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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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And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai, in the Tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt,
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 the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;
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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All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.
4 Take with you from each tribe someone who is head of a clan.
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And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.
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 those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;
6 From Shim'on, Shlumi'el the son of Tzurishaddai;
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From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;
7 From Y'hudah, Nachshon the son of 'Amminadav;
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From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab;
8 From Yissakhar, N'tan'el the son of Tzu'ar;
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From Issachar, Nethanel, the son of Zuar;
9 From Z'vulun, Eli'av the son of Helon.
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From Zebulun, Eliab, the 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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Of the children of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur,
11 From Binyamin, Avidan the son of Gid'oni;
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From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;
12 From Dan, Achi'ezer the son of 'Ammishaddai;
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From Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai;
13 From Asher, Pag'i'el the son of 'Okhran;
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From Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ochran;
14 From Gad, Elyasaf the son of De'u'el;
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From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel;
15 From Naftali, Achira the son of 'Enan."
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From Naphtali, Ahira, the 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 are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.
17 So Moshe and Aharon took these men who had been designated by name;
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And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name;
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 got together all the people on the first day of the second month; and everyone made clear his family and his father's house, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and over.
19 Moshe counted them in the Sinai Desert, just as ADONAI had ordered him.
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As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place 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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The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;
21 Descendants of Re'uven 46,500
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Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.
22 Descendants of Shim'on 59,300
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The generations of the sons of Simeon were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;
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Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered.
24 Descendants of Gad 45,650
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The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.
26 Descendants of Y'hudah 74,600
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The generations of the sons of Judah were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Seventy-four thousand, six hundred of the tribe of Judah were numbered.
28 Descendants of Yissakhar 54,400
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The generations of the sons of Issachar were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Fifty-four thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Issachar were numbered.
30 Descendants of Z'vulun 57,400
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The generations of the sons of Zebulun were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Fifty-seven thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Zebulun were numbered.
32 Descendants of Efrayim 40,500
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The generations of the sons of Joseph were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.
34 Descendants of M'nasheh 32,200
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The generations of the sons of Manasseh were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered.
36 Descendants of Binyamin 35,400
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The generations of the sons of Benjamin were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Thirty-five thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Benjamin were numbered.
38 Descendants of Dan 62,700
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The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;
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Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.
40 Descendants of Asher 41,500
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The generations of the sons of Asher were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered.
42 Descendants of Naftali 53,400
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The generations of the sons of Naphtali were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
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Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered.
44 Moshe, Aharon and the twelve leaders of Isra'el, each from a clan,
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These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.
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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So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their families, all those of twenty years old and over who were able to go to war,
46 and the grand total came to 603,550.
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Were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
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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But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.
48 because ADONAI had told Moshe,
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For the Lord 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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Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel,
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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But to them you are to give the care of the Tent of meeting with its vessels and everything in it: they are to take up the Tent, and be responsible for everything to do with it, and put up their tents round 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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And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near 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 children of Israel are to put up their tents, every man in his tent-circle round his flag.
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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But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.
54 This is what the people of Isra'el did - they did everything that ADONAI had ordered Moshe.
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So the children of Israel did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
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