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15 From Naftali, Achira the son of 'Enan."
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from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
16 These were the ones called from the assembly, the chiefs of their fathers'clans and heads of thousands in Isra'el.
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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 So Moshe and Aharon took these men who had been designated by name;
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Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified,
18 and, on the first day of the second month, they gathered the whole assembly to state their genealogies by families and clans and recorded the names of all those twenty years old and over, as well as their total numbers.
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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 Moshe counted them in the Sinai Desert, just as ADONAI had ordered him.
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as the LORD commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:
20 The men twenty years old and over who were subject to military service were recorded by name, family and clan, starting with the descendants of Re'uven, Isra'el's firstborn. Here are the totals:
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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 Descendants of Re'uven 46,500
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The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.
22 Descendants of Shim'on 59,300
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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.
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The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.
24 Descendants of Gad 45,650
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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.
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The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.
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