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Genesis 37:30
He went back to his brothers and said,“ The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
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Genesis 44:20
and we answered my lord,‘ We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
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Genesis 42:32
We were twelve brothers, sons of the same father. One is no longer living, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’
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Genesis 43:7
They answered,“ The man kept asking about us and our family:‘ Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say,‘ Bring your brother here’?”
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Jeremiah 31:15
This is what the LORD says: A voice was heard in Ramah, a lament with bitter weeping— Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children because they are no more.
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Exodus 1:2-5
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.The total number of Jacob’s descendants was seventy; Joseph was already in Egypt.
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Genesis 42:11
“ We are all sons of one man. We are honest; your servants are not spies.”
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Genesis 45:26
They said,“ Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
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Genesis 46:8-27
These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt— Jacob and his sons: Jacob’s firstborn: Reuben.Reuben’s sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.Simeon’s sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.Issachar’s sons: Tola, Puvah, Jashub, and Shimron.Zebulun’s sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.These were Leah’s sons born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, as well as his daughter Dinah. The total number of persons: thirty-three.Gad’s sons: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.Asher’s sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malchiel.These were the sons of Zilpah— whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah— that she bore to Jacob: sixteen persons.The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. They were born to him by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, a priest at On.Benjamin’s sons: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.These were Rachel’s sons who were born to Jacob: fourteen persons.Dan’s son: Hushim.Naphtali’s sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel. She bore to Jacob: seven persons.The total number of persons belonging to Jacob— his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob’s sons— who came to Egypt: sixty-six.And Joseph’s sons who were born to him in Egypt: two persons. All those of Jacob’s household who came to Egypt: seventy persons.
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Genesis 42:36
Their father Jacob said to them,“ It’s me that you make childless. Joseph is gone, and Simeon is gone. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything happens to me!”
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Numbers 10:1-36
The LORD spoke to Moses:“ Make two trumpets of hammered silver to summon the community and have the camps set out.When both are sounded in long blasts, the entire community is to gather before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.However, if one is sounded, only the leaders, the heads of Israel’s clans, are to gather before you.“ When you sound short blasts, the camps pitched on the east are to set out.When you sound short blasts a second time, the camps pitched on the south are to set out. Short blasts are to be sounded for them to set out.When calling the assembly together, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. Your use of these is a permanent statute throughout your generations.“ When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who is attacking you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and be saved from your enemies.You are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your fellowship sacrifices and on your joyous occasions, your appointed festivals, and the beginning of each of your months. They will serve as a reminder for you before your God: I am the LORD your God.”During the second year, in the second month on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was lifted up above the tabernacle of the testimony.The Israelites traveled on from the Wilderness of Sinai, moving from one place to the next until the cloud stopped in the Wilderness of Paran.They set out for the first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.The military divisions of the camp of Judah’s descendants with their banner set out first, and Nahshon son of Amminadab was over their divisions.Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar’s descendants,and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun’s descendants.The tabernacle was then taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting the tabernacle.The military divisions of the camp of Reuben with their banner set out, and Elizur son of Shedeur was over their divisions.Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon’s descendants,and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad’s descendants.The Kohathites then set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.Next the military divisions of the camp of Ephraim’s descendants with their banner set out, and Elishama son of Ammihud was over their divisions.Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh’s descendants,and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants.The military divisions of the camp of Dan’s descendants with their banner set out, serving as rear guard for all the camps, and Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was over their divisions.Pagiel son of Ochran was over the division of the tribe of Asher’s descendants,and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali’s descendants.This was the order of march for the Israelites by their military divisions as they set out.Moses said to Hobab, descendant of Reuel the Midianite and Moses’s relative by marriage,“ We’re setting out for the place the LORD promised,‘ I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”But he replied to him,“ I don’t want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives.”“ Please don’t leave us,” Moses said,“ since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.If you come with us, whatever good the LORD does for us we will do for you.”They set out from the mountain of the LORD on a three-day journey with the ark of the LORD’s covenant traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.Meanwhile, the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say: Arise, LORD! Let your enemies be scattered, and those who hate you flee from your presence.When it came to rest, he would say: Return, LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.
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Genesis 30:6-24
Rachel said,“ God has vindicated me; yes, he has heard me and given me a son,” so she named him Dan.Rachel’s slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.Rachel said,“ In my wrestlings with God, I have wrestled with my sister and won,” and she named him Naphtali.When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son.Then Leah said,“ What good fortune!” and she named him Gad.When Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,Leah said,“ I am happy that the women call me happy,” so she named him Asher.Reuben went out during the wheat harvest and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother Leah, Rachel asked,“ Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”But Leah replied to her,“ Isn’t it enough that you have taken my husband? Now you also want to take my son’s mandrakes?”“ Well then,” Rachel said,“ he can sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said,“ You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So Jacob slept with her that night.God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.Leah said,“ God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband,” and she named him Issachar.Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.“ God has given me a good gift,” Leah said.“ This time my husband will honor me because I have borne six sons for him,” and she named him Zebulun.Later, Leah bore a daughter and named her Dinah.Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb.She conceived and bore a son, and she said,“ God has taken away my disgrace.”She named him Joseph and said,“ May the LORD add another son to me.”
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Genesis 42:38
But Jacob answered,“ My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.”
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Genesis 29:32-35
Leah conceived, gave birth to a son, and named him Reuben, for she said,“ The LORD has seen my affliction; surely my husband will love me now.”She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said,“ The LORD heard that I am neglected and has given me this son also.” So she named him Simeon.She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said,“ At last, my husband will become attached to me because I have borne three sons for him.” Therefore he was named Levi.And she conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said,“ This time I will praise the LORD.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
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Numbers 34:1-29
The LORD spoke to Moses,“ Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these borders:Your southern side will be from the Wilderness of Zin along the boundary of Edom. Your southern border on the east will begin at the east end of the Dead Sea.Your border will turn south of the Scorpions’ Ascent, proceed to Zin, and end south of Kadesh-barnea. It will go to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon.The border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, where it will end at the Mediterranean Sea.Your western border will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea; this will be your western border.This will be your northern border: From the Mediterranean Sea draw a line to Mount Hor;from Mount Hor draw a line to the entrance of Hamath, and the border will reach Zedad.Then the border will go to Ziphron and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your northern border.For your eastern border, draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham.The border will go down from Shepham to Riblah east of Ain. It will continue down and reach the eastern slope of the Sea of Chinnereth.Then the border will go down to the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea. This will be your land defined by its borders on all sides.”So Moses commanded the Israelites,“ This is the land you are to receive by lot as an inheritance, which the LORD commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes.For the tribe of Reuben’s descendants and the tribe of Gad’s descendants have received their inheritance according to their ancestral families, and half the tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance.The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”The LORD spoke to Moses,“ These are the names of the men who are to distribute the land as an inheritance for you: the priest Eleazar and Joshua son of Nun.Take one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.These are the names of the men: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon’s descendants;Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan’s descendants;from the sons of Joseph: Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh’s descendants,Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim’s descendants;Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun’s descendants;Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar’s descendants;Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher’s descendants;Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali’s descendants.”These are the ones the LORD commanded to distribute the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
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Lamentations 5:7
Our ancestors sinned; they no longer exist, but we bear their punishment.
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Numbers 26:1-65
After the plague, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,“ Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their ancestral families of those twenty years old or more who can serve in Israel’s army.”So Moses and the priest Eleazar said to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho,“ Take a census of those twenty years old or more, as the LORD had commanded Moses and the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt.”Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. Reuben’s descendants: the Hanochite clan from Hanoch; the Palluite clan from Pallu;the Hezronite clan from Hezron; the Carmite clan from Carmi.These were the Reubenite clans, and their registered men numbered 43,730.The son of Pallu was Eliab.The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram.( It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the community, who fought against Moses and Aaron; they and Korah’s followers fought against the LORD.The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.The sons of Korah, however, did not die.)Simeon’s descendants by their clans: the Nemuelite clan from Nemuel; the Jaminite clan from Jamin; the Jachinite clan from Jachin;the Zerahite clan from Zerah; the Shaulite clan from Shaul.These were the Simeonite clans, numbering 22,200 men.Gad’s descendants by their clans: the Zephonite clan from Zephon; the Haggite clan from Haggi; the Shunite clan from Shuni;the Oznite clan from Ozni; the Erite clan from Eri;the Arodite clan from Arod; the Arelite clan from Areli.These were the Gadite clans numbered by their registered men: 40,500.Judah’s sons included Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.Judah’s descendants by their clans: the Shelanite clan from Shelah; the Perezite clan from Perez; the Zerahite clan from Zerah.The descendants of Perez: the Hezronite clan from Hezron; the Hamulite clan from Hamul.These were Judah’s clans numbered by their registered men: 76,500.Issachar’s descendants by their clans: the Tolaite clan from Tola; the Punite clan from Puvah;the Jashubite clan from Jashub; the Shimronite clan from Shimron.These were Issachar’s clans numbered by their registered men: 64,300.Zebulun’s descendants by their clans: the Seredite clan from Sered; the Elonite clan from Elon; the Jahleelite clan from Jahleel.These were the Zebulunite clans numbered by their registered men: 60,500.Joseph’s descendants by their clans from Manasseh and Ephraim:Manasseh’s descendants: the Machirite clan from Machir. Machir fathered Gilead; the Gileadite clan from Gilead.These were Gilead’s descendants: the Iezerite clan from Iezer; the Helekite clan from Helek;the Asrielite clan from Asriel; the Shechemite clan from Shechem;the Shemidaite clan from Shemida; the Hepherite clan from Hepher;Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons— only daughters. The names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.These were Manasseh’s clans, numbered by their registered men: 52,700.These were Ephraim’s descendants by their clans: the Shuthelahite clan from Shuthelah; the Becherite clan from Becher; the Tahanite clan from Tahan.These were Shuthelah’s descendants: the Eranite clan from Eran.These were the Ephraimite clans numbered by their registered men: 32,500. These were Joseph’s descendants by their clans.Benjamin’s descendants by their clans: the Belaite clan from Bela; the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel; the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram;the Shuphamite clan from Shupham; the Huphamite clan from Hupham.Bela’s descendants from Ard and Naaman: the Ardite clan from Ard; the Naamite clan from Naaman.These were the Benjaminite clans numbered by their registered men: 45,600.These were Dan’s descendants by their clans: the Shuhamite clan from Shuham. These were the clans of Dan by their clans.All the Shuhamite clans numbered by their registered men: 64,400.Asher’s descendants by their clans: the Imnite clan from Imnah; the Ishvite clan from Ishvi; the Beriite clan from Beriah.From Beriah’s descendants: the Heberite clan from Heber; the Malchielite clan from Malchiel.And the name of Asher’s daughter was Serah.These were the Asherite clans numbered by their registered men: 53,400.Naphtali’s descendants by their clans: the Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel; the Gunite clan from Guni;the Jezerite clan from Jezer; the Shillemite clan from Shillem.These were the Naphtali clans numbered by their registered men: 45,400.These registered Israelite men numbered 601,730.The LORD spoke to Moses,“ The land is to be divided among them as an inheritance based on the number of names.Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one. Each is to be given its inheritance according to those who were registered in it.The land is to be divided by lot; they will receive an inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes.Each inheritance will be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”These were the Levites registered by their clans: the Gershonite clan from Gershon; the Kohathite clan from Kohath; the Merarite clan from Merari.These were the Levite family groups: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Kohath was the ancestor of Amram.The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,but Nadab and Abihu died when they presented unauthorized fire before the LORD.Those registered were 23,000, every male one month old or more; they were not registered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.These were the ones registered by Moses and the priest Eleazar when they registered the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.But among them there was not one of those who had been registered by Moses and the priest Aaron when they registered the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.For the LORD had said to them that they would all die in the wilderness. None of them was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
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1 Chronicles 2 1-1 Chronicles 2 8
These were Israel’s sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the LORD’s sight, so he put him to death.Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to him. Judah had five sons in all.Perez’s sons: Hezron and Hamul.Zerah’s sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara— five in all.Carmi’s son: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel when he was unfaithful by taking the things set apart for destruction.Ethan’s son: Azariah.
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Genesis 35:16-26
They set out from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.During her difficult labor, the midwife said to her,“ Don’t be afraid, for you have another son.”With her last breath— for she was dying— she named him Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath( that is, Bethlehem).Jacob set up a marker on her grave; it is the marker at Rachel’s grave still today.Israel set out again and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:Leah’s sons were Reuben( Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.Rachel’s sons were Joseph and Benjamin.The sons of Rachel’s slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.The sons of Leah’s slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
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Numbers 1:1-54
The LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month of the second year after Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt:“ Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of every male one by one.You and Aaron are to register those who are twenty years old or more by their military divisions— everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral family.These are the names of the men who are to assist you: Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben;Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai from Simeon;Nahshon son of Amminadab from Judah;Nethanel son of Zuar from Issachar;Eliab son of Helon from Zebulun;from the sons of Joseph: Elishama son of Ammihud from Ephraim, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur from Manasseh;Abidan son of Gideoni from Benjamin;Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai from Dan;Pagiel son of Ochran from Asher;Eliasaph son of Deuel from Gad;Ahira son of Enan from Naphtali.These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of Israel’s clans.”So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,and they assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. They recorded their ancestry by their clans and their ancestral families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years old or more,just as the LORD commanded Moses. He registered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.The descendants of Simeon: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, those registered counting one by one the names of every male twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.The descendants of Gad: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.The descendants of Judah: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.The descendants of Issachar: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.The descendants of Zebulun: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.The descendants of Joseph: The descendants of Ephraim: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.The descendants of Manasseh: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.The descendants of Benjamin: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.The descendants of Dan: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.The descendants of Asher: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.The descendants of Naphtali: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,those registered for the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral family.So all the Israelites twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in Israel’s army, were registered by their ancestral families.All those registered numbered 603,550.But the Levites were not registered with them by their ancestral tribe.For the LORD had told Moses,“ Do not register or take a census of the tribe of Levi with the other Israelites.Appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They are to transport the tabernacle and all its articles, take care of it, and camp around it.Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to stop at a campsite, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who comes near it is to be put to death.“ The Israelites are to camp by their military divisions, each man with his encampment and under his banner.The Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the Israelite community.”The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Matthew 2:18
A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; and she refused to be consoled, because they are no more.
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Genesis 44:28
One is gone from me— I said he must have been torn to pieces— and I have never seen him again.
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Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he realized that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.
