Quotes About Community

These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.

So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,

those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

those registered to the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.

those registered to the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.

those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.

those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.

those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.

those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.

So all the Israelites twenty years of age or older who could serve in Israelís army were counted according to their families.

And all those counted totaled 603,550.

The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.

“The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.

and his division numbers 74,600.