A Census of Israel’s Warriors
1 The Lord spoke to Moses
1in the wilderness of Sinai,
2in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
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3“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans,
4by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.
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5From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them,
6company by company.
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And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers.
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And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben,
7Elizur the son of Shedeur;
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from Simeon,
8Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;
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from Judah,
9Nahshon the son of Amminadab;
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from Issachar,
10Nethanel the son of Zuar;
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from Zebulun,
11Eliab the son of Helon;
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from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim,
12Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh,
13Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;
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from Benjamin,
14Abidan the son of Gideoni;
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from Dan,
15Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;
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from Asher,
16Pagiel the son of Ochran;
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from Gad, Eliasaph the son of
17Deuel;
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from Naphtali,
18Ahira the son of Enan. ”
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These were the ones
19chosen from the congregation,
20the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.
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Moses and Aaron took these men
21who had been named,
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and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,
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as the Lord commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai.
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The people of
22Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:
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those listed of the tribe of Reuben were ,500.
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Of the people of Simeon, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, those of them who were listed, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:
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those listed of the tribe of Simeon were ,300.
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Of the people of Gad, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:
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those listed of the tribe of Gad were ,650.
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Of the people of Judah, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
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those listed of the tribe of Judah were ,600.
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Of the people of Issachar, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
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those listed of the tribe of Issachar were ,400.
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Of the people of Zebulun, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
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those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were ,400.
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Of the people of Joseph, namely, of the people of Ephraim, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
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those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were ,500.
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Of the people of Manasseh, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
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those listed of the tribe of Manasseh were ,200.
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Of the people of Benjamin, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
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those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were ,400.
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Of the people of Dan, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
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those listed of the tribe of Dan were ,700.
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Of the people of Asher, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
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those listed of the tribe of Asher were ,500.
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Of the people of Naphtali, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
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those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were ,400.