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The Census of Israel’s Warriors
Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after they had 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 a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head
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, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe.
“With you, moreover, there shall be a man of each tribe, each one head of his father’s household.
“These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you:
| Tribe | Leader |
| Reuben | Elizur son of Shedeur |
“These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
Ephraim son of JosephElishama son of Ammihud Manasseh son of Joseph Gamaliel son of Pedahzur
of the sons 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 are they who were called of the congregation, the leaders of their fathers’ tribes; they were the heads of divisions of Israel.”
So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders,
So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,
and they assembled all the congregation together on the first of the second month. Then they registered by ancestry in their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, head by head,
just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses recorded their names in the wilderness of Sinai.
just as the LORD had 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 the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each of whom was of his father’s household.
They were registered by families — all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war.
So all the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers’ households, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war in Israel,
But this total did not include the Levites.
Levites Exempted
The Levites, however, were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe.
“Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites.
“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel.
“But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it; they shall also camp around 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.
“So when the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encamps, the Levites shall set it up. But the layman who comes near shall be put to death.
Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner.
“The sons of Israel shall camp, each man by his own camp, and each man by his own standard, according to their armies.
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 camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there will be no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.”