Numbers 26:1-4

Good News Translation

The Second Census

26 ^(A)After the epidemic the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, ² “Take a census by families of the whole community of Israel, of all men twenty years old or older who are fit for military service.” ^3-4 Moses and Eleazar obeyed and called together all the men of that age group. They assembled in the plains of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho.

These were the Israelites who came out of Egypt: