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16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
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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 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
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Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified,
18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
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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 As the LORD commanded Moses, so 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 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house 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;
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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 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
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The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.
22 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, 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;
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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 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
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The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.
24 Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house 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;
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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 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
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The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.
26 Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house 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;
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From the descendants of Judah: 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.
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