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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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 ( Exodus 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 ( Numbers 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 Samuel 24:9 ; 1 Chronicles
21:5 ).
(4) Solomon made a census of the foreigners in the land, and found 153,600 able-bodied
workmen ( 2 Chronicles 2:17 , 2:18 ).
(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 ). |
(See TAXING)
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
(no entry)
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(no entry)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
sen'-sus.
See DAVID;
QUIRINIUS.
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