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1:1  The Lord spoke to Moses in the Meeting Tent [C the Tabernacle; Ex. 25–31] in the ·Desert [Wilderness] of Sinai. This was on the first day of the second month in the second year after the Israelites left Egypt [Ex. 12:50–51; C one year later]. He said to Moses:
1:2  “You and Aaron must ·count [take a census of; L lift the head of] all the ·people of Israel [community/congregation/assembly of the sons/T children of Israel] by ·families [clans] and family groups, listing the name of each ·man [male].
1:3  You and Aaron must count every man twenty years old or older who will serve in the army of Israel, and list them by their divisions [C like a military registration].
1:4  One man from each tribe, the leader of his family, will help you.
1:5  These are the names of the men who will help you: from the tribe of Reuben—Elizur son of Shedeur;
1:6  from the tribe of Simeon—Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
1:7  from the tribe of Judah—Nahshon son of Amminadab;
1:8  from the tribe of Issachar—Nethanel son of Zuar;
1:9  from the tribe of Zebulun—Eliab son of Helon;
1:10  from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph—Elishama son of Ammihud; from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph—Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
1:11  from the tribe of Benjamin—Abidan son of Gideoni;
1:12  from the tribe of Dan—Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
1:13  from the tribe of Asher—Pagiel son of Ocran;
1:14  from the tribe of Gad—Eliasaph son of Deuel;
1:15  from the tribe of Naphtali—Ahira son of Enan.”
1:16  These were the men chosen from the ·people [community; congregation; assembly] to be leaders of their tribes, the heads of Israel’s family groups.
1:17  Moses and Aaron took these men ·who had been picked [L whose names had been designated]
1:18  and ·called [assembled] all the ·people [community; congregation; assembly] of Israel together on the first day of the second month. Then the people ·were listed [registered their genealogies] by their ·families [clans] and family groups, and all the ·men [males] who were twenty years old or older were listed by name.
1:19  Moses did exactly what the Lord had commanded and ·listed [enrolled] the people while they were in the ·Desert [Wilderness] of Sinai.
1:20  The ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Reuben, the first son born to Israel [C Jacob; Gen. 35:23; 46:8; 49:3], ·was counted [L according to their records/lineage]; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their ·families [clans] and family groups.
1:21  The tribe of Reuben totaled 46,500 men.
1:22  The ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Simeon ·was counted [L according to their records/lineage]; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their ·families [clans] and family groups.
1:23  The tribe of Simeon totaled 59,300 men.
1:24  The ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Gad ·was counted [L according to their records/lineage]; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their ·families [clans] and family groups.
1:25  The tribe of Gad totaled 45,650 men.
1:26  The ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Judah ·was counted [L according to their records/lineage]; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their ·families [clans] and family groups.
1:27  The tribe of Judah totaled 74,600 men.
1:28  The ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Issachar ·was counted [L according to their records/lineage]; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their ·families [clans] and family groups.
1:29  The tribe of Issachar totaled 54,400 men.
1:30  The ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Zebulun ·was counted [L according to their records/lineage]; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their ·families [clans] and family groups.
1:31  The tribe of Zebulun totaled 57,400 men.
1:32  The ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Ephraim, a son of Joseph, ·was counted [L according to their records/lineage]; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their ·families [clans] and family groups.
1:33  The tribe of Ephraim totaled 40,500 men.
1:34  The ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Manasseh, also a son of Joseph, ·was counted [L according to their records/lineage]; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their ·families [clans] and family groups.
1:35  The tribe of Manasseh totaled 32,200 men.
1:36  The ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Benjamin ·was counted [L according to their records/lineage]; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their ·families [clans] and family groups.
1:37  The tribe of Benjamin totaled 35,400 men.
1:38  The ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Dan ·was counted [L according to their records/lineage]; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their ·families [clans] and family groups.
1:39  The tribe of Dan totaled 62,700 men.
1:40  The ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Asher ·was counted [L according to their records/lineage]; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their ·families [clans] and family groups.
1:41  The tribe of Asher totaled 41,500 men.
1:42  The ·tribe [L sons; descendants] of Naphtali ·was counted [L according to their records/lineage]; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their ·families [clans] and family groups.
1:43  The tribe of Naphtali totaled 53,400 men.
1:44  Moses, Aaron, and the twelve leaders of Israel, one from each of the family groups, counted these men.
1:45  Every man of Israel twenty years old or older who was able to serve in the army was counted and listed with his family group.
1:46  The total number of men was 603,550.
1:47  The families groups from the tribe of Levi were not ·listed [counted] with the others, because
1:48  the Lord had told Moses:
1:49  “Do not count the tribe of Levi or ·include [take a census of; L lift the head of] them with the other Israelites.
1:50  Instead put the Levites in charge of the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] of the ·Agreement [Treaty; Covenant; L Testimony; C the Ten Commandments were in the Ark in the Tabernacle; Ex. 25:10] and everything that is with it [Ex. 32:26–29]. They must carry the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] and everything in it, and they must take care of it and make their camp around it.
1:51  Any time the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] ·is moved [sets out], the Levites must take it down, and any time it is ·set up [pitched], the Levites must do it. Anyone else who goes near the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] will be put to death.
1:52  The ·Israelites [L sons/T children of Israel] will make their camps in separate divisions, each family near its ·flag [standard].
1:53  But the Levites must make their camp around the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] of the ·Agreement [Testimony; Treaty; Covenant; 1:50] so that I will not be angry with the ·Israelites [community/ congregation/assembly of the sons/T children of Israel]. The Levites will take care of the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] of the ·Agreement [Testimony; Treaty; Covenant; 1:50].”
1:54  So the Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.