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Numbers 1:1 (show verse)

In the Sinai desert, the LORD spoke to Moses inside 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,

Numbers 1:2 (show verse)

"Take a census of the entire Israeli community, numbering them by their tribes and by ancestral houses. List the names of every male one-by-one,

Numbers 1:3 (show verse)

from 20 years and upward. You and Aaron are to register everyone in Israel who is able to go to war, company by company.

Numbers 1:4 (show verse)

One man from each tribe is to accompany you, each man being the leader of his ancestral house.

Numbers 1:5 (show verse)

"Here is a list of names of the men who are to assist you:

Numbers 1:6 (show verse)

"From Reuben: Shedeur's son Elizur. From Simeon: Zurishaddai's son Shelumiel.

Numbers 1:7 (show verse)

From Judah: Amminadab's son Nahshon.

Numbers 1:8 (show verse)

From Issachar: Zuar's son Nethanel.

Numbers 1:9 (show verse)

From Zebulun: Helon's son Eliab.

Numbers 1:10 (show verse)

"From Joseph's descendants through Ephraim: Ammihud's son Elishama. From Manasseh: Pedahzur's son Gamaliel.

Numbers 1:11 (show verse)

From Benjamin: Gideoni's son Abidan.

Numbers 1:12 (show verse)

From Dan: Ammishaddai's son Ahiezer.

Numbers 1:13 (show verse)

From Asher: Ochran's son Pagiel.

Numbers 1:14 (show verse)

From Gad: Deuel's son Eliasaph.

Numbers 1:15 (show verse)

From Naphtali: Enan's son Ahira."

Numbers 1:16 (show verse)

These men were appointed from within their communities, since they were leaders of their ancestral houses and heads of the tribes of Israel.

Numbers 1:17 (show verse)

Moses and Aaron gathered these men who had been mentioned by name.

Numbers 1:18 (show verse)

They assembled the entire community together during the second month. Then they recorded their ancestries, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as well as the names of the men 20 years old and above individually,

Numbers 1:19 (show verse)

just as the LORD had commanded Moses. He numbered them in the Sinai desert.

Numbers 1:20 (show verse)

The genealogies of the descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

Numbers 1:21 (show verse)

Those registered with the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

Numbers 1:22 (show verse)

The genealogies of Simeon's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

Numbers 1:23 (show verse)

Those registered with the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

Numbers 1:24 (show verse)

The genealogies of Gad's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

Numbers 1:25 (show verse)

Those registered with the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

Numbers 1:26 (show verse)

The genealogies of Judah's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

Numbers 1:27 (show verse)

Those registered with the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

Numbers 1:28 (show verse)

The genealogies of Issachar's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

Numbers 1:29 (show verse)

Those registered with the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.

Numbers 1:30 (show verse)

The genealogies of Zebulun's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

Numbers 1:31 (show verse)

Those registered with the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.

Numbers 1:32 (show verse)

The genealogies of Joseph's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

Numbers 1:33 (show verse)

Those registered with the tribe of Joseph numbered 40,500.

Numbers 1:34 (show verse)

The genealogies of Manasseh's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

Numbers 1:35 (show verse)

Those registered with the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

Numbers 1:36 (show verse)

The genealogies of Benjamin's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

Numbers 1:37 (show verse)

Those registered with the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.

Numbers 1:38 (show verse)

The genealogies of Dan's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

Numbers 1:39 (show verse)

Those registered with the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

Numbers 1:40 (show verse)

The genealogies of Asher's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

Numbers 1:41 (show verse)

Those registered with the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.

Numbers 1:42 (show verse)

The genealogies of Naphtali's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

Numbers 1:43 (show verse)

Those registered with the family of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

Numbers 1:44 (show verse)

These individuals were the ones whom Moses and Aaron registered from the twelve leaders of Israel, each person from his ancestral house.

Numbers 1:45 (show verse)

Everyone was numbered from the descendants of Israel, from their ancestral houses, from all the men who were 20 years and above and who could serve in the army.

Numbers 1:46 (show verse)

The total of all those who were numbered was 603,550.

Numbers 1:47 (show verse)

The descendants of Levi were not counted according to their ancestral houses

Numbers 1:48 (show verse)

because the LORD had ordered Moses:

Numbers 1:49 (show verse)

"Be sure not to number or count the tribe of Levi with the rest of the Israelis.

Numbers 1:50 (show verse)

Instead, appoint the descendants of Levi over the Tent of Meeting, all the vessels, and everything in it. They are to carry the tent and all the vessels in it. They are to attend to it and camp around it.

Numbers 1:51 (show verse)

Whenever the tent is ready for travel, the descendants of Levi are to take it down. When it's time to encamp, the descendants of Levi are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who approaches it is to be executed.

Numbers 1:52 (show verse)

Then the Israelis are to encamp around the tent, arranged according to their company and the standard of their army.

Numbers 1:53 (show verse)

But the descendants of Levi are to encamp on all sides of the Tent of Meeting so that divine wrath won't fall on the congregation of Israel. The descendants of Levi are to take care of the Tent of Meeting."

Numbers 1:54 (show verse)

The Israelis observed everything that the LORD had commanded Moses, doing exactly what they were told.