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1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the Sinai desert in the meeting tent on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they left the land of Egypt:
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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 Israelite community by their clans and their households, recording the name of every male,
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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 20 years old and above, who is eligible for military service in Israel. These you and Aaron will enlist in their military units.
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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 one man from each tribe who is the head of his household.
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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 will assist you: from Reuben, Elizur, Shedeur's son;
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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, Zurishaddai's son;
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from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
7 from Judah, Nahshon, Amminadab's son;
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from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
8 from Issachar, Nethanel, Zuar's son;
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from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
9 from Zebulun, Eliab, Helon's son;
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from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
10 from Joseph's sons: from Ephraim, Elishama, Ammihud's son; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, Pedahzur's son;
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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, Gideoni's son;
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from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
12 from Dan, Ahiezer, Ammishaddai's son;
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from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
13 from Asher, Pagiel, Ochran's son;
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from Asher, Pagiel son of Okran;
14 from Gad, Eliasaph, Deuel's son;
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from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
15 from Naphtali, Ahira, Enan's son.
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from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
16 These are the ones appointed from the community, chiefs of their ancestral tribes and leaders of the divisions 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.
17 Moses and Aaron took these men who were selected by name
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Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified,
18 and they assembled the entire community on the first day of the second month. They registered them by their clans and their households, recording the name of each male 20 years old and above.
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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 Moses enlisted them in the Sinai desert just as the LORD commanded him.
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as the LORD commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:
20 There were the descendants of Reuben, Israel's oldest, registered by their clans and their households. Every man 20 years old and above eligible for military service was individually recorded by name.
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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 Those enlisted from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.
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The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.
22 There were the descendants of Simeon, registered by their clans and their households. Every male 20 years old and above eligible for military service was individually recorded by name.
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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.
23 Those enlisted from the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.
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The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.
24 There were the descendants of Gad, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name.
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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.
25 Those enlisted from the tribe of Gad were 45,650.
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The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.
26 There were the descendants of Judah, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name.
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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.
27 Those enlisted from the tribe of Judah were 74,600.
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The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.
28 There were the descendants of Issachar, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name.
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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.
29 Those enlisted from the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.
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The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.
30 There were the descendants of Zebulun, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name.
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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.
31 Those enlisted from the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.
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The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.
32 From Joseph's descendants there were the descendants of Ephraim, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name.
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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.
33 Those enlisted from the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.
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The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.
34 There were the descendants of Manasseh, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name.
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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.
35 Those enlisted from the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200.
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The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.
36 There were the descendants of Benjamin, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name.
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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.
37 Those enlisted from the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.
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The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.
38 There were the descendants of Dan, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name.
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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.
39 Those enlisted from the tribe of Dan were 62,700.
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The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.
40 There were the descendants of Asher, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name.
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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.
41 Those enlisted from the tribe of Asher were 41,500.
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The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.
42 There were the descendants of Naphtali, registered by their clans and their households. The men 20 years old and above eligible for military service were recorded by name.
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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.
43 Those enlisted from the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400.
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The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.
44 These are the ones who were enlisted by Moses, Aaron, and the twelve chiefs of Israel, each from his own household.
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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 All the Israelites 20 years old and above eligible for military service in Israel were enlisted by their households.
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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 All those enlisted were 603,550.
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The total number was 603,550.
47 But the Levites, belonging to their own ancestral tribe, weren't enlisted along with them.
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The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others.
48 The LORD spoke to Moses:
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The LORD had said to Moses:
49 You must not enlist the tribe of Levi, nor should you take their census along with the Israelites.
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“You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.
50 Rather, assign the Levites to the covenant dwelling, to all its equipment, and to everything that belongs to it. They will carry the dwelling and all its equipment, perform its religious ceremonies, and camp around the dwelling.
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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 it's time to break camp, the Levites will take down the dwelling; and when it's time to make camp, the Levites will set up the dwelling. Any other person who approaches will 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 Israelites will camp each in their own place under the banner of their own military unit.
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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 Levites will camp around the covenant dwelling so that God's anger will not strike the Israelite community. The Levites will guard the covenant dwelling.
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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 The Israelites did everything exactly as the LORD commanded Moses.
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The Israelites did all this just as the LORD commanded Moses.
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