Numbers 1:1-16 & Luke 24:36-46 (New Living Translation)

NUMBERS 1:1-16
THE FIRST CENSUS OF ISRAEL

1    A year after Israel’s departure from Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the Tabernacle in the wilderness of Sinai. On the first day of the second month of that year he said, 

2    “From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men 

3    twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops, 

4    and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe.

5    “These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you:

Tribe	Leader
Reuben	Elizur son of Shedeur
6    Simeon	Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai
7    Judah	Nahshon son of Amminadab
8    Issachar	Nethanel son of Zuar
9    Zebulun	Eliab son of Helon
10  Ephraim son of Joseph	Elishama son of Ammihud
Manasseh son of Joseph	Gamaliel son of Pedahzur
11  Benjamin	Abidan son of Gideoni
12  Dan	Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai
13  Asher	Pagiel son of Ocran
14  Gad	Eliasaph son of Deuel
15  Naphtali	Ahira son of Enan

16  These are the chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.”

(TO BE CONTINUED)

LUKE 24:36-46

JESUS APPEARS TO HIS DISCIPLES

36  And just as they were telling about it, Jesus himself was suddenly standing there among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. 

37  But the whole group was startled and frightened, thinking they were seeing a ghost!

38  “Why are you frightened?” he asked. “Why are your hearts filled with doubt? 

39  Look at my hands. Look at my feet. You can see that it’s really me. Touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost, because ghosts don’t have bodies, as you see that I do.” 

40  As he spoke, he showed them his hands and his feet.

41  Still they stood there in disbelief, filled with joy and wonder. Then he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” 

42  They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 

43  and he ate it as they watched.

44  Then he said, “When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 

45  Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. 

46  And he said, “Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day.