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Census
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The source enumerates 5 distinct subjects under Census. Jump to one below, or read in order.
- 1.In the fourth month after the Exodus, when the people were encamped at Sinai.
- 2.Another census was made just before the entrance into Canaan, when the number was…
- 3.The next census was in the time of David, when the number, exclusive of the tribes…
- 4.Solomon made a census of the foreigners in the land, and found 153,600 able-bodied…
- 5.After the return from Exile the whole congregation of Israel was numbered, and…
There are five instances of a census of the Jewish people having been taken.
Census (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).
Census (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).
Census (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).
Census (4)
#Solomon made a census of the foreigners in the land, and found 153,600 able-bodied workmen (2 Chr. 2:17, 18).
Census (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). (See TAXING.)
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
[Taxing]
In the Bible
16
Verses where Census is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 21:1
Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 27:24
Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.
- 2 Chronicles 2:17
Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.
- 2 Kings 12:4
Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 24:1
Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
- Acts 5:37
After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
+10 more verses naming Census.
Scripture on Census
14
Entries that reference Census
1
Census references
15
Voices on Census
7
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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