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The Census of Israel's Warriors

(cf. 2Sa 24:1–9; 1Ch 21:1–6 )
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:2 - Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:4 - And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:5 - These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:6 - From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:7 - From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:8 - From Issachar, Nethanel, the son of Zuar;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:9 - From Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:10 - Of the children of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:11 - From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:12 - From Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:13 - From Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ochran;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:14 - From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:15 - From Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:17 - And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:18 - And they got together all the people on the first day of the second month; and everyone made clear his family and his father's house, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and over.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:19 - As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 - The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:22 - The generations of the sons of Simeon were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:24 - The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:26 - The generations of the sons of Judah were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - Seventy-four thousand, six hundred of the tribe of Judah were numbered.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:28 - The generations of the sons of Issachar were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - Fifty-four thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Issachar were numbered.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:30 - The generations of the sons of Zebulun were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - Fifty-seven thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Zebulun were numbered.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:32 - The generations of the sons of Joseph were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:34 - The generations of the sons of Manasseh were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:36 - The generations of the sons of Benjamin were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - Thirty-five thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Benjamin were numbered.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:38 - The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:40 - The generations of the sons of Asher were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:42 - The generations of the sons of Naphtali were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 - These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - Were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.

Levites Exempted

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:47 - But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:48 - For the Lord said to Moses,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52 - The children of Israel are to put up their tents, every man in his tent-circle round his flag.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:54 - So the children of Israel did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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