| 1:1 | 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, |
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| 1:3 | 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. |
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| 1:5 | These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur; |
| 1:6 | From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai; |
| 1:7 | From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab; |
| 1:8 | From Issachar, Nethanel, the son of Zuar; |
| 1:9 | From Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon; |
| 1:10 | Of the children of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, |
| 1:11 | From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni; |
| 1:12 | From Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai; |
| 1:13 | From Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ochran; |
| 1:14 | From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel; |
| 1:15 | From Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan. |
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| 1:17 | And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name; |
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| 1:19 | As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai. |
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| 1:21 | Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered. |
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| 1:23 | Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered. |
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| 1:25 | Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered. |
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| 1:27 | Seventy-four thousand, six hundred of the tribe of Judah were numbered. |
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| 1:29 | Fifty-four thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Issachar were numbered. |
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| 1:31 | Fifty-seven thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Zebulun were numbered. |
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| 1:33 | Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered. |
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| 1:35 | Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered. |
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| 1:37 | Thirty-five thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Benjamin were numbered. |
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| 1:39 | Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered. |
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| 1:41 | Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered. |
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| 1:43 | Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered. |
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| 1:44 | These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe. |
| 1:45 | 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, |
| 1:46 | Were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty. |
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| 1:47 | But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them. |
| 1:48 | For the Lord said to Moses, |
| 1:49 | Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel, |
| 1:50 | 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. |
| 1:51 | 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. |
| 1:52 | The children of Israel are to put up their tents, every man in his tent-circle round his flag. |
| 1:53 | 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. |
| 1:54 | So the children of Israel did as the Lord had given orders to Moses. |
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