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Numbers 1:32-50 New International Version Anglicized (NIVUK)

32. From the sons of Joseph:From the descendants of Ephraim:All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.

33. The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.

34. From the descendants of Manasseh:All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.

35. The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.

36. From the descendants of Benjamin:All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.

37. The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.

38. From the descendants of Dan:All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.

39. The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.

40. From the descendants of Asher:All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.

41. The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.

42. From the descendants of Naphtali:All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.

43. The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.

44. These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.

45. All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.

46. The total number was 603,550.

47. The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others.

48. The Lord had said to Moses:

49. ‘You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.

50. Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law – over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and camp round it.

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