And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai / in the tabernacle of witnesse / the fyrst daye of the seconde moneth / &abar;d in the seconde yere after they were come out of þe; londe of Egipte sayenge: take ye the summe of al the multitude of the childern of Israel / in their kynredes and housholdes of their fathers and numbre th&ebar; by name all that are males / polle by polle / fr&obar; .xx. yere ∧ aboue: euen all þt; are able to goo forthe in to warre in Israell / thou ∧ Aar&obar; shall n&ubar;bre th&ebar; in their armies / ∧ with you shalbe of euery trybe a heed man in the house of his father.

And these are the names of þe; m&ebar; þt; shall st&obar;de with you: in Rub&ebar; / Elizur þe; sonne of Sedeur: In Sime&obar; / Selumiel þe; sonne of Suri Sadai: In þe; trybe of Iuda / Nahesson þe; sonne of Aminadab: In Isachar / Nathaneel þe; sonne of Zuar: In Sebul&obar; / Eliab þe; sonne of Hel&obar;. Am&obar;ge þe; childern of Ioseph: In Ephra&ibar; / Elisama þe; sonne of Amihud: In Manasse / Gamaliel þe; s&obar;ne of Pedazur: In B&ebar; Iamin / Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni: In Dan / Ahieser the sonne of Ammi Sadai: In Asser / Pagiel the sonne of Ochran: In Gad / Eliasaph the s&obar;ne of Deguel: In Naphtaly / Ahira the sonne of Enan.

These were councelers of the congregacion and lordes in the trybes of their fathers ∧ captaynes ouer thousandes in Israel. And Moses and Aaron toke these men aboue named and gathered all the congregacion together / the fyrst daye of the seconde moneth / and rekened them after their byrth ∧ kinredes and houses of their fathers by name fr&obar; .xx. yere ∧ aboue hed by hed: as the Lorde c&obar;maunded Moses / eu&ebar; so he numbred them in þe; wildernesse of Sinai.

And the childern of Ruben Israels eldest sonne in their generacions / kynredes &abar;d houses of their fathers / wh&ebar; they were numbred euery man by name / all that were males fr&obar; xx. yere and aboue / as many as were able to goo forth in warre: were numbred in the trybe off Ruben / xlvi. thousande and fyue hundred.

Among the childern of Simeon: their generacion in their kynredes and housses of their fathers (when euery mans name was tolde) of all the males from .xx. yeres and aboue / whatsoeuer was mete for the warre: were numbred in the trybe of Simeon .lix. thousande and .iij. hundred.

Amonge the childern of Gad: their generacion in their kynredes and housholdes of their fathers / when thei were tolde by name / fr&obar; xx. yere and aboue / all that were mete for the warre: were numbred in the tribe of Gad .xlv.

thousande / sixe hundred and fyftie.

Amonge the childern of Iuda: their generacion in their kinredes and housses of their fathers (by the numbre of names) from .xx. yere and aboue / all that were able to warre / were tolde in the trybe of Iuda .lxxiiij. thousande and sixe hundred.

Amonge the childern of Isachar: their generacion / in their kinredes and houses of their fathers (when their names were counted) from .xx. yere &abar;d aboue / what soeuer was apte for warre: were numbred in þe; trybe of Isachar .liiij. thousande and .iiij. hundred.

Among the childern of Sebulon: their generacion / in their kynredes and houses of their fathers (after the numbre of names) from xx. yere and aboue / whosoeuer was mete for the warre: were counted in þe; trybe of Sebul&obar; lvij. thousande and .iiij. hundred.

Amonge the childern of Ioseph: fyrst am&obar;ge the childern of Ephraim: their generacion / in their kynredes and housses of theyre fathers (when the names of all that were apte to the warre were tolde) from .xx. yeres and aboue: were in numbre in the trybe off Ephraim / xl. thousande and syxe hundred.

Amonge the childern of Manasse: their generacion / in their kynredes and houses of their fathers (when the names of all þt; were apte to warre were tolde) from .xx. and aboue

were numbred in the tribe of Manasse .xxxij thousand and two hundred.

Amonge the childern of Ben Iamin: their generacion / in their kynredes and housses of their fathers (by the tale of names) from twentye yere and aboue of all that were mete for warre / were numbred in the trybe off Ben Iamin .xxxv. thousande / and .iiij. hundred.

Amonge the childern of Dan: their generacion in theyr kynreddes and housses off theyr fathers (in the summe of names) off all that was apte to warre from twentye yere and aboue / were numbred in the trybe of Dan .lxij. thousande and .vij. hundred.

Amonge the childern of Aser: their generacyon / in their kynredes ∧ houses of their fathers (when thei were summed by name) from .xx. yeres ∧ aboue / all that were apte to warre were numbred in the tribe of Aser .xli. thousande and .v. hundred.

Am&obar;ge the childern of Nepthali: their generacion / in their kynredes ∧ housses of their fathere (when their names were tolde) from xx. yeres &abar;d aboue / what soeuer was mete to warre: were numbred in the trybe of Nephtali .liij. thousande and .iiij. hundred.

These are the numbres which Moses &abar;d Aar&obar; numbred with þe; .xij. princes of Israel: of euery housse of their fathers a man. And all the numbres of the childern of Israel / in

the housses of their fathers / from twentye yere and aboue / what soeuer was mete for the warre in Israell / drewe vnto the summe of syxe hundred thousande / fyue hundred and .l. But the leuites in the tribe off their fathers were not numbred amonge them.

And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge: only se that thou numbre not the trybe of Leui / nether take the summe of them amonge the childern of Israel. But thou shalt appoynte the leuites vnto the habitaci&obar; of witnesse / and to all the apparell thereof and vnto all that longeth thereto. For they shall bere the tabernacle and all the ordinaunce thereof / and they shall ministre it and shall pitche their tentes rounde aboute it. And when the tabernacle goeth forth the leuites shall take it doune: and when the tabernacle is pitched / they shall sett it vpp: for yf any straunger come nere / he shall dye. And the childern of Israel shall pitch their tentes / euery man in his owne companye and euery m&abar; by his awne standert thorow out all their hostes. But the leuites shall pitche rounde aboute the habitacion of witnesse / that there fall no wrath vpon the congregacion of the childr&ebar; of Israel / and the leuites shall wayte apon the habitacion of witnesse. And the childern of Israel dyd acordinge to all that the Lord commaunded Moses.

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