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(1) The LORD spoke to 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 had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

(2) "Take a census of the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of their names, every male by counting their heads;

(3) From 20 years old and upward, all who are able to go to war in Israel; you and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

(4) And with YOU there shall be a man of every tribe, each man being the head of his fathers' house.

(5) These are the names of the men who shall stand with YOU: from the tribe of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

(6) From Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

(7) From Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

(8) From Issachar, Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

(9) From Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon.

(10) From the children of Joseph: From Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

(11) From Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni.

(12) From Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

(13) From Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran.

(14) From Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

(15) From Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan."

(16) These were called from the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

(17) Moses and Aaron took these men who are designated by their names,

(18) and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from 20 years old and upward, by counting their heads.

(19) As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

(20) The children of Reuben, Israel’s oldest son, by their generations, by their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by the counting of their heads, every male from 20 years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;

(21) Those who were numbered of them, from the tribe of Reuben, were 46,500.

(22) Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, by their families, by the house of their fathers, those who were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by the counting of their heads, every male from 20 years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;

(23) Those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were 59,300.

(24) Of the children of Gad, by their generations, by their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from 20 years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

(25) Those who were numbered of them, from the tribe of Gad, were 45,650.

(26) Of the children of Judah, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from 20 years old and upward, all who were able to go to war;

(27) Those who were numbered of them, from the tribe of Judah, were 74,600.

(28) Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from 20 years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

(29) Those who were numbered of them, from the tribe of Issachar, were 54,400.

(30) Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from 20 years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

(31) Those who were numbered of them, from the tribe of Zebulun, were 57,400.

(32) Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from 20 years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

(33) Those who were numbered of them, from the tribe of Ephraim, were 40,500.

(34) Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from 20 years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

(35) Those who were numbered of them, from the tribe of Manasseh, were 32,200.

(36) Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from 20 years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

(37) Those who were numbered of them, from the tribe of Benjamin, were 35,400.

(38) Of the children of Dan, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from 20 years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

(39) Those who were numbered of them, from the tribe of Dan, were 62,700.

(40) Of the children of Asher, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from 20 years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

(41) Those who were numbered of them, from the tribe of Asher, were 41,500.

(42) Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from 20 years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

(43) Those who were numbered of them, from the tribe of Naphtali, were 53,400.

(44) These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being 12 men; each one was for the house of his fathers.

(45) So were all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from 20 years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war in Israel;

(46) All those who were numbered were 603,550.

(47) But the Levites were not numbered among them by the tribe of their fathers.

(48) For the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying,

(49) "Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi, nor take the sum of them among the children of Israel;

(50) But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels of it, and over all things that belong to it; they shall carry the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it; and they shall minister to it, and shall camp around the tabernacle.

(51) And when the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up; and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.

(52) The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their armies.

(53) But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of testimony, so that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony."

(54) Thus the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they did.