Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle 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 children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male individually,

from twenty years old and above--all who are able to go to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each one the head of his father's house.

"These are the names of the men who shall stand with 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; 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 Ocran;

from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;

from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan."

These were chosen from the congregation, leaders of their fathers' tribes, heads of the divisions in Israel.

Then Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned by name,

and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they recited their ancestry by families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, each one individually.

As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Now the children of Reuben, Israel's oldest son, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:

those who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.

From the children of Simeon, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, of those who were numbered, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:

those who were numbered of the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

From the children of Gad, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:

those who were numbered of the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

From the children of Judah, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:

those who were numbered of the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

From the children of Issachar, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:

those who were numbered of the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

From the children of Zebulun, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:

those who were numbered of the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

From the sons of Joseph, the children of Ephraim, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:

those who were numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.

From the children of Manasseh, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:

those who were numbered of the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

From the children of Benjamin, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:

those who were numbered of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

From the children of Dan, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:

those who were numbered of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

From the children of Asher, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:

those who were numbered of the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.

From the children of Naphtali, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:

those who were numbered of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each one representing his father's house.

So all who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war in Israel--

all who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

But the Levites were not numbered among them by their fathers' tribe;

for the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying:

"Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel;

but you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, over all its furnishings, and over all things that belong to it; they shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall attend to it and camp around the tabernacle.

And when the tabernacle is to go forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The outsider who comes near shall be put to death.

The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, everyone by his own camp, everyone by his own standard, according to their armies;

but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony."

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

And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

"Everyone of the children of Israel shall camp by his own standard, beside the emblems of his father's house; they shall camp some distance from the tabernacle of meeting.

On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, those of the standard of the forces with Judah shall camp according to their armies; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be the leader of the children of Judah."

And his army was numbered at seventy-four thousand six hundred.

"Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, and Nethanel the son of Zuar shall be the leader of the children of Issachar."

And his army was numbered at fifty-four thousand four hundred.

"Then comes the tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab the son of Helon shall be the leader of the children of Zebulun."

And his army was numbered at fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

"All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Judah, one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred--these shall break camp first.

"On the south side shall be the standard of the forces with Reuben according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur."

And his army was numbered at forty-six thousand five hundred.

"Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai."

And his army was numbered at fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

"Then comes the tribe of Gad, and the leader of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel."

And his army was numbered at forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

"All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Reuben, one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty--they shall be the second to break camp.

"And the tabernacle of meeting shall move out with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps; as they camp, so they shall move out, everyone in his place, by their standards.

"On the west side shall be the standard of the forces with Ephraim according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud."

And his army was numbered at forty thousand five hundred.

"Next to him comes the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur."

And his army was numbered at thirty-two thousand two hundred.

"Then comes the tribe of Benjamin, and the leader of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni."

And his army was numbered at thirty-five thousand four hundred.

"All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Ephraim, one hundred and eight thousand one hundred--they shall be the third to break camp.

"The standard of the forces with Dan shall be on the north side according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai."

And his army was numbered at sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

"Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, and the leader of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran."

And his army was numbered at forty-one thousand five hundred.

"Then comes the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan."

And his army was numbered at fifty-three thousand four hundred.

"All who were numbered of the forces with Dan, one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred--they shall break camp last, with their standards."

These are the ones who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses. All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

Thus the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses; so they camped by their standards and so they broke camp, each one by his family, according to their fathers' houses.

When He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear Me, everyone, and understand:

There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.

If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"

When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.

So He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,

because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?"

And He said, "What comes out of a man, that defiles a man.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

All these evil things come from within and defile a man."

From there He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be hidden.

For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him, and she came and fell at His feet.

The woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs."

And she answered and said to Him, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs."

Then He said to her, "For this saying go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter."

And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.

Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee.

Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him.

And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.

Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened."

Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.

Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it.

And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."

The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire.

The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness;
The LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.

The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth,
And strips the forests bare;
And in His temple everyone says, "Glory!"

The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood,
And the LORD sits as King forever.

The LORD will give strength to His people;
The LORD will bless His people with peace.

As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
So is the lazy man to those who send him.

The fear of the LORD prolongs days,
But the years of the wicked will be shortened.

The hope of the righteous will be gladness,
But the expectation of the wicked will perish.

The way of the LORD is strength for the upright,
But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.