Numbers:The total number was 603,550 who were able to serve in Israel's army

 Numbers 1:1-54

The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army. One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you.

The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.

The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.

The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.

The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.

The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.

The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.

The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.

The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.

The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.

The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.

The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.

The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.

All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families. The total number was 603,550.

The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others. The Lord had said to Moses: “You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.

Why?
After the Israelites learned the laws of the Lord in the desert, next they have to enter the promised land to fight with people in the land, the Lord let them know how many people can serve in Israel's army.

We have to know what we have and what we haven't before served the Lord. And understand what the mission of the Lord is. This is the attitude of serving the Lord.

The terrible Levites has the job to serve the Lord, so they did not count in the war.  

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已經脫離埃及，建立會幕，公佈律法，從得救到完全得贖是民數記要表達的。

要和神建立親密關係。利未記講人與神建立關係。先要有神同在，這是至聖所內親近的關係。這樣子才能進入曠野，才能打仗！我們常常向主求能力，能力從神建立親密關係，有聖潔生活，自然會結出聖靈的果子。

第一年在建立會幕，

第二年有才建立軍隊，不是按照武器、軍種、體格來分，不是按照外在來分，而是按照家室、宗主來分。家庭、家譜的結構很重要，有家人支持讓軍隊沒有後顧之憂。神看重關係，不是看重能力，看重軍隊之間的關係。

12個族長先找出來。

數點軍隊：猶大最多，神使用我們有的，不會使用人沒有的。使用每個人的恩賜！

利未人在打仗的事上不用數點，不參加打仗。確保以色列人一直有神同在，維持信仰、聖潔的生活。

以色列人在會幕四圍安營是為了保護以色列人，以免被擊殺。在教會是自由，但是不是隨便！

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How?

To serve the Lord have to make clear everything and prepare out heart and mind.