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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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A year after Israel’s departure from Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tabernacle in the wilderness of Sinai. On the first day of the second month of that year he said,
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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“From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men
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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twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops,
4 Take with you from each tribe someone who is head of a clan.
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and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe.
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 tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you: Tribe Leader Reuben Elizur son of Shedeur
6 From Shim'on, Shlumi'el the son of Tzurishaddai;
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Simeon Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai
7 From Y'hudah, Nachshon the son of 'Amminadav;
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Judah Nahshon son of Amminadab
8 From Yissakhar, N'tan'el the son of Tzu'ar;
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Issachar Nethanel son of Zuar
9 From Z'vulun, Eli'av the son of Helon.
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Zebulun Eliab 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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Ephraim son of Joseph Elishama son of Ammihud Manasseh son of Joseph Gamaliel son of Pedahzur
11 From Binyamin, Avidan the son of Gid'oni;
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Benjamin Abidan son of Gideoni
12 From Dan, Achi'ezer the son of 'Ammishaddai;
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Dan Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai
13 From Asher, Pag'i'el the son of 'Okhran;
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Asher Pagiel son of Ocran
14 From Gad, Elyasaf the son of De'u'el;
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Gad Eliasaph son of Deuel
15 From Naftali, Achira the son of 'Enan."
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Naphtali Ahira 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 chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.”
17 So Moshe and Aharon took these men who had been designated by name;
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So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders,
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 the whole community of Israel on that very day. All the people were registered according to their ancestry by their clans and families. The men of Israel who were twenty years old or older were listed one by one,
19 Moshe counted them in the Sinai Desert, just as ADONAI had ordered him.
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just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses recorded their names 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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This is the number of men twenty years old or older who were able to go to war, as their names were listed in the records of their clans and families :
21 Descendants of Re'uven 46,500
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22 Descendants of Shim'on 59,300
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Simeon 59,300
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24 Descendants of Gad 45,650
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Gad 45,650
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26 Descendants of Y'hudah 74,600
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Judah 74,600
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28 Descendants of Yissakhar 54,400
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Issachar 54,400
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30 Descendants of Z'vulun 57,400
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Zebulun 57,400
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32 Descendants of Efrayim 40,500
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Ephraim son of Joseph 40,500
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34 Descendants of M'nasheh 32,200
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Manasseh son of Joseph 32,200
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36 Descendants of Binyamin 35,400
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Benjamin 35,400
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38 Descendants of Dan 62,700
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Dan 62,700
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40 Descendants of Asher 41,500
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Asher 41,500
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42 Descendants of Naftali 53,400
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Naphtali 53,400
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44 Moshe, Aharon and the twelve leaders of Isra'el, each from a clan,
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These were the men registered by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, all listed according to their ancestral descent.
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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They were registered by families—all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war.
46 and the grand total came to 603,550.
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The total number was 603,550.
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 this total did not include the Levites.
48 because ADONAI had told Moshe,
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For the LORD had 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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“Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites.
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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Put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Covenant, along with all its furnishings and equipment. They must carry the Tabernacle and all its furnishings as you travel, and they must take care of it and camp around 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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Whenever it is time for the Tabernacle to move, the Levites will take it down. And when it is time to stop, they will set it up again. But any unauthorized person who goes too near the Tabernacle must 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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Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner.
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 will camp around the Tabernacle of the Covenant to protect the community of Israel from the LORD ’s anger. The Levites are responsible to stand guard around the Tabernacle.”
54 This is what the people of Isra'el did - they did everything that ADONAI had ordered Moshe.
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So the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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