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Numbers 1:1-15
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Numbers 1:1-15
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1 It was on the fifteenth day of April[a] of the second year after the Israelis left Egypt that the Lord issued the following instructions to Moses. (He was in the Tabernacle at the camp of Israel on the Sinai peninsula at the time.)
2-15 “Take a census of all the men twenty years old and older who are able to go to war, indicating their tribe and family. You and Aaron are to direct the project, assisted by these leaders from each tribe”:
| Tribe | Leader |
| Reuben | Elizur (son of Shedeur) |
| Simeon | Shelumiel (son of Zurishaddai) |
| Judah | Nahshon (son of Amminadab) |
| Issachar | Nethanel (son of Zuar) |
| Zebulun | Eliab (son of Helon) |
| Ephraim (son of Joseph) | Elishama (son of Ammihud) |
| Manasseh (son of Joseph) | Gamaliel (son of Pedahzur) |
| Benjamin | Abidan (son of Gideoni) |
| Dan | Ahiezer (son of Ammishaddai) |
| Asher | Pagiel (son of Ochran) |
| Gad | Eliasaph (son of Deuel) |
| Naphtali | Ahira (son of Enan) |
Footnotes
- Numbers 1:1 fifteenth day of April, literally, “on the first day of the second month” (of the Jewish calendar). So also for vv. 17-19 On the same day.
Numbers 1:1-2
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Numbers 1:1-2
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The Census
1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting(A) in the Desert of Sinai(B) on the first day of the second month(C) of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt.(D) He said: 2 “Take a census(E) of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families,(F) listing every man by name,(G) one by one.
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