to death.

 30 “ ‘A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.  31 If a man redeems any of his tithe, he must add a fifth of the value to it.  32 The entire tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod—will be holy to the Lord.  33 He must not pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution. If he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.’ ”

 34 These are the commands the Lord gave Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites.

 Numbers

The Census

1 The Lord 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:  2 “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.  3 You and Aaron are to number by their divisions all the men in Israel twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army.  4 One man from each tribe, each the head of his family, is to help you.  5 These are the names of the men who are to assist you:

from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

 6 from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

 7 from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

 8 from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

 9 from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

 10 from the sons of Joseph:

from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud;

from 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 appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.

 17 Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been given,  18 and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people indicated their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one,  19 as the Lord commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:

 20 From the descendants of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel:

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.  21 The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.

 22 From the descendants of Simeon:

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.  23 The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.

 24 From the descendants of Gad:

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.  25 The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.

 26 From the descendants of Judah:

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.  27 The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.

 28 From the descendants of Issachar:

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.  29 The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.

 30 From the descendants of Zebulun:

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.  31 The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.

 32 From the sons of Joseph:

From the descendants of Ephraim:

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.  33 The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.

 34 From the descendants of Manasseh:

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.  35 The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.

 36 From the descendants of Benjamin:

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.  37 The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.

 38 From the descendants of Dan:

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.  39 The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.

 40 From the descendants of Asher:

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.  41 The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.

 42 From the descendants of Naphtali:

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.  43 The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.

 44 These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.  45 All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.  46 The total number was 603,550.

 47 The families of the tribe of Levi, however, were not counted along with the others.  48 The Lord had said to Moses:  49 “You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.  50 Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony—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.  51 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 goes near it shall be put to death.  52 The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each man in his own camp under his own standard.  53 The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the Testimony so that wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

 54 The Israelites did all this just as the Lord commanded Moses.

The Arrangement of the Tribal Camps

2 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron:  2 “The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting some distance from it, each man under his standard with the banners of his family.”

 3 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.  4 His division numbers 74,600.

 5 The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar.  6 His division numbers 54,400.

 7 The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon.  8 His division numbers 57,400.

 9 All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.

 10 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.  11 His division numbers 46,500.

 12 The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.  13 His division numbers 59,300.

 14 The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.a  15 His division numbers 45,650.

 16 All the men assigned to the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, number 151,450. They will set out second.

 17 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 his own place under his standard.

 18 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.  19 His division numbers 40,500.

 20 The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.  21 His division numbers 32,200.

 22 The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.  23 His division numbers 35,400.

 24 All the men assigned to the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, number 108,100. They will set out third.

 25 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.  26 His division numbers 62,700.

 27 The tribe of Asher will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Asher is Pagiel son of Ocran.  28 His division numbers 41,500.

 29 The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan.  30 His division numbers 53,400.

 31 All the men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out last, under their standards.

 32 These are the Israelites, counted according to their families. All those in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550.  33 The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.

 34 So the Israelites did everything the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each with his clan and family.