The Second Census Commanded
Numbers 26:1-4
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After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
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“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”
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So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,
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“Take a census of the men twenty years of age or older, as the LORD has commanded Moses.” And these were the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt:
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