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The Census of Israel
1The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting # Ex 27:21; 40:2,6-7,34-35 in the Wilderness of Sinai, # Ex 19:1; Nm 33:16 on the first day of the second month of the second year # Ex 12:40-41; 19:1; 40:17 after Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt: 2“Take a census # Ex 30:11-16; Nm 26:2 of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of every male one by one. 3You and Aaron are to register those who are 20 years old or more by their military divisions — everyone who can serve in Israel’s army. # Lit everyone going out to war in Israel # Ex 30:14; Nm 14:29; 32:11; 1Ch 23:24,27; Ezr 3:8 4A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral house. # Nm 1:16; Jos 22:14 5These are the names of the men who are to assist you:
Elizur son of Shedeur # Nm 2:3-30; 7:18-78; 10:14-27 from Reuben;
6Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai from Simeon;
7Nahshon son of Amminadab from Judah;
8Nethanel son of Zuar from Issachar;
9Eliab son of Helon from Zebulun;
10from the sons of Joseph:
Elishama son of Ammihud from Ephraim,
Gamaliel son of Pedahzur from Manasseh;
11Abidan son of Gideoni from Benjamin;
12Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai from Dan;
13Pagiel son of Ochran from Asher;
14Eliasaph son of Deuel # LXX, Syr read Reuel from Gad;
15Ahira son of Enan from Naphtali.
16These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes, # Nm 1:47; 13:2; 26:55; 33:54; 36:4-8 the heads of Israel’s clans.” # Nm 10:4; Jos 22:21,30
17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, # Ezr 8:20; 1Ch 12:31; 16:41; 2Ch 28:15; 31:19 18and they assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. They recorded their ancestry by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting one by one the names of those 20 years old or more, 19just as the Lord commanded Moses. He registered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:
20The descendants of Reuben, # Gn 29:32; 49:3-4; 1Ch 5:1 the firstborn of Israel: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting one by one the names of every male 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 21those registered for the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.
22The descendants of Simeon: # Gn 29:33; 42:14-24; 49:5-7 according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, those registered counting one by one the names of every male 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 23those registered for the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.
24The descendants of Gad: # Gn 30:11; 49:19 according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 25those registered for the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.
26The descendants of Judah: # Gn 29:35; 49:8-12; Mt 1:2-3; Rv 5:5 according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 27those registered for the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.
28The descendants of Issachar: # Gn 30:18; 49:14-15 according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 29those registered for the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.
30The descendants of Zebulun: # Gn 30:20; 49:13 according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 31those registered for the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.
32The descendants of Joseph: # Gn 30:22-24; 49:22-26
The descendants of Ephraim: # Gn 46:20; 48:13-20 according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 33those registered for the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.
34The descendants of Manasseh: # Gn 46:20; 48:13-20 according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 35those registered for the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.
36The descendants of Benjamin: # Gn 35:18; 49:27 according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 37those registered for the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.
38The descendants of Dan: # Gn 30:6; 49:16-17 according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 39those registered for the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.
40The descendants of Asher: # Gn 30:13; 49:20 according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 41those registered for the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.
42The descendants of Naphtali: # Gn 30:8; 49:21 according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, 43those registered for the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.
44These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with the assistance of the 12 leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral house. 45So all the Israelites 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in Israel’s army, were registered by their ancestral houses. 46All those registered numbered 603,550. # Ex 12:37; Nm 26:51
Duties of the Levites
47But the Levites # Gn 34:25,30; 49:5-7; Ex 32:26-29; Nm 3:6,12-13,40-43; 8:16-19; 18:1; Dt 10:8-9; 18:1-2; 21:5; Jos 13:14,33 were not registered with them by their ancestral tribe. 48For the Lord had told Moses: 49“Do not register or take a census of the tribe of Levi with the other Israelites. 50Appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They are to transport the tabernacle and all its articles, take care of it, and camp around it. 51Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to stop at a campsite, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorized # Ex 29:33; 30:33; Nm 3:10,38; 16:40; 18:4,7 person who comes near it must be put to death. # Ex 19:12; Nm 3:10,38; 8:19; 18:7
52“The Israelites are to camp by their military divisions, each man with his encampment and under his banner. 53The Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the Israelite community.” # Nm 3:7; 18:4-5; 1Ch 23:32; Ezk 44:15-16 54The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses. # Ex 39:32,42; Nm 9:5; 36:10; Jos 14:5
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Numbers 1
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Numbers 1
1¶ And the Lord spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the testimony, on the first of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2Take the sum of all the congregation of the sons of Israel by their families, by the houses of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls,
3from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel; thou and Aaron shall number them by their hosts.
4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe, every one head of the house of his fathers.
5And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;
6of Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;
7of Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab;
8of Issachar, Nethaneel, the son of Zuar;
9of Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon;
10of the sons of Joseph, of Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur;
11of Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;
12of Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai;
13of Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ocran;
14of Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Deuel;
15of Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan;
16these were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, captains of the thousands of Israel.
17¶ And Moses and Aaron took these men who were designated by their names,
18and they assembled all the congregation together on the first of the second month, and they were gathered by their lineages, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls,
19as the Lord had commanded Moses; and he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20And the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, by their generations, after their families, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
21those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
22Of the sons of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the houses of their fathers, those that were numbered of him, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
23those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24Of the sons of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
25those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26Of the sons of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
27those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28Of the sons of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
29those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30Of the sons of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
31those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32Of the sons of Joseph: of the sons of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
33those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred; and
34of the sons of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
35those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36Of the sons of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
37those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38Of the sons of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
39those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40Of the sons of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
41those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.
42Of the sons of Naphtali, by their generations, after their families, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
43those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44¶ These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the twelve princes of Israel, one man for each house of his fathers.
45So were all those that were numbered of the sons of Israel, by the houses of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
46all those that were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
47¶ But the Levites according to the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
48For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying,
49Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the sons of Israel;
50But thou shalt place the Levites in the tabernacle of the testimony and over all the vessels thereof and over all things that belong to it; they shall bear the tabernacle and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister in it and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
51And when the tabernacle departs, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up; and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.
52And the sons of Israel shall pitch their tents, each man by his own camp and each man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
53But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of the testimony that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the sons of Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.
54And the sons of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
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