Numbers 1
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Numbers 1:2-18

2“From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men

3twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops,

4and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe.

5“These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you: Reuben Elizur son of Shedeur

6Simeon Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai

7Judah Nahshon son of Amminadab

8Issachar Nethanel son of Zuar

9Zebulun Eliab son of Helon

10Ephraim son of Joseph Elishama son of Ammihud Manasseh son of Joseph Gamaliel son of Pedahzur

11Benjamin Abidan son of Gideoni

12Dan Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai

13Asher Pagiel son of Ocran

14Gad Eliasaph son of Deuel

15Naphtali Ahira son of Enan

16These are the chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.”

17So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders,

18and they assembled the whole community of Israel on that very day. All the people were registered according to their ancestry by their clans and families. The men of Israel who were twenty years old or older were listed one by one,

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