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Moses counts the people again[a]

26 When the bad disease stopped killing people, the Lord spoke to Moses and to Eleazar, the son of Aaron. He said, ‘Count all the Israelites, clan by clan. Count all the men who are 20 years old or older. Count only those men who can fight in the army.’

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Footnotes

  1. 26:1 The Book of Numbers began with a count of the people. See Numbers 1:2-3. This second count happened 40 years later.