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¹A year after Israel’s departure from Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tabernacle in the wilderness of Sinai. On the first day of the second month of that year he said,

²“From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men

³twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops,

⁴and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe.

⁵“These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you: Tribe — Leader Reuben — Elizur son of Shedeur

⁶Simeon — Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai

⁷Judah — Nahshon son of Amminadab

⁸Issachar — Nethanel son of Zuar

⁹Zebulun — Eliab son of Helon

¹⁰Ephraim son of Joseph — Elishama son of Ammihud Manasseh son of Joseph — Gamaliel son of Pedahzur

¹¹Benjamin — Abidan son of Gideoni

¹²Dan — Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai

¹³Asher — Pagiel son of Ocran

¹⁴Gad — Eliasaph son of Deuel

¹⁵Naphtali — Ahira son of Enan

¹⁶These are the chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.”

¹⁷So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders,

¹⁸and they assembled the whole community of Israel on that very day. All the people were registered according to their ancestry by their clans and families. The men of Israel who were twenty years old or older were listed one by one,

¹⁹just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses recorded their names in the wilderness of Sinai.

²⁰[20-21] This is the number of men twenty years old or older who were able to go to war, as their names were listed in the records of their clans and families : Tribe — Number Reuben (Jacob’s oldest son) — 46,500

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²²[22-23] Simeon — 59,300

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²⁴[24-25] Gad — 45,650

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²⁶[26-27] Judah — 74,600

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²⁸[28-29] Issachar — 54,400

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³⁰[30-31] Zebulun — 57,400

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³²[32-33] Ephraim son of Joseph — 40,500

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³⁴[34-35] Manasseh son of Joseph — 32,200

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³⁶[36-37] Benjamin — 35,400

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³⁸[38-39] Dan — 62,700

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⁴⁰[40-41] Asher — 41,500

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⁴²[42-43] Naphtali — 53,400

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⁴⁴These were the men registered by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, all listed according to their ancestral descent.

⁴⁵They were registered by families — all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war.

⁴⁶The total number was 603,550.

⁴⁷But this total did not include the Levites.

⁴⁸For the LORD had said to Moses,

⁴⁹“Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites.

⁵⁰Put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Covenant, along with all its furnishings and equipment. They must carry the Tabernacle and all its furnishings as you travel, and they must take care of it and camp around it.

⁵¹Whenever 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.

⁵²Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner.

⁵³But 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.”

⁵⁴So the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

¹Then the LORD gave these instructions to Moses and Aaron:

²“When the Israelites set up camp, each tribe will be assigned its own area. The tribal divisions will camp beneath their family banners on all four sides of the Tabernacle, but at some distance from it.

³[3-4] “The divisions of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun are to camp toward the sunrise on the east side of the Tabernacle, beneath their family banners. These are the names of the tribes, their leaders, and the numbers of their registered troops: Tribe — Leader — Number Judah — Nahshon son of Amminadab — 74,600

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⁵[5-6] Issachar — Nethanel son of Zuar — 54,400

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⁷[7-8] Zebulun — Eliab son of Helon — 57,400

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⁹So the total of all the troops on Judah’s side of the camp is 186,400. These three tribes are to lead the way whenever the Israelites travel to a new campsite.

¹⁰[10-11] “The divisions of Reuben, Simeon, and Gad are to camp on the south side of the Tabernacle, beneath their family banners. These are the names of the tribes, their leaders, and the numbers of their registered troops: Tribe — Leader — Number Reuben — Elizur son of Shedeur — 46,500

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¹²[12-13] Simeon — Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai — 59,300

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¹⁴[14-15] Gad — Eliasaph son of Deuel — 45,650

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¹⁶So the total of all the troops on Reuben’s side of the camp is 151,450. These three tribes will be second in line whenever the Israelites travel.

¹⁷“Then the Tabernacle, carried by the Levites, will set out from the middle of the camp. All the tribes are to travel in the same order that they camp, each in position under the appropriate family banner.

¹⁸[18-19] “The divisions of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin are to camp on the west side of the Tabernacle, beneath their family banners. These are the names of the tribes, their leaders, and the numbers of their registered troops: Tribe — Leader — Number Ephraim — Elishama son of Ammihud — 40,500

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²⁰[20-21] Manasseh — Gamaliel son of Pedahzur — 32,200

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²²[22-23] Benjamin — Abidan son of Gideoni — 35,400

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²⁴So the total of all the troops on Ephraim’s side of the camp is 108,100. These three tribes will be third in line whenever the Israelites travel.

²⁵[25-26] “The divisions of Dan, Asher, and Naphtali are to camp on the north side of the Tabernacle, beneath their family banners. These are the names of the tribes, their leaders, and the numbers of their registered troops: Tribe — Leader — Number Dan — Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai — 62,700

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²⁷[27-28] Asher — Pagiel son of Ocran — 41,500

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²⁹[29-30] Naphtali — Ahira son of Enan — 53,400

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³¹So the total of all the troops on Dan’s side of the camp is 157,600. These three tribes will be last, marching under their banners whenever the Israelites travel.”

³²In summary, the troops of Israel listed by their families totaled 603,550.

³³But as the LORD had commanded, the Levites were not included in this registration.

³⁴So the people of Israel did everything as the LORD had commanded Moses. Each clan and family set up camp and marched under their banners exactly as the LORD had instructed them.