Message Notes

CENSUS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ORDERED

1. Ordered by the Lord   (Numbers 1:2)

2. When?

a) 1st day

b) 2nd month

c) 2nd year after departing from Egypt   (Numbers 1:2)

3. Who?

a) Males

b) Twenty years and above   (Numbers 1:2-4)

c) Focus: These were able to defend the nation (“able to go to war”)   (Numbers 1:20)

4. Census Committee

a) Leaders of the tribes

b) Names given   (Numbers 1:5-16)

c) To ensure full participation and support from all the tribes

5. Records kept

a) Reuben

46, 500   (Numbers 1:20-21)

b) Simeon

59,300   (Numbers 1:22-23)

c) Gad

45,650   (Numbers 1:24-25)

d) Judah

74,600   (Numbers 1:2627)

e) Issachar

54,400   (Numbers 1:28-29)

f) Zebulun

57,400   (Numbers 1:30-31)

g) Ephraim

40,500   (Numbers 1:32-33)

h) Manasseh

32,200   (Numbers 1:34-35)

i) Benjamin

35,400   (Numbers 1:36-37)

j) Dan

62,700   (Numbers 1:38-39)

k) Asher

41,500   (Numbers 1:40-41)

l) Naphthali

53,400   (Numbers 1:42-43)

Total: 603,550   (Numbers 1:44-46)

LEVITES

1. Not numbered   (Numbers 1:47)

2. Special word from the Lord   (Numbers 1:48-49)

3. Their appointment

a) To look after the Tabernacle of the Testimony   (Numbers 1:50)

b) To look after the furnishings   (Numbers 1:50)

c) They are to attend to the Tabernacle ministry   (Numbers 1:51)

DIVINE ORDER OBEYED

1. The Levites are to pitch their tents around the Tabernacle   (Numbers 1:51)

2. All the other tribes are to pitch their tents in their respective places   (Numbers 1:52)

THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL

(Numbers 2)

North

Dan

Asher

Naphthali

157,600

South

Reuben

Simeon

Gad

151,450

East

Judah

Issachar

Zebulun

186,400

West

Ephraim

Manasseh

Benjamin

108,100