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Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers` houses, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel.
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More Than a Headcount
Commentators explain that this census was not merely administrative. It served to confirm God's judgment that the rebellious generation had died, to demonstrate God's faithfulness in multiplying Israel despite their sin, and to prepare for the military conquest and division of the Promised Land.
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19th Century
Anglican
Take the sum ... — The same command had been given to Moses and Aaron (Numbers 1:2–3). In that case a man tak…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel , &c.] Excepting the Levites, who were to be numbered…
Presbyterian
Moses did not number the people except when God commanded him. Here, the families are registered, as well as the tribes. The total was nearly the s…
