Numbers 1:1-15

A Census of Israel's Warriors

1 The Lord spoke to Moses a in the wilderness of Sinai, b in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 c "Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, d by fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head. 3 e From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, f company by company. 4 And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. 5 And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, g Elizur the son of Shedeur; 6 from Simeon, h Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; 7 from Judah, i Nahshon the son of Amminadab; 8 from Issachar, j Nethanel the son of Zuar; 9 from Zebulun, k Eliab the son of Helon; 10 from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, l Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, m Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; 11 from Benjamin, n Abidan the son of Gideoni; 12 from Dan, o Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; 13 from Asher, p Pagiel the son of Ochran; 14 from Gad, Eliasaph the son of q Deuel; 15 from Naphtali, r Ahira the son of Enan."

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 10:11 - 12
    In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony.
    Exodus 19:1
    On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 25:22
    There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 30:12
    When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.
    Exodus 38:26
    A beka a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone who was listed in the records, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,550 men.
    2 Samuel 24:2
    So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army, who was with him, "Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.
    1 Chronicles 21:2
    So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, "Go, number Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me a report, that I may know their number.
    Numbers 26:2 - 51
    "Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war."
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 1:18
    And on the first day of the second month, they ...
    Numbers 1:20
    The people of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their...
    Numbers 1:22
    Of the people of Simeon, their generations, by ...
    Numbers 3:47
    You shall take five shekels per head; you shall...
    1 Chronicles 23:3
    The Levites, thirty years old and upward, were ...
    1 Chronicles 23:24
    These were the sons of Levi by their fathers' h...
  5. Cross References
    Numbers 14:29
    Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, and of all your number, listed in the census from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against me.
    Exodus 30:14
    Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the Lord 's offering.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 12:51
    And on that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.
  7. Cross References
    Numbers 7:30
    On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, the chief of the people of Reuben:
  8. Cross References
    Numbers 7:36
    On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, the chief of the people of Simeon:
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 6:23
    Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  10. Cross References
    Numbers 7:18
    On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, the chief of Issachar, made an offering.
  11. Cross References
    Numbers 7:24
    On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, the chief of the people of Zebulun:
  12. Cross References
    Numbers 7:48
    On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, the chief of the people of Ephraim:
    1 Chronicles 7:26
    Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.
  13. Cross References
    Numbers 7:54
    On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, the chief of the people of Manasseh:
  14. Cross References
    Numbers 7:60
    On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, the chief of the people of Benjamin:
  15. Cross References
    Numbers 7:66
    On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, the chief of the people of Dan:
  16. Cross References
    Numbers 7:72
    On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, the chief of the people of Asher:
  17. Cross References
    Numbers 7:42
    On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, the chief of the people of Gad:
  18. Cross References
    Numbers 7:78
    On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, the chief of the people of Naphtali:
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