“Take a census(A) of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of every male one by one. You and Aaron are to register those who are 20 years old or more by their military divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.[a]

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  1. Numbers 1:3 Lit everyone going out to war in Israel

“Take a census(A) of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families,(B) listing every man by name,(C) one by one. You and Aaron(D) are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more(E) and able to serve in the army.(F)

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Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;

From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

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