2 “You and Aaron are to take a census of the people of Israel by clans and families. List the names of all the men
3 twenty years old or older who are fit for military service.
4 Ask one clan chief from each tribe to help you.”
17 With the help of these twelve men Moses and Aaron
18 called together the whole community on the first day of the second month and registered all the people by clans and families. The names of all the men twenty years old or older were recorded and counted,
19 as the Lord had commanded. In the Sinai Desert, Moses registered the people.
47 The Levites were not registered with the other tribes,