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1 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:
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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 whole congregation of Israelites, in their clans, by ancestral houses, according to the number of names, every male individually;
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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 from twenty years old and upward, everyone in Israel able to go to war. You and Aaron shall enroll 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 A man from each tribe shall be with you, each man the head of his ancestral house.
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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 names of the men who shall assist you: From Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur.
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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 Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
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From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;
7 From Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab.
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From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab;
8 From Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar.
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From Issachar, Nethanel, the son of Zuar;
9 From Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon.
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From Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon;
10 From the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
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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 Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni.
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From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;
12 From Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
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From Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai;
13 From Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran.
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From Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ochran;
14 From Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel.
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From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel;
15 From Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.
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From Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan.
16 These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the divisions of Israel.
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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 Moses and Aaron 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 assembled the whole congregation together. They registered themselves in their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, individually,
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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 as the Lord commanded Moses. So he enrolled them in the wilderness of Sinai.
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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 descendants of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their lineage, in their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, individually, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to war:
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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 those enrolled of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.
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Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.
22 The descendants of Simeon, their lineage, in their clans, by their ancestral houses, those of them that were numbered, according to the number of names, individually, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to war:
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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;
23 those enrolled of the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
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Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered.
24 The descendants of Gad, their lineage, in their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to war:
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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;
25 those enrolled of the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
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Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.
26 The descendants of Judah, their lineage, in their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to war:
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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;
27 those enrolled of the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
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Seventy-four thousand, six hundred of the tribe of Judah were numbered.
28 The descendants of Issachar, their lineage, in their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to war:
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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;
29 those enrolled of the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
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Fifty-four thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Issachar were numbered.
30 The descendants of Zebulun, their lineage, in their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to war:
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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;
31 those enrolled of the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
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Fifty-seven thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Zebulun were numbered.
32 The descendants of Joseph, namely, the descendants of Ephraim, their lineage, in their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to war:
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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;
33 those enrolled of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.
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Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.
34 The descendants of Manasseh, their lineage, in their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to war:
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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;
35 those enrolled of the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
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Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered.
36 The descendants of Benjamin, their lineage, in their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to war:
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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;
37 those enrolled of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
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Thirty-five thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Benjamin were numbered.
38 The descendants of Dan, their lineage, in their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to war:
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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;
39 those enrolled of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
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Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.
40 The descendants of Asher, their lineage, in their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to war:
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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;
41 those enrolled of the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.
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Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered.
42 The descendants of Naphtali, their lineage, in their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to war:
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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;
43 those enrolled of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
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Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered.
44 These are those who were enrolled, whom Moses and Aaron enrolled with the help of the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each representing his ancestral house.
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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 So the whole number of the Israelites, by their ancestral houses, from twenty years old and upward, everyone able to go to war in Israel—
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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 their whole number was six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
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Were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
47 The Levites, however, were not numbered by their ancestral tribe along with them.
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But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.
48 The Lord had said to Moses:
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For the Lord said to Moses,
49 Only the tribe of Levi you shall not enroll, and you shall not take a census of them with the other Israelites.
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Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel,
50 Rather you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the covenant, and over all its equipment, and over all that belongs to it; they are to carry the tabernacle and all its equipment, and they shall tend it, and shall camp around the tabernacle.
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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 set out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And any outsider who comes near shall 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 other Israelites shall camp in their respective regimental camps, by companies;
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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 Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the covenant, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the Israelites; and the Levites shall perform the guard duty of the tabernacle of the covenant.
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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 The Israelites did so; they did just as the Lord commanded Moses.
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So the children of Israel did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
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