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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 spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
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 ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
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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From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
4 Take with you from each tribe someone who is head of a clan.
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And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
5 These are the men to take with you: From Re'uven, Elitzur the son of Sh'de'ur;
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And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
6 From Shim'on, Shlumi'el the son of Tzurishaddai;
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Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
7 From Y'hudah, Nachshon the son of 'Amminadav;
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Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
8 From Yissakhar, N'tan'el the son of Tzu'ar;
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Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
9 From Z'vulun, Eli'av the son of Helon.
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Of 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: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
11 From Binyamin, Avidan the son of Gid'oni;
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Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
12 From Dan, Achi'ezer the son of 'Ammishaddai;
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Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
13 From Asher, Pag'i'el the son of 'Okhran;
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Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
14 From Gad, Elyasaf the son of De'u'el;
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Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
15 From Naftali, Achira the son of 'Enan."
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Of 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 were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in 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 which are expressed by their names:
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 assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
19 Moshe counted them in the Sinai Desert, just as ADONAI had ordered him.
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As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness 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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And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
21 Descendants of Re'uven 46,500
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
22 Descendants of Shim'on 59,300
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Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
24 Descendants of Gad 45,650
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Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26 Descendants of Y'hudah 74,600
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Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
28 Descendants of Yissakhar 54,400
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Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
30 Descendants of Z'vulun 57,400
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Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
32 Descendants of Efrayim 40,500
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Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
34 Descendants of M'nasheh 32,200
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Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
36 Descendants of Binyamin 35,400
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Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
38 Descendants of Dan 62,700
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Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
40 Descendants of Asher 41,500
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Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
42 Descendants of Naftali 53,400
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Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
44 Moshe, Aharon and the twelve leaders of Isra'el, each from a clan,
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These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
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 were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
46 and the grand total came to 603,550.
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Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and 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 after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
48 because ADONAI had told Moshe,
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For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,
49 "Do not include the clan of Levi when you take the census of the people of Isra'el.
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Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them 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 thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
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 tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall 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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And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
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 Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
54 This is what the people of Isra'el did - they did everything that ADONAI had ordered Moshe.
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And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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