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The Census of Israel's Warriors
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
“From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops,
From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe.
And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
“These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you:
| Tribe | Leader |
| Reuben | Elizur son of Shedeur |
The Princes of the Tribes
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Ephraim son of JosephElishama son of Ammihud Manasseh son of Joseph Gamaliel son of Pedahzur
Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
These are the chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.”
These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders,
The Number of Every Tribe
And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses recorded their names in the wilderness of Sinai.
As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
These were the men registered by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, all listed according to their ancestral descent.
These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
They were registered by families — all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war.
So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
The total number was 603,550.
Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
But this total did not include the Levites.
Levites Exempted
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
“Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites.
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
Whenever it is time for the Tabernacle to move, the Levites will take it down. And when it is time to stop, they will set it up again. But any unauthorized person who goes too near the Tabernacle must be put to death.
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner.
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
But the Levites will camp around the Tabernacle of the Covenant to protect the community of Israel from the LORD’s anger. The Levites are responsible to stand guard around the Tabernacle.”
But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.