Take a census of the whole Israelite community by families -- all those twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army of Israel. Numbers 26:2
Footnote:
A new census for a new generation. Thirty-eight years had elapsed since the first great census recorded in Numbers. During that time, every Israelite man and woman over 20 years of age --- except Caleb, Joshua, and Moses -- had died, and yet God's laws and the spiritual character of the nation were still intact. Numbers records some dramatic miracles. This is a quiet but powerful miracle often overlooked: A whole nation moved from one land to another, lost its entire adult population, yet managed to maintain its spiritual direction. Sometimes it may feel like God isn't working dramatic miracles in our lives. But God often works in quiet ways to bring about his long-range purposes.
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All footnotes taken from the Life Application Study Bible, NIV.
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