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Take 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;
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A Census with a Purpose
Commentators explain that this census was not merely for population statistics. It served multiple crucial functions: organizing the nation for military conquest and orderly travel, preparing for the future division of the Promised Land, and demonstrating God's faithfulness in multiplying Abraham's descendants as promised.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A month had passed since the tabernacle was set up (Exodus 40:2, Exodus 40:17), and the Sinaitic legislation was now complet…
19th Century
Anglican
After their families. —The family or clan, mishpahah, included several fathers’ houses (see Kurtz’s Hist. of the Old Covenant…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel Excepting the Levit…
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The people were numbered to show God's faithfulness in so increasing the seed of Jacob, so that they might be better trained for the wars and conqu…
