Numbers

The Tribes Counted

• 1. Rueben 46,500 (7) 7. Manasseh 32,200 (12)• 2. Simeon 59,300 (3) 8. Benjamin 35,400 (11)• 3. Judah 74,600 (1) 9. Dan 62,700 (2)• 4. Issachar 54,400 (5) 10. Asher 41,500 (9)• 5. Zebulon 57,400 (4) 11. Gad 45,650 (8)• 6. Ephraim 40,500 (10) 12. Naphtali 53,400 (6)

• Total Israelites: 603,550

Levite Families

• Gershon: Carried all the hangings, screens, fabrics

• Kohath: Carried the Ark of the Covenant and all the furniture

• Merari: Carried the boards, pillars, bars, etc.

Nazirite Vow

• Do not drink wine or strong drink• Consume nothing from the vine• Cannot cut hair• Cannot allow themselves to become unclean

for a dead body• At the end of the vow period:– Offer sacrifices– Shave head