Nu. 1: Crank Them Souja Boys

For two years and two months Israel had been free from Egypt's captivity. The freedom hadn't been easy, though. It's time for a census. God told Moses and Aaron to number the amount of men twnety...excuse me, twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army and list them by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. God could have just told them how many there were, but instead had the men count.

This was going to be a big job, but Moses and Aaron had help from men appointed from the community, the leaders of the tribes. These fellers helped count all the fighting men.

• Reuben - Elizur son of Shedeur (Final count: 46,500)
  
• Simeon - Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai (Final count: 59,300)
• Judah - Nahshon son of Amminadab (Final count: 74,600)
• Issachar -Nethanel son of Zuar (Final count: 54,400)
• Zebulun - Eliab son of Helon (Final count: 57,400)
• Ephraim - Elishama son of Ammihud (Final count: 40,500)
• Manasseh - Gamaliel son of Pedahzur (Final count: 32,200)
• Benjamin - Abidan son of Gideoni (Final count: 35,400)
• Dan - Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai (Final count: 62,700)
• Asher - Pagiel son of Ocran (Final count: 41,500)
• Gad - Eliasaph son of Deuel (Final count: 45,650)
• Naphtali - Ahira son of Enan (Final count: 53,400)

The Bible says the total number was 603,550. Let me get my calculator out...Yep, I got 603,550. Thereby proving the accuracy of the scriptures once and for all. At least when it comes to simple addition.

And you might be looking through the above list, going..."OK, Dan, Asher, Gad...Naphtali...Hey! What about Levi?" Well, Levi didn't have to fight. It was their responsibility to take care of and watch over the effects of the tabernacle. They were, once again, separate. They were charged with the setting up, and the taking down and moving of the tabernacle. They were clergy, and not to take up arms. Even back then, we have a separation of church and the military state. But I'm not here to get political.

The Levites were not to have any assistance in their duties surrounding the tabernacle. Any one who came close was under penalty of death.