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Text -- Numbers 1:16-46 (NET)
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The Census of the Tribes
1:16 These were the ones chosen from the community , leaders of their ancestral tribes . They were the heads of the thousands of Israel .
1:17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name ,
1:18 and they assembled the entire community together on the first day of the second month . Then the people recorded their ancestry by their clans and families , and the men who were twenty years old or older were listed by name individually ,
1:19 just as the Lord had commanded Moses . And so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai .
1:20 And they were as follows : The descendants of Reuben , the firstborn son of Israel : According to the records of their clans and families , all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually .
1:21 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500 .
1:22 From the descendants of Simeon : According to the records of their clans and families , all the males numbered of them twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually .
1:23 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Simeon were 59,300 .
1:24 From the descendants of Gad : According to the records of their clans and families , all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name .
1:25 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Gad were 45,650 .
1:26 From the descendants of Judah : According to the records of their clans and families , all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name .
1:27 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Judah were 74,600 .
1:28 From the descendants of Issachar : According to the records of their clans and families , all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name .
1:29 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Issachar were 54,400 .
1:30 From the descendants of Zebulun : According to the records of their clans and families , all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name .
1:31 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400 .
1:32 From the sons of Joseph : From the descendants of Ephraim : According to the records of their clans and families , all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name .
1:33 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500 .
1:34 From the descendants of Manasseh : According to the records of their clans and families , all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name .
1:35 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200 .
1:36 From the descendants of Benjamin : According to the records of their clans and families , all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name .
1:37 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400 .
1:38 From the descendants of Dan : According to the records of their clans and families , all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name .
1:39 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Dan were 62,700 .
1:40 From the descendants of Asher : According to the records of their clans and families , all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name .
1:41 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Asher were 41,500 .
1:42 From the descendants of Naphtali : According to the records of their clans and families , all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name .
1:43 Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400 .
1:44 These were the men whom Moses and Aaron numbered along with the twelve leaders of Israel , each of whom was from his own family .
1:45 All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older , who could serve in Israel’s army , were numbered according to their families .
1:46 And all those numbered totaled 603,550 .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 |
Israel |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 3-4 |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
PENTATEUCH, 2A |
ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 1 |
Census |
Soldiers |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
Palestine |
NUMBER |
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL |
REUBEN |
Judah |
Naphtali |
Benjamin |
POLL |
Issachar |
Ephraim, The tribe of |
Simeon |
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NET Notes: Num 1:16 The Hebrew text has אַלְפֵי (’alfey, “thousands of”). There is some question over this rea...
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NET Notes: Num 1:18 The verb is supplied. The Hebrew text simply has “in/with the number of names of those who are twenty years old and higher according to their sk...
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NET Notes: Num 1:21 There has been much discussion about the numbers in the Israelite wilderness experience. The immediate difficulty for even the casual reader is the en...
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NET Notes: Num 1:22 Some witnesses have omitted “those that were numbered of them,” to preserve the literary pattern of the text. The omission is supported by...
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