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for Zebulun: Ishmaiah son of Obadiah; for Naphtali: Jerimoth son of Azriel;
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for Ephraim: Hoshea son of Azaziah; for one half-tribe of Manasseh: Joel son of Pedaiah;
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for the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead: Iddo son of Zechariah; for Benjamin: Jaasiel son of Abner;
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for Dan: Azarel son of Jeroham. These are the administrative officers assigned to the tribes of Israel.
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David didn't keep a count of men under the age of twenty, because God had promised to give Israel a population as numerous as the stars in the sky.
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