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On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:

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"Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.

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You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel's army.

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And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.

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These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

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from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

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from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

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from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

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from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

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from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

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from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

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from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

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from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;

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from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

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and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”

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These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.

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So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

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and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,

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from twenty In this census no women were reckoned , nor children , nor minors , nor strangers , nor Levites , nor old men; which , collectively , must have formed an immense multitude; the Levites alone amounted to 22 ,300 men.

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just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:

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From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

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Tribe 1st Census 2nd Census

Judah 74 ,600 76 ,500

Dan 62 ,700 64 ,400

Simeon 59 ,300 22 ,200

Zebulun 57 ,400 60 ,500

Issachar 54 ,400 64 ,300

Naphtali 53 ,400 45 ,400

Reuben 46 ,500 43 ,730

Gad 45 ,650 40 ,500

Asher 41 ,500 53 ,400

Ephraim 40 ,500 32 ,500

Benjamin 35 ,400 45 ,600

Manasseh 32 ,200 52 ,700

Totals 603 ,550 601 ,730

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From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

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From the sons of Gad, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

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From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

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From the sons of Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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those registered to the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.

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From the sons of Zebulun, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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those registered to the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.

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From the sons of Joseph: From the sons of Ephraim, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.

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And from the sons of Manasseh, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

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From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.

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From the sons of Dan, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

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From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.

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From the sons of Naphtali, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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Tribe 1st Gen 2nd Gen 3rd Gen 4th Gen Totals . 3 and 4

Judah 25 238 3 ,865 70 ,735 74 ,600

Dan 11 132 2 ,508 60 ,192 62 ,700

Simeon 39 359 3 ,953 55 ,347 59 ,300

Zebulun 20 143 2 ,296 55 ,104 57 ,400

Issachar 27 251 3 ,022 51 ,378 54 ,400

Naphtali 26 296 3 ,560 49 ,840 53 ,400

Reuben 31 215 2 ,583 43 ,917 46 ,500

Gad 67 475 3 ,804 41 ,846 45 ,650

Asher 39 310 3 ,192 38 ,308 41 ,500

Ephraim 16 160 1 ,928 38 ,572 40 ,500

Benjamin 98 885 4 ,425 30 ,975 35 ,400

Manasseh 10 134 1 ,610 30 ,590 32 ,200

Levi 8 96 1 ,240 21 ,060 22 ,300

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those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

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These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.

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So all the Israelites twenty years of age or older who could serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.

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And all those counted totaled 603,550.

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The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.

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“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.

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Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.

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Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.

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The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.

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But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

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Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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