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Numbers 1:4-16
And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each one the head of his father’s house.“ These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;from Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;from Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;from Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;from Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;from Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;from Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran;from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.”These were chosen from the congregation, leaders of their fathers’ tribes, heads of the divisions in Israel.
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2 Chronicles 35 8
And his leaders gave willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand six hundred from the flock, and three hundred cattle.
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Nehemiah 7:70-72
And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly garments.Some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand gold drachmas, and two thousand two hundred silver minas.And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly garments.
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Ezra 2:68-69
Some of the heads of the fathers’ houses, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God, to erect it in its place:According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for the work sixty-one thousand gold drachmas, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly garments.
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Numbers 2:1-34
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:“ Everyone of the children of Israel shall camp by his own standard, beside the emblems of his father’s house; they shall camp some distance from the tabernacle of meeting.On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, those of the standard of the forces with Judah shall camp according to their armies; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be the leader of the children of Judah.”And his army was numbered at seventy-four thousand six hundred.“ Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, and Nethanel the son of Zuar shall be the leader of the children of Issachar.”And his army was numbered at fifty-four thousand four hundred.“ Then comes the tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab the son of Helon shall be the leader of the children of Zebulun.”And his army was numbered at fifty-seven thousand four hundred.“ All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Judah, one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred— these shall break camp first.“ On the south side shall be the standard of the forces with Reuben according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.”And his army was numbered at forty-six thousand five hundred.“ Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.”And his army was numbered at fifty-nine thousand three hundred.“ Then comes the tribe of Gad, and the leader of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.”And his army was numbered at forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.“ All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Reuben, one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty— they shall be the second to break camp.“ And the tabernacle of meeting shall move out with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps; as they camp, so they shall move out, everyone in his place, by their standards.“ On the west side shall be the standard of the forces with Ephraim according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.”And his army was numbered at forty thousand five hundred.“ Next to him comes the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.”And his army was numbered at thirty-two thousand two hundred.“ Then comes the tribe of Benjamin, and the leader of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.”And his army was numbered at thirty-five thousand four hundred.“ All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Ephraim, one hundred and eight thousand one hundred— they shall be the third to break camp.“ The standard of the forces with Dan shall be on the north side according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.”And his army was numbered at sixty-two thousand seven hundred.“ Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, and the leader of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.”And his army was numbered at forty-one thousand five hundred.“ Then comes the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.”And his army was numbered at fifty-three thousand four hundred.“ All who were numbered of the forces with Dan, one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred— they shall break camp last, with their standards.”These are the ones who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses. All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, just as the Lord commanded Moses.Thus the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; so they camped by their standards and so they broke camp, each one by his family, according to their fathers’ houses.
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1 Chronicles 29 6-1 Chronicles 29 8
Then the leaders of the fathers’ houses, leaders of the tribes of Israel, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the officers over the king’s work, offered willingly.They gave for the work of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, into the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
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Numbers 10:1-36
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:“ Make two silver trumpets for yourself; you shall make them of hammered work; you shall use them for calling the congregation and for directing the movement of the camps.When they blow both of them, all the congregation shall gather before you at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall gather to you.When you sound the advance, the camps that lie on the east side shall then begin their journey.When you sound the advance the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall begin their journey; they shall sound the call for them to begin their journeys.And when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but not sound the advance.The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and these shall be to you as an ordinance forever throughout your generations.“ When you go to war in your land against the enemy who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the Lord your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.Also in the day of your gladness, in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be a memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.”Now it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle of the Testimony.And the children of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sinai on their journeys; then the cloud settled down in the Wilderness of Paran.So they started out for the first time according to the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses.The standard of the camp of the children of Judah set out first according to their armies; over their army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.Over the army of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.And over the army of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.Then the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the tabernacle.And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their armies; over their army was Elizur the son of Shedeur.Over the army of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.And over the army of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things.( The tabernacle would be prepared for their arrival.)And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set out according to their armies; over their army was Elishama the son of Ammihud.Over the army of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.And over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.Then the standard of the camp of the children of Dan( the rear guard of all the camps) set out according to their armies; over their army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.Over the army of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.And over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.Thus was the order of march of the children of Israel, according to their armies, when they began their journey.Now Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law,“ We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said,‘ I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well; for the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”And he said to him,“ I will not go, but I will depart to my own land and to my relatives.”So Moses said,“ Please do not leave, inasmuch as you know how we are to camp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.And it shall be, if you go with us— indeed it shall be— that whatever good the Lord will do to us, the same we will do to you.”So they departed from the mountain of the Lord on a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them for the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.And the cloud of the Lord was above them by day when they went out from the camp.So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said:“ Rise up, O Lord! Let Your enemies be scattered, And let those who hate You flee before You.”And when it rested, he said:“ Return, O Lord, To the many thousands of Israel.”
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Exodus 35:27
The rulers brought onyx stones, and the stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate,