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THE NUMBERING OF ISRAEL

ACCORDING TO EXODUS, CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT (verse 26):

 

TOTAL = 603,550.

 

 

NUMBERS, CHAPTER ONE:

 

Asher = 41,500.

Benjamin = 35,400.

Dan = 62,700.

Ephraim = 40,500.

Gad = 45,650.

Issachar = 54,400.

Judah = 74,600.

Manasseh = 32,200.

Naphtali = 53,400.

Reuben = 46,500.

Simeon = 59,300.

Zebulun = 57,400.

 

TOTAL = 603,550 (Same as Exodus, Chapter 38).

 

 

NUMBERS, CHAPTER TWO (which is the same as Chapter One):

 

Asher = 41,500.

Benjamin = 35,400.

Dan = 62,700.

Ephraim = 40,500.

Gad = 45,650.

Issachar = 54,400.

Judah = 74,600.

Manasseh = 32,200.

Naphtali = 53,400.

Reuben = 46,500.

Simeon = 59,300.

Zebulun = 57,400.

 

TOTAL = 603,550 (Same as Exodus, Chapter 38).

 

 

NUMBERS, CHAPTER THREE (Verses 39 & 43):

 

Levi = 22,000.

Levi = 22,273.

 

TOTAL = 22,000 (one month or older) / 22,273 (273 newborns).

 

 

NUMBERS, CHAPTER FOUR (Verse 48; for service for the Tabernacle):

 

TOTAL = 8,580.

 

 

NUMBERS, CHAPTER ELEVEN (Verse 21):

 

TOTAL = 600,000 (Most likely Moses is just rounding off here).

 

 

NUMBERS, CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX (Note the decrease in numbers for Gad, Naphtali, Reuben, and Simeon do to plagues; et cetera; plus Levi must have diminished due to the Korah rebellion):

 

Asher = 53,400.

Benjamin = 45,600.

Dan = 64,400.

Ephraim = 32,500.

Gad = 40,500.

Issachar = 64,300.

Judah = 77,500.

Manasseh = 52,700.

Naphtali = 45,400.

Reuben = 43,730.

Simeon = 22,200.

Zebulun = 60,500.

 

TOTAL = 602,730 (Note the Scriptures have the total as being 601,730; Verse 51).

 

 

JUDGES, CHAPTER TWENTY (Verses 15 & 17):

 

Benjamin = 26,000 (only men of war; 20-50 years old).

Rest of Israel = 400,000 (only men of war; 20-50 years old).

 

TOTAL = 426,000.

 

 

FIRST SAMUEL, CHAPTER ELEVEN (Verse 8):

 

Israel = 300,000.

Judah = 30,000.

 

TOTAL = 330,000 (or 300,000 depending upon how you interpret whether or not Judah is included in the 300,000 Total).

 

 

SECOND SAMUEL, CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR (Verse 9):

 

Israel = 800,000.

Judah = 500,000.

 

TOTAL = 1,300,000 (or 800,000 depending upon how you interpret whether or not Judah is included in the 1,300,000 Total).

 

 

FIRST KINGS, CHAPTER TWELVE (Verse 21):

 

Benjamin + Judah = 180,000.

 

TOTAL = 180,000 (Men of War; 20-50 Year-Olds).

 

 

FIRST CHRONICLES, CHAPTER FIVE (Verses 18):

 

Gad + (1/2 Tribe of) Manasseh + Rueben = 44,760.

 

TOTAL = 44,760.

 

 

FIRST CHRONICLES, CHAPTER SEVEN ("men of war" listed first; 20-50 year-olds; then their total):

 

Asher = 26,000 / No Total Given (unless this is it).

Benjamin = 22,034 / 20,200 / 17,200 / No Total Given (unless this is it; 59,434).

Issachar = 36,000 / 87,000.

 

TOTAL = 172,434.

 

 

FIRST CHRONICLES, CHAPTER TWELVE:

 

Asher = 40,000.

Benjamin = 3,000.

Dan = 28,600.

Ephraim = 20,800.

Gad + Reuben + Manasseh (1/2 Tribe Only) = 120,000.

Issachar = 200 (Wise men only counted here).

Judah = 6,800.

Levi = 4,600.

Manasseh = 18,000 (1/2 Tribe Only; See Above).

Naphtali = 37,000 (Plus 1,000 "captains").

Reuben = See Above.

Simeon = 7,100.

Zebulun = 50,000.

 

TOTAL = 337,100.

 

 

FIRST CHRONICLES, CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE (Verse 5):

 

Israel = 110,000 ("Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them," Verse 6).

Judah = 10,460.

 

TOTAL = 120,460.

 

 

FIRST CHRONICLES, CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE (Verse 3):

 

Levi = 38,000 (30 years and older).

 

TOTAL = 38,000.

 

 

SECOND CHRONICLES, CHAPTER TWO (Verse 17):

 

Strangers = 453,600.

 

TOTAL = 453,600.

 

 

SECOND CHRONICLES, CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE (Verse 5):

 

Benjamin + Judah = 300,000.

 

TOTAL = 300,000.

 

 

SECOND CHRONICLES, CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX (Verses 12 & 13):

 

Judah = "chief of the fathers" = 2,600 + their "army" = 307,500.

 

TOTAL = 310,100.

 

 

EZRA, CHAPTER TWO (carried away captive):

 

2,172 + 372 + 775 + 2,812 + 1,254 + 945 + 760 + 642 + 623 + 1,222 + 666 + 2,056 + 454 + 98 + 323 + 112 + 223 + 95 + 123 + 56 + 128 + 42 + 743 + 621 + 122 + 223 + 52 + 156 + 1,254 + 320 + 725 + 345 + 3,630 + 973 + 1,052 + 1,247 + 74 (Levi) + 128 + 139 + 392 + 652 = (per Scripture) 42,360 (per addition 28,801) + Servants 7,337 + 200 singers = 49,897.

 

TOTAL = 49,897.

 

 

REVELATION, CHAPTER SEVEN:

 

Aser = 12,000.

Benjamin = 12,000.

Gad = 12,000.

Issachar = 12,000.

Joseph = 12,000.

Juda = 12,000.

Levi = 12,000.

Manasses = 12,000.

Nepthalim = 12,000.

Reuben = 12,000.

Simeon = 12,000.

Zabulon = 12,000.

 

TOTAL = 144,000.

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