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1 ADONAI spoke to Moshe in the Sinai Desert, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month of the second year after they had left the land 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 entire assembly of the people of Isra'el, by clans and families. Record the names of all the men
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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 twenty years old and over who are subject to military service in Isra'el. You and Aharon are to enumerate them company by company.
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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 Take with you from each tribe someone who is head of a clan.
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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 men to take with you: From Re'uven, Elitzur the son of Sh'de'ur;
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These are the names of the men who are to assist you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
6 From Shim'on, Shlumi'el the son of Tzurishaddai;
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from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
7 From Y'hudah, Nachshon the son of 'Amminadav;
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from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
8 From Yissakhar, N'tan'el the son of Tzu'ar;
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from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
9 From Z'vulun, Eli'av the son of Helon.
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from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
10 Of the children of Yosef: From Efrayim, Elishama the son of 'Ammihud; From M'nasheh, Gamli'el the son of P'dahtzur.
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from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
11 From Binyamin, Avidan the son of Gid'oni;
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from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
12 From Dan, Achi'ezer the son of 'Ammishaddai;
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from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
13 From Asher, Pag'i'el the son of 'Okhran;
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from Asher, Pagiel son of Okran;
14 From Gad, Elyasaf the son of De'u'el;
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from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
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.
26 Descendants of Y'hudah 74,600
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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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The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.
28 Descendants of Yissakhar 54,400
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From the descendants of Issachar: 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 Issachar was 54,400.
30 Descendants of Z'vulun 57,400
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From the descendants of Zebulun: 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 Zebulun was 57,400.
32 Descendants of Efrayim 40,500
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From the sons of Joseph: From the descendants of Ephraim: 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 Ephraim was 40,500.
34 Descendants of M'nasheh 32,200
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From the descendants of Manasseh: 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 Manasseh was 32,200.
36 Descendants of Binyamin 35,400
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From the descendants of Benjamin: 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 Benjamin was 35,400.
38 Descendants of Dan 62,700
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From the descendants of Dan: 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 Dan was 62,700.
40 Descendants of Asher 41,500
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From the descendants of Asher: 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 Asher was 41,500.
42 Descendants of Naftali 53,400
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From the descendants of Naphtali: 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 Naphtali was 53,400.
44 Moshe, Aharon and the twelve leaders of Isra'el, each from a clan,
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These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.
45 counted the people of Isra'el by their clans, those twenty years old and over, eligible for military service in Isra'el;
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All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.
46 and the grand total came to 603,550.
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The total number was 603,550.
47 But those who were L'vi'im, according to the clan of their fathers, were not counted in this census;
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The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others.
48 because ADONAI had told Moshe,
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The LORD had said to Moses:
49 "Do not include the clan of Levi when you take the census of the people of Isra'el.
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“You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.
50 Instead, give the L'vi'im charge over the tabernacle of the testimony, its equipment and everything else connected with it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its equipment, serve in it and set up their camp around it.
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Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law—over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it.
51 When the tabernacle is to be moved onward, it is the L'vi'im who are to take it down and set it up in the new location; anyone else who involves himself is to be put to death.
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Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death.
52 The rest of Isra'el are to set up camp, company by company, each man with his own banner.
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The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard.
53 But the L'vi'im are to camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that no anger will come upon the assembly of the people of Isra'el. The L'vi'im are to be in charge of the tabernacle of the testimony."
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The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.”
54 This is what the people of Isra'el did - they did everything that ADONAI had ordered Moshe.
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The Israelites did all this just as the LORD commanded Moses.
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