¹⁷So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, ^l¹⁸and they assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. They recorded their ancestry by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting one by one the names of those 20 years old or more, ¹⁹just as the Lord commanded Moses. He registered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:

²⁰The descendants of Reuben, ^mthe firstborn of Israel: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting one by one the names of every male 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, ²¹those registered for the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

²²The descendants of Simeon: ⁿaccording to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, those registered counting one by one the names of every male 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, ²³those registered for the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

²⁴The descendants of Gad: ^oaccording to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, ²⁵those registered for the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

²⁶The descendants of Judah: ^paccording to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, ²⁷those registered for the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

²⁸The descendants of Issachar: ^qaccording to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, ²⁹those registered for the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.

³⁰The descendants of Zebulun: ^raccording to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, ³¹those registered for the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.

³²The descendants of Joseph: ^s

The descendants of Ephraim: ^taccording to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, ³³those registered for the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.

³⁴The descendants of Manasseh: ^uaccording to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, ³⁵those registered for the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

³⁶The descendants of Benjamin: ^vaccording to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, ³⁷those registered for the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.

³⁸The descendants of Dan: ^waccording to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, ³⁹those registered for the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

⁴⁰The descendants of Asher: ^xaccording to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, ⁴¹those registered for the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.

⁴²The descendants of Naphtali: ^yaccording to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, ⁴³those registered for the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

⁴⁴These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with the assistance of the 12 leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral house. ⁴⁵So all the Israelites 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in Israel’s army, were registered by their ancestral houses. ⁴⁶All those registered numbered 603,550. ^z

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Cross references

l1:17 Ezr 8:20; 1Ch 12:31; 16:41; 2Ch 28:15; 31:19
m1:20 Gn 29:32; 49:3–4; 1Ch 5:1
n1:22 Gn 29:33; 42:14–24; 49:5–7
o1:24 Gn 30:11; 49:19
p1:26 Gn 29:35; 49:8–12; Mt 1:2–3; Rv 5:5
q1:28 Gn 30:18; 49:14–15
r1:30 Gn 30:20; 49:13
s1:32 Gn 30:22–24; 49:22–26
t1:32 Gn 46:20; 48:13–20
u1:34 Gn 46:20; 48:13–20
v1:36 Gn 35:18; 49:27
w1:38 Gn 30:6; 49:16–17
x1:40 Gn 30:13; 49:20
y1:42 Gn 30:8; 49:21
z1:46 Ex 12:37; Nm 26:51