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1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai, on the first [day] of the second month of the second year after Israel's departure from the land of Egypt:
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The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 "Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of every male one by one.
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“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.
3 You and Aaron are to register those who are 20 years old or more by their military divisions-everyone who can serve in Israel's army.
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From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company.
4 A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral house.
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And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers.
5 These are the names of the men who are to assist you: Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben;
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And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
6 Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai from Simeon;
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from Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;
7 Nahshon son of Amminadab from Judah;
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from Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;
8 Nethanel son of Zuar from Issachar;
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from Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;
9 Eliab son of Helon from Zebulun;
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from Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;
10 from the sons of Joseph: Elishama son of Ammihud from Ephraim, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur from Manasseh;
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from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;
11 Abidan son of Gideoni from Benjamin;
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from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;
12 Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai from Dan;
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from Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;
13 Pagiel son of Ochran from Asher;
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from Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran;
14 Eliasaph son of Deuel from Gad;
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from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;
15 Ahira son of Enan from Naphtali.
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from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan. ”
16 These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of Israel's clans."
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These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.
17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,
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Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named,
18 and they assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. They recorded their ancestry by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting one by one the names of those 20 years old or more,
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and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,
19 just as the Lord commanded Moses. He registered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:
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as the Lord commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20 The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting one by one the names of every male 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
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The people of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:
21 those registered for the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.
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those listed of the tribe of Reuben were ,500.
22 The descendants of Simeon: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, those registered counting one by one the names of every male 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
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Of the people of Simeon, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, those of them who were listed, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:
23 those registered for the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.
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those listed of the tribe of Simeon were ,300.
24 The descendants of Gad: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
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Of the people of Gad, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:
25 those registered for the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.
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those listed of the tribe of Gad were ,650.
26 The descendants of Judah: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
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Of the people of Judah, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
27 those registered for the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.
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those listed of the tribe of Judah were ,600.
28 The descendants of Issachar: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
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Of the people of Issachar, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
29 those registered for the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.
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those listed of the tribe of Issachar were ,400.
30 The descendants of Zebulun: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
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Of the people of Zebulun, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
31 those registered for the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.
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those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were ,400.
32 The descendants of Joseph: The descendants of Ephraim: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
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Of the people of Joseph, namely, of the people of Ephraim, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
33 those registered for the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.
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those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were ,500.
34 The descendants of Manasseh: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
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Of the people of Manasseh, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
35 those registered for the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.
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those listed of the tribe of Manasseh were ,200.
36 The descendants of Benjamin: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
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Of the people of Benjamin, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
37 those registered for the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.
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those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were ,400.
38 The descendants of Dan: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
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Of the people of Dan, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
39 those registered for the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.
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those listed of the tribe of Dan were ,700.
40 The descendants of Asher: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
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Of the people of Asher, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
41 those registered for the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.
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those listed of the tribe of Asher were ,500.
42 The descendants of Naphtali: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
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Of the people of Naphtali, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
43 those registered for the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.
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those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were ,400.
44 These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with [the assistance of] the 12 leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral house.
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These are those who were listed, whom Moses and Aaron listed with the help of the chiefs of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers’ house.
45 So all the Israelites 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in Israel's army, were registered by their ancestral houses.
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So all those listed of the people of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war in Israel—
46 All those registered numbered 603,550.
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all those listed were ,550.
47 But the Levites were not registered with them by their ancestral tribe.
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But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe.
48 For the Lord had told Moses:
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For the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
49 "Do not register or take a census of the tribe of Levi with the [other] Israelites.
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“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel.
50 Appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They are to transport the tabernacle and all its articles, take care of it, and camp around it.
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But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and shall camp around the tabernacle.
51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to stop at a campsite, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who comes near [it] must be put to death.
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When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death.
52 "The Israelites are to camp by their military divisions, each man with his encampment and under his banner.
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The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and each man by his own standard.
53 The Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the Israelite community."
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But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony. ”
54 The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.
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