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1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said:
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The LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said:
2 “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
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“Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
3 You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army.
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You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army.
4 One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you.
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One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you.
5 These are the names of the men who are to assist you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
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These are the names of the men who are to assist you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
6 from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
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from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
7 from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
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from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
8 from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
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from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
9 from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
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from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
10 from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
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from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
11 from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
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from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
12 from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
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from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
13 from Asher, Pagiel son of Okran;
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from Asher, Pagiel son of Okran;
14 from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
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from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
15 from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
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from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
16 These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of 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.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.