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15 from Naphtali: Ahira son of Enan."
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from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
16 These were the men chosen from the congregation, leaders of their ancestral tribes, heads of Israel's military divisions.
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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 who had been named to help
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Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified,
18 and gathered the whole congregation together on the first day of the second month. The people registered themselves in their tribes according to their ancestral families, putting down the names of those who were twenty years old and older,
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and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one,
19 just as God commanded Moses. He numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.
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as the LORD commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:
20 The line of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: The men were counted off head by head, every male twenty years and older who was able to fight in the army, registered by tribes according to their ancestral families.
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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 tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.
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The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.
22 The line of Simeon: The men were counted off head by head, every male twenty years and older who was able to fight in the army, registered by clans and families.
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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 tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.
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The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.
24 The line of Gad: The men were counted off head by head, every male twenty years and older who was able to fight in the army, registered by clans and families.
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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 tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.
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The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.
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