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And it came to pass that יהוה (YHVH) did come unto Moses, saying: Number the heads of the whole congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward,
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And from these, ye shall send forth, that they shall be your army.
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And so it was that Moses, and Eleazar the High Priest did number the children of Israel after their families.
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And the number of all Israel was seven hundred thousand, seven hundred and thirty:
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¶ And so it was that of the children of Levi, from one month old and upward, there was not a man numbered for these were the Priests in the wilderness.
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For יהוה (YHVH) did say unto them: Ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore to make you dwell therein, save Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun.
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¶ And it came to pass that יהוה (YHVH) did say unto Moses: Behold thy days are approaching to an end,
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Take now Joshua, the son of Nun, thy servant and place him in the tabernacle, and I will command him, and Moses did even as יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim had said.
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¶ And it came to pass that יהוה (YHVH) did appear in the tabernacle in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood at the entrance of the tabernacle.
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And יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, did instruct Joshua, the son of Nun, and did say unto him:
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Be strong and courageous, for thou shalt bring the children of Israel to the land which I swore to give them, and I will be with thee.
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¶ And it came to pass that Moses said unto Joshua:
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Be strong and courageous, for thou wilt make the children of Israel to inherit the land, and יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, shall be with thee;
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יהוה (YHVH) shall neither leave thee, nor forsake thee; therefore, be neither afraid nor faint of heart.
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¶ And it came to pass that Moses did call to all the children of Israel and said unto them:
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Ye have seen all the good which יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, hath done for you in the wilderness;
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Therefore, observe now all the words of this Torah, and walk in the ways of יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim.