children of Zabulon: their generation, in their kindreds and houses of
their fathers (after the number of names) from twenty years and above,
whosoever was mete for the war: were counted in the tribe of Zabulon
fifty seven thousand and four hundred. Among the children of Ioseph:
first among the children of Ephraim: their generation, in their
kindreds and houses of their fathers (when the names of all that were
apt to the war were told) from twenty years and above: were in number
in the tribe of Ephraim, forty thousand, and six hundred. Among the
children of Manasse: their generation, in their kindreds and houses of
their fathers (when the names of all that were apt to war were told)
from twenty and above were numbered in the tribe of Manasse thirty two
thousand and two hundred. Among the children of BenIamin: their
generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers (by the tale
of names) from twenty years and above of all that were mete for war,
were numbered in the tribe of BenIamin thirty five thousand and four
hundred. Among the children of Dan: their generation in their kindreds
and houses of their fathers (in the sum of names) of all that was apt
to war from twenty years and above, were numbered in the tribe of Dan
fifty seven thousand and seven hundred. Among the children of Asser:
their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers (when
they were summed by name) from twenty years and above, all that were
apt to war were numbered in the tribe of Asser forty one thousand and
five hundred. Among the children of Naphtali: their generation in their
kindreds and houses of their fathers (when their names were told) from
twenty years and above, whatsoever was mete to war: were numbered in
the tribe of Naphtali fifty three thousand and four hundred. These are
the numbers which Moses and Aaron numbered with the twelve princes of
Israel: of every house of their fathers a man. And all the numbers of
the children of Israel, in the houses of their fathers, from twenty
years and above, whatsoever was mete for the war in Israel, drew unto
the sum of six hundred [and three] thousand, five hundred and fifty.
But the Levites in the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among
them. And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: only see that thou number
not the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children
of Israel. But thou shalt appoint the Levites unto the habitation of
witness, and to all the apparel thereof and unto all that longeth
thereto. For they shall bear the tabernacle and all the ordinance
thereof, and they shall minister it and shall pitch their tents round
about it. And when the tabernacle goeth forth the Levites shall take it
down: and when the tabernacle is pitched, they shall set it up: for if
any stranger come near, he shall die. And the children of Israel shall
pitch their tents, every man in his own company and every man by his
own standard thorowout all their hosts. But the Levites shall pitch
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