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"Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel from twenty years old and above, by their fathers' houses, all who are able to go to war in Israel."
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So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying:
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"Take a census of the people from twenty years old and above, just as the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt."
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Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The children of Reuben were: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
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of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
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These are the families of the Reubenites: those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.
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And the son of Pallu was Eliab.
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The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, representatives of the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord;
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and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign.
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Nevertheless the children of Korah did not die.
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The sons of Simeon according to their families were: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;
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of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
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These are the families of the Simeonites: twenty-two thousand two hundred.
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The sons of Gad according to their families were: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
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of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;
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of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
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These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them: forty thousand five hundred.
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The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
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And the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Parzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
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And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
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These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them: seventy-six thousand five hundred.
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The sons of Issachar according to their families were: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puah, the family of the Punites;
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of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
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These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them: sixty-four thousand three hundred.
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The sons of Zebulun according to their families were: of Sered, the family of the Sardites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
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These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them: sixty thousand five hundred.
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The sons of Joseph according to their families, by Manasseh and Ephraim, were:
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The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
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These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
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of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
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of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.