Numbers 26:2
Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel.
Exodus 38:25-26
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Numbers 1:2-3
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls;
Exodus 30:11-16
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
The plague having swept away the last of that devoted generation, which provoked the lord to "swear in his wrath that they should not enter" canaan; he now, after an interval of 38 years, commands another census of the israelites to be made, to preserve the distinction of families, and to regulate the tribes previous to their entry into the promised land, as well as to ascertain the proportion of land which should be allotted to each tribe
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The plague having swept away the last of that devoted generation, which provoked the lord to "swear in his wrath that they should not enter" canaan; he now, after an interval of 38 years, commands another census of the israelites to be made, to preserve the distinction of families, and to regulate the tribes previous to their entry into the promised land, as well as to ascertain the proportion of land which should be allotted to each tribe
Numbers 1:2
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls;
Exodus 30:12
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to those that are numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto Jehovah, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
Exodus 38:25
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
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Numbers 1:19
As Jehovah commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.