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Numbers 1

Numbers 1 records the first wilderness census of Israel’s fighting men. The LORD commands Moses to number the males twenty years old and upward who are able to go forth to war, tribe by tribe, with a named prince assisting from each tribe. Levi is excluded from the military count because the Levites are assigned to the tabernacle. The chapter establishes Israel as an ordered covenant host gathered around God’s dwelling.

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Numbers 1 records the first wilderness census of Israel’s fighting men. The LORD commands Moses to number the males twenty years old and upward who are able to go forth to war, tribe by tribe, with a named prince assisting from each tribe. Levi is excluded from the military count because the Levites are assigned to the tabernacle. The chapter establishes Israel as an ordered covenant host gathered around God’s dwelling.

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Verses 1–16Leaders are appointed for the censusVerses 17–43The fighting men of Israel are numbered by tribeVerses 44–46The total number of Israel’s fighting menVerses 47–54The Levites are set apart for the tabernacle
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of…2Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the…3From twenty years old and upward, all that are able…4And with you there shall be a man of every…5And these are the names of the men that shall…6Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.7Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.8Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.9Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.10Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son…11Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.12Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.13Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.14Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.15Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.16These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the…17And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed…18And they assembled all the congregation together on the first…19As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in…20And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their…21Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe…22Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their…23Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe…24Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their…25Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe…26Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their…27Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe…28Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their…29Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe…30Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their…31Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe…32Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of…33Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe…34Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their…35Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe…36Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their…37Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe…38Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their…39Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe…40Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their…41Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe…42Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their…43Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe…44These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron…45So were all those that were numbered of the children…46Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand…47But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were…48For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,49Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither…50But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of…51And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take…52And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every…53But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of…54And the children of Israel did according to all that…