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Numbers 1:18

16 These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.

17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,

19 just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:

20 From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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BSB
and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,
KJV
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
WEB
They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.
ASV
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers` houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
DARBY
and gathered the whole assembly together on the first of the second month. And they declared their pedigrees after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, according to their polls.
BLB
and they assembled all the congregation on the first of the second month, and they recited their ancestry by clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, from a son of twenty years and above, by their polls,
ÅB
og de samlet hele menigheten på den første dag i den annen måned; og de lot seg innføre i slektslistene med sine navn, etter sine slekter og familier, fra tyveårsalderen og oppover, en for en,
OTB
og de samlet hele menigheten på den første dagen i den andre måneden. De registrerte etter slekt i deres familier, etter deres fedres hus, i henhold til antall navn, fra tjue år og oppover, én etter én,
B1930
og de samlet hele menigheten på den første dag i den annen måned; og de lot sig innføre i ættelistene med sine navn, efter sine ætter og familier, fra tyveårsalderen og opover, en for en,

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  • Ezra 2:59

    The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

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  • Nehemiah 7:61

    The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

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  • Hebrews 7:3

    Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

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  • Hebrews 7:6

    But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

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  • Numbers 1:1

    On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:

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