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| 1 And it cometh to pass, after the plague, that Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying, |
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| 2 'Take up the sum of all the company of the sons of Israel, from a son of twenty years and upward, by the house of their fathers, every one going out to the host in Israel.' |
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| 3 And Moses speaketh Eleazar the priest also with them, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho, saying, |
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| 4 'From a son of twenty years and upward,' as Jehovah hath commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who are coming out from the land of Egypt. |
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| 5 Reuben, first-born of Israel sons of Reuben: [of] Hanoch [is] the family of the Hanochite; of Pallu the family of the Palluite; |
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| 6 of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Carmi the family of the Carmite. |
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| 7 These [are] families of the Reubenite, and their numbered ones are three and forty thousand and seven hundred and thirty. |
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| 8 And the son of Pallu [is] Eliab; |
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| 9 and the sons of Eliab [are] Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram; this [is that] Dathan and Abiram, called ones of the company, who have striven against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, in their striving against Jehovah, |
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| 10 and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them and Korah, in the death of the company, in the fire consuming the two hundred and fifty men, and they become a sign; |
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| 11 and the sons of Korah died not. |
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| 12 Sons of Simeon by their families: of Nemuel [is] the family of the Nemuelite; of Jamin the family of the Jaminite; of Jachin the family of the Jachinite; |
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| 13 of Zerah the family of the Zarhite; of Shaul the family of the Shaulite. |
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| 14 These [are] families of the Simeonite, two and twenty thousand and two hundred. |
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| 15 Sons of Gad by their families: of Zephon [is] the family of the Zephonite; of Haggi the family of the Haggite; of Shuni the family of the Shunite; |
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| 16 of Ozni the family of the Oznite; of Eri the family of the Erite: |
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| 17 of Arod the family of the Arodite; of Areli the family of the Arelite. |
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| 18 These [are] families of the sons of Gad, by their numbered ones, forty thousand and five hundred. |
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| 19 Sons of Judah [are] Er and Onan; and Er dieth Onan also in the land of Canaan. |
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| 20 And sons of Judah, by their families, are: of Shelah the family of the Shelanite; of Pharez the family of the Pharzite; of Zerah the family of the Zarhite; |
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| 21 and sons of Pharez are: of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Hamul the family of the Hamulite. |
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| 22 These [are] families of Judah, by their numbered ones, six and seventy thousand and five hundred. |
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| 23 Sons of Issachar by their families; [of] Tola [is] the family of the Tolaite; of Pua the family of the Punite; |
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| 24 of Jashub the family of the Jashubite; of Shimron the family of the Shimronite. |
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| 25 These [are] families of Issachar, by their numbered ones, four and sixty thousand and three hundred. |
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| 26 Sons of Zebulun by their families: of Sered [is] the family of the Sardite; of Elon the family of the Elonite; of Jahleel the family of the Jahleelite. |
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| 27 These [are] families of the Zebulunite by their numbered ones, sixty thousand and five hundred. |
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| 28 Sons of Joseph by their families [are] Manasseh and Ephraim. |
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| 29 Sons of Manasseh: of Machir [is] the family of the Machirite; and Machir hath begotten Gilead; of Gilead [is] the family of the Gileadite. |
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| 30 These [are] sons of Gilead: [of] Jeezer [is] the family of the Jeezerite; of Helek the family of the Helekite; |
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| 31 and [of] Asriel the family of the Asrielite; and [of] Shechem the family of the Shechemite; |
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| 32 and [of] Shemida the family of the Shemidaite; and [of] Hepher the family of the Hepherite. |
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| 33 And Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad [are] Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. |
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| 34 These [are] families of Manasseh, and their numbered ones [are] two and fifty thousand and seven hundred. |
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| 35 These [are] sons of Ephraim by their families: of Shuthelah [is] the family of the Shuthelhite; of Becher the family of the Bachrite; of Tahan the family of the Tahanite. |
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| 36 And these [are] sons of Shuthelah: of Eran the family of the Eranite. |
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| 37 These [are] families of the sons of Ephraim, by their numbered ones, two and thirty thousand and five hundred. These [are] sons of Joseph by their families. |
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| 38 Sons of Benjamin by their families: of Bela [is] the family of the Belaite; of Ashbel the family of the Ashbelite; of Ahiram the family of the Ahiramite; |
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| 39 of Shupham the family of the Shuphamite; of Hupham the family of the Huphamite. |
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| 40 And sons of Bela are Ard and Naaman: [of Ard is] the family of the Ardite: of Naaman the family of the Naamite. |
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| 41 These [are] sons of Benjamin by their families, and their numbered ones [are] five and forty thousand and six hundred. |
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| 42 These [are] sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham [is] the family of the Shuhamite; these [are] families of Dan by their families; |
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| 43 all the families of the Shuhamite, by their numbered ones, [are] four and sixty thousand and four hundred. |
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| 44 Sons of Asher by their families: of Jimna [is] the family of the Jimnite; of Jesui the family of the Jesuite; of Beriah the family of the Beriite. |
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| 45 Of sons of Beriah: of Heber [is] the family of the Heberite; of Malchiel the family of the Malchielite. |
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| 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher [is] Sarah. |
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| 47 These [are] families of the sons of Asher, by their numbered ones, three and fifty thousand and four hundred. |
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| 48 Sons of Naphtali by their families: of Jahzeel [is] the family of the Jahzeelite; of Guni the family of the Gunite; |
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| 49 of Jezer the family of the Jezerite; of Shillem the family of the Shillemite. |
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| 50 These [are] families of Naphtali by their families, and their numbered ones [are] five and forty thousand and four hundred. |
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| 51 These [are] numbered ones of the sons of Israel, six hundred thousand, and a thousand, seven hundred and thirty. |
601,730 – The male forces numbering less than when they left Egypt. (Num. 1:46) HG362:3
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| 52 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, |
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| 53 'To these is the land apportioned by inheritance, by the number of names; |
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| 54 to the many thou dost increase their inheritance, and to the few thou dost diminish their inheritance; [to] each according to his numbered ones is given his inheritance. |
More inheritance – The Mosaic Law particularly safeguarded the interests of the poor. A50
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| 55 'Only by lot is the land apportioned, by the names of the tribes of their fathers they inherit; |
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| 56 according to the lot is their inheritance apportioned between many and few.' |
Between many and few – No laws more carefully provide that rich and poor shall stand on a common level in accountability before the civil law. HG535:1
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| 57 And these [are] numbered ones of the Levite by their families: of Gershon [is] the family of the Gershonite; of Kohath the family of the Kohathite; of Merari the family of the Merarite. |
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| 58 These [are] families of the Levite: the family of the Libnite, the family of the Hebronite, the family of the Mahlite, the family of the Mushite, the family of the Korathite. And Kohath hath begotten Amram, |
Amram – Type of The Christ. F128
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| 59 and the name of Amram's wife is Jochebed, daughter of Levi, whom [one] hath born to Levi in Egypt; and she beareth to Amram Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam their sister. |
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| 60 And born to Aaron Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar; |
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| 61 and Nadab dieth Abihu also in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah. |
Nadab and Abihu – Types of those who sin the sin unto death during the Gospel age, and of the Great Company. T41
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| 62 And their numbered ones are three and twenty thousand, every male from a son of a month and upwards, for they have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel; for an inheritance hath not been given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel. |
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| 63 These [are] those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who have numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho; |
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| 64 and among these there hath not been a man of those numbered by Moses, and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai, |
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| 65 for Jehovah said of them, 'They do certainly die in the wilderness;' and there hath not been left of them a man save Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun. |
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