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, ¹⁹just as the Lord had commanded Moses. So Moses recorded their names in the wilderness of Sinai.

^20–21This is the number of men twenty years old or older who were able to go to war, as their names were listed in the records of their clans and families:

Reuben (Jacob’s oldest son)

46,500

^22–23

Simeon

59,300

^24–25

Gad

45,650

^26–27

Judah

74,600

^28–29

Issachar

54,400

^30–31

Zebulun

57,400

^32–33

Ephraim son of Joseph

40,500

^34–35

Manasseh son of Joseph

32,200

^36–37

Benjamin

35,400

^38–39

Dan

62,700

^40–41

Asher

41,500

^42–43

Naphtali

53,400

⁴⁴These were the men registered by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, all listed according to their ancestral descent. ⁴⁵They were registered by families—all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war. ⁴⁶The total number was 603,550.

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