{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_ylt_num_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_ylt_num_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_ylt_num_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/ylt/num.htm","summary":"This is the opening chapters of the Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, presented here in a literal English translation (likely Young's Literal Translation based on its rendering style). The text records God commanding Moses to conduct a military census of the Israelite tribes in the wilderness of Sinai, one year after the Exodus from Egypt, counting all males aged twenty and older who are fit for military service. Each of the twelve tribes is enumerated by its tribal prince, with totals ranging from 32,200 (Manasseh) to 74,600 (Judah), summing to 603,550 men \u2014 while the Levites are deliberately excluded from this military count and instead assigned as guardians of the Tabernacle. The second chapter then prescribes the precise spatial arrangement of the tribal camps around the Tent of Meeting, organized by compass direction with Judah's camp to the east and marching first, followed by Reuben, Ephraim, and Dan in a fixed order. The third chapter begins transitioning to the Levites' special status and genealogy, noting the deaths of Aaron's eldest sons Nadab and Abihu for offering \"strange fire.\" The distinctively bureaucratic, repetitive style \u2014 listing each tribe with identical formulaic language \u2014 reflects the text's character as sacred administrative record, emphasizing divine order, tribal identity, and Israel's organization as a covenant community prepared for both worship and warfare.","tags":["English Bible Translations","Literal Bible Translation","New Testament"],"text":null,"title":"Young's Literal Translation of the Bible: Numbers","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":33496}