1490 BC · AM 2514 · Egypt and Exodus

Israel counted and arranged around the tabernacle

In the second month of the second year, Moses and Aaron counted Israel's fighting men by tribe. The tribes were assigned camps and marching positions around the tabernacle, with Judah leading (Numbers 1:1-2:34), 1490 BC.

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📖 Numbers 1:1

1On 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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