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Exodus 38:26
It amounted to a fifth of an ounce for each person. It was weighed out in keeping with the weights used in the sacred tent. The silver was received from the men who had been listed and counted. All of them were 20 years old or more. Their total number was 603,550.
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Numbers 1:18
Then Moses and Aaron gathered all the men of Israel together. It was the first day of the second month. The people wrote down the tribe and family they belonged to. The men 20 years old or more were listed by name. They were listed one by one.
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Exodus 30:12
“ Make a list of the Israelites and count them. When you do, each one must pay the Lord for his life at the time he is counted. Then a plague will not come on them when you count them.
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Numbers 26:2-4
“ Count all the men of Israel. Make a list of them by their families. Count all the men who are able to serve in Israel’s army. They must be 20 years old or more.”At that time the Israelites were on the plains of Moab. They were by the Jordan River across from Jericho. Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them. They said,“ Count all the men 20 years old or more. Do it just as the Lord commanded Moses.” Here are the men of Israel who came out of Egypt.
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Numbers 1:22
Here is the number of men from the tribe of Simeon. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed one by one. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families.
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Exodus 1:1-5
Here are the names of Israel’s children who went to Egypt with Jacob. Each one went with his family.Jacob’s sons were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.The total number of Jacob’s children and grandchildren was 70. Joseph was already in Egypt.
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1 Chronicles 21 1-1 Chronicles 21 2
Satan rose up against Israel. He stirred up David to count the men of Israel.So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops,“ Go! Count the men of Israel from Beersheba all the way to Dan. Report back to me. Then I’ll know how many there are.”
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Genesis 49:1-3
Then Jacob sent for his sons. He said,“ Gather around me so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.“ Sons of Jacob, come together and listen. Listen to your father Israel.“ Reuben, you are my oldest son. You were my first child. You were the first sign of my strength. You were first in honor. You were first in power.
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Numbers 26:63-64
These are the men counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest. At that time the Israelites were on the plains of Moab. They were by the Jordan River across from Jericho.The men of Israel had been counted before in the Sinai Desert by Moses and Aaron the priest. But not one of them was among the men counted this time.
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2 Samuel 24 1-2 Samuel 24 3
The Lord was very angry with Israel. He stirred up David against them. He said,“ Go! Count the men of Israel and Judah.”So the king spoke to Joab and the army commanders with him. He said,“ Go all through the territories of the tribes of Israel. Go from the town of Dan all the way to Beersheba. Count the fighting men. Then I’ll know how many there are.”Joab replied to the king. He said,“ King David, you are my master. May the Lord your God multiply the troops 100 times. And may you live to see it. But why would you want me to count the fighting men?”
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Numbers 1:26-54
Here is the number of men from the tribe of Judah. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families.The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.Here is the number of men from the tribe of Issachar. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families.The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.Here is the number of men from the tribe of Zebulun. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families.The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.Here is the number of men from the tribe of Ephraim. He is the son of Joseph. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families.The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.Here is the number of men from the tribe of Manasseh. He is the son of Joseph. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families.The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.Here is the number of men from the tribe of Benjamin. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families.The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.Here is the number of men from the tribe of Dan. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families.The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.Here is the number of men from the tribe of Asher. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families.The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.Here is the number of men from the tribe of Naphtali. All the men able to serve in the army were counted. They were 20 years old or more. They were listed by name. They were listed according to the records of their tribes and families.The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron. The 12 leaders of Israel helped them. There was one leader from each tribe.The men who were counted were able to serve in Israel’s army. All of them were 20 years old or more. They were counted family by family.The total number of men was 603,550.But the families of the tribe of Levi were not counted along with the others.The Lord had spoken to Moses. He had said,“ You must not count the men from the tribe of Levi. Do not include them when you list the other men of Israel.Instead, put the Levites in charge of the holy tent. That is where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. The Levites will be in charge of everything that belongs to the holy tent. They must carry the tent and everything that belongs to it. They must take care of it. They must set up camp around it.When the holy tent must be moved, the Levites must take it down. And when the tent must be set up, the Levites must do it. Anyone else who approaches it must be put to death.The Israelites must set up their tents by military groups. All of them must be in their own camps under their own flags.But the Levites must set up their tents around the holy tent. That’s where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. Then I will not be angry with the community of Israel. The Levites will be responsible for taking care of the tent.”The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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1 Chronicles 27 23-1 Chronicles 27 24
David didn’t count the men who were 20 years old or less. That’s because the Lord had promised to make the people of Israel as many as the stars in the sky.Joab, the son of Zeruiah, began to count the men. But he didn’t finish. The Lord was angry with Israel because David had begun to count the men. So the number wasn’t written down in the official records of King David.
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Exodus 6:14-19
Here were the leaders of the family groups of Reuben, Simeon and Levi. Reuben was the oldest son of Israel. Reuben’s sons were Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. These were the family groups of Reuben.The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul. Shaul was the son of a woman from Canaan. These were the family groups of Simeon.Here are the names of the sons of Levi written in their family record. They were Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived for 137 years.The sons of Gershon, by their family groups, were Libni and Shimei.The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived for 133 years.The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the family groups of Levi written in their family record.