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Numbers 1 :: King James Version (KJV)

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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 spake unto 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 were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:2 - Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:3 - From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:4 - And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:5 - And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:6 - Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:7 - Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:8 - Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:9 - Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:10 - Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:11 - Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:12 - Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:13 - Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:14 - Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:15 - Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:17 - And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:18 - And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:19 - As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 - And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:22 - Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:24 - Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:26 - Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:28 - Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:30 - Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:32 - Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:34 - Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:36 - Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:38 - Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:40 - Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:42 - Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 - These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:45 - So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

Levites Exempted

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:47 - But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:48 - For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51 - And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:52 - And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:54 - And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
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