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Topic:
Thoughts And Things Of The Bible -- Census
There are five instances of a census of the Jewish people having been
taken.
(1.) In the fourth month after the Exodus, when the people were encamped
at Sinai. The number of men from twenty years old and upward was then
603,550 (Ex. 38:26).
(2.) Another census was made just before the entrance into Canaan, when
the number was found to be 601,730, showing thus a small decrease (Num.
26:51).
(3.) The next census was in the time of David, when the number,
exclusive of the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, was found to be 1,300,000
(2 Sam. 24:9; 1 Chr. 21:5).
(4.) Solomon made a census of the foreigners in the land, and found
153,600 able-bodied workmen (2 Chr. 2:17, 18).
(5.) After the return from Exile the whole congregation of Israel was
numbered, and found to amount to 42,360 (Ezra 2:64). A census was made
by the Roman government in the time of our Lord (Luke 2:1).
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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