The Census of Israel's Warriors
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Then the
LORD spoke to
Moses in the
wilderness of
Sinai, in the
tent of
meeting, on the
first of the
second month, in the
second year after they had
come out of the
land of
Egypt,
saying,
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from
twenty years old and
upward,
whoever is able to
go out to
war in
Israel, you and
Aaron shall
number them by their
armies.
4
"With you, moreover, there shall be a
man of
each tribe,
each one head of his
father's household.
5
"These then are the
names of the
men who shall
stand with you: of
Reuben,
Elizur the
son of
Shedeur ;
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of
Gad,
Eliasaph the
son of
Deuel ;
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"These are they
who were
called of the
congregation, the
leaders of their
fathers' tribes ; they were the
heads of
divisions of
Israel."
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and they
assembled all the
congregation together on the
first of the
second month. Then they
registered by
ancestry in their
families, by their
fathers' households, according to the
number of
names, from
twenty years old and
upward,
head by
head,
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their
numbered men of the
tribe of
Reuben were
46,500 * * * *.
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their
numbered men of the
tribe of
Simeon were
59,300 * * * *.
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Of the
sons of
Gad, their
genealogical registration by their
families, by their
fathers' households, according to the
number of
names, from
twenty years old and
upward,
whoever was able to
go out to
war,
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their
numbered men of the
tribe of
Gad were
45,650 * * * *.
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Of the
sons of
Judah, their
genealogical registration by their
families, by their
fathers' households, according to the
number of
names, from
twenty years old and
upward,
whoever was able to
go out to
war,
27
their
numbered men of the
tribe of
Judah were
74,600 * * *.
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Of the
sons of
Issachar, their
genealogical registration by their
families, by their
fathers' households, according to the
number of
names, from
twenty years old and
upward,
whoever was able to
go out to
war,
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their
numbered men of the
tribe of
Issachar were
54,400 * * *.
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Of the
sons of
Zebulun, their
genealogical registration by their
families, by their
fathers' households, according to the
number of
names, from
twenty years old and
upward,
whoever was able to
go out to
war,
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their
numbered men of the
tribe of
Zebulun were
57,400 * * * *.
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Of the
sons of
Joseph, namely, of the
sons of
Ephraim, their
genealogical registration by their
families, by their
fathers' households, according to the
number of
names, from
twenty years old and
upward,
whoever was able to
go out to
war,
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their
numbered men of the
tribe of
Ephraim were
40,500 * * *.
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Of the
sons of
Manasseh, their
genealogical registration by their
families, by their
fathers' households, according to the
number of
names, from
twenty years old and
upward,
whoever was able to
go out to
war,
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their
numbered men of the
tribe of
Manasseh were
32,200 * * *.
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Of the
sons of
Benjamin, their
genealogical registration by their
families, by their
fathers' households, according to the
number of
names, from
twenty years old and
upward,
whoever was able to
go out to
war,
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their
numbered men of the
tribe of
Benjamin were
35,400 * * * *.
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Of the
sons of
Dan, their
genealogical registration by their
families, by their
fathers' households, according to the
number of
names, from
twenty years old and
upward,
whoever was able to
go out to
war,
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their
numbered men of the
tribe of
Dan were
62,700 * * * *.
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Of the
sons of
Asher, their
genealogical registration by their
families, by their
fathers' households, according to the
number of
names, from
twenty years old and
upward,
whoever was able to
go out to
war,
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their
numbered men of the
tribe of
Asher were
41,500 * * * *.
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Of the
sons of
Naphtali, their
genealogical registration by their
families, by their
fathers' households, according to the
number of
names, from
twenty years old and
upward,
whoever was able to
go out to
war,
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their
numbered men of the
tribe of
Naphtali were
53,400 * * * *.
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So
all the
numbered men of the
sons of
Israel by their
fathers' households, from
twenty years old and
upward,
whoever was able to
go out to
war in
Israel,
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even
all the
numbered men were
603,550 * * * * * * *.
Levites Exempted
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The
Levites, however, were not
numbered among them by their
fathers' tribe.
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For the
LORD had
spoken to
Moses,
saying,
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"Only the
tribe of
Levi you shall not
number,
nor shall you
take their
census among the
sons of
Israel.
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"But you shall
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; they shall also
camp around the
tabernacle.
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" So when the
tabernacle is to
set out, the
Levites shall
take it
down ; and when the
tabernacle encamps, the
Levites shall
set it up. But the
layman who
comes near shall be
put to
death.
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" The
sons of
Israel shall
camp,
each man by his own
camp, and
each man by his own
standard, according to their
armies.
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" But the
Levites shall
camp around the
tabernacle of the
testimony, so that there will be
no wrath on the
congregation of the
sons of
Israel. So the
Levites shall
keep charge of the
tabernacle of the
testimony."
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Thus the
sons of
Israel did ; according to
all which the
LORD had
commanded Moses,
so they
did.