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1 And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai, in the Tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt,
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And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in the midbar of Sinai, in the Ohel Mo’ed, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of Eretz Mitzrayim, saying,
2 Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;
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Take ye the rosh (top amount, census) of kol Adat Bnei Yisroel after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, with the number of their shmot, every zachar by their head count;
3 All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.
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From twenty years old and upward, all that are ablebodied to serve in tzava b’Yisroel (army in Yisroel); thou and Aharon shall number them by their tzva’ot (legions).
4 And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.
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And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one Rosh of the bais of his Avot.
5 These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;
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And these are the shemot haanashim that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuven, Elitzur ben Shedeur;
6 From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;
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Of Shim’on, Shelumiel ben Tzurishaddai;
7 From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab;
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Of Yehudah, Nachshon ben Amminadav;
8 From Issachar, Nethanel, the son of Zuar;
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Of Yissakhar, Netanel ben Tzuar;
9 From Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon;
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Of Zevulun, Eliav ben Chelon;
10 Of the children of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur,
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Of the bnei Yosef: of Ephrayim, Elishama ben Ammihud; of Menasheh, Gamli’el ben Pedahtzur;
11 From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;
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Of Binyamin, Avidan ben Gideoni;
12 From Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai;
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Of Dan, Achiezer ben Ammishaddai;
13 From Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ochran;
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Of Asher, Pagiel ben Ochran;
14 From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel;
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Of Gad, Elyasaph ben Deuel;
15 From Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan.
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Of Naphtali, Achira ben Enan.
16 These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.
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These were the called men of the Edah, nasiim of the tribes of their avot, rashei alfei Yisroel (head-men of the clans of Yisroel).
17 And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name;
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And Moshe and Aharon took these men which had been designated by their names;
18 And they got together all the people on the first day of the second month; and everyone made clear his family and his father's house, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and over.
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And they assembled kol HaEdah together on the first yom of the second month, and they declared their family after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.
19 As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai.
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As Hashem commanded Moshe, so he counted them in the midbar of Sinai.
20 The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;
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And the bnei Reuven, Yisroel’s bechor, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, one by one, every zakhar from twenty years old and upward, all that are ablebodied to serve in tzava;
21 Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuven, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
22 The generations of the sons of Simeon were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;
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Of the bnei Shim’on, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the shmot, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army);
23 Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered.
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Shim’on, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
24 The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Of the bnei Gad, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava;
25 Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26 The generations of the sons of Judah were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Of the bnei Yehudah, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army);
27 Seventy-four thousand, six hundred of the tribe of Judah were numbered.
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Yehudah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
28 The generations of the sons of Issachar were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Of the bnei Yissakhar, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army);
29 Fifty-four thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Issachar were numbered.
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Yissakhar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
30 The generations of the sons of Zebulun were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Of the bnei Zevulun, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army);
31 Fifty-seven thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Zebulun were numbered.
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zevulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
32 The generations of the sons of Joseph were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Of the bnei Yosef, namely, of the bnei Ephrayim, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army);
33 Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephrayim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
34 The generations of the sons of Manasseh were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Of the bnei Menasheh, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army);
35 Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered.
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Menasheh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
36 The generations of the sons of Benjamin were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Of the bnei Binyamin, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army);
37 Thirty-five thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Benjamin were numbered.
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Binyamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
38 The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;
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Of the bnei Dan, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army);
39 Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
40 The generations of the sons of Asher were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Of the bnei Asher, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army);
41 Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered.
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
42 The generations of the sons of Naphtali were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Of the bnei Naphtali, throughout their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army);
43 Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered.
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
44 These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.
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These are those that were numbered, which Moshe and Aharon numbered, and the nasiim (princes, rulers, exalted) of Yisroel, being shneym asar (twelve) men, each one representing the bais of his avot.
45 So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their families, all those of twenty years old and over who were able to go to war,
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So were all those that were numbered of the Bnei Yisroel, by the bais of their avot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava b’Yisroel (army in Yisroel);
46 Were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
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Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
47 But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.
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But the Levi’im after the tribe of their avot were not numbered among them.
48 For the Lord said to Moses,
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For Hashem had spoken unto Moshe saying,
49 Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel,
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Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the Bnei Yisroel;
50 But to them you are to give the care of the Tent of meeting with its vessels and everything in it: they are to take up the Tent, and be responsible for everything to do with it, and put up their tents round it.
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But thou shalt appoint the Levi’im over the Mishkan HaEdut and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it; they shall bear the Mishkan, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp round about the Mishkan.
51 And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.
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And when the Mishkan setteth forward, the Levi’im shall take it down; and when the Mishkan is to be pitched, the Levi’im shall set it up; and the zar (stranger, outsider, unauthorized party) that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
52 The children of Israel are to put up their tents, every man in his tent-circle round his flag.
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And the Bnei Yisroel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own machaneh (camp), and every man by his own degel (standard, banner), throughout their tzva’ot (hosts).
53 But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.
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But the Levi’im shall encamp around the Mishkan HaEdut, that there be no ketzef (wrath) fall upon the Adat Bnei Yisroel; and the Levi’im shall be shomer mishmeret (watch the watch, attend to, keep the charge, the reverence) of the Mishkan HaEdut.
54 So the children of Israel did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
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And the Bnei Yisroel did according to all that Hashem commanded Moshe, so did they.
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