Census

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Bible verses about “Census”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Exodus 38:26A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
• Numbers 3:14And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
• Numbers 3:15Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
• Numbers 3:16And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
• Numbers 3:17And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
• Numbers 3:18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
• Numbers 3:19And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
• Numbers 3:20And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
• Numbers 3:21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
• Numbers 3:22Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
• Numbers 3:23The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
• Numbers 3:24And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
• Numbers 3:25And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
• Numbers 3:26And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
• Numbers 3:27And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
• Numbers 3:28In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
• Numbers 3:29The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
• Numbers 3:30And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
• Numbers 3:31And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
• Numbers 3:32And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
• Numbers 3:33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
• Numbers 3:34And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
• Numbers 3:35And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
• Numbers 3:36And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
• Numbers 3:37And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
• Numbers 3:38But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
• Numbers 3:39All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
• Numbers 3:40And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
• Numbers 3:41And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
• Numbers 3:42And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
• Numbers 3:43And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
• 2 Samuel 24:1And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
• 2 Samuel 24:2For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
• 2 Samuel 24:3And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
• 2 Samuel 24:4Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
• 2 Samuel 24:5And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
• 2 Samuel 24:6Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim–hodshi; and they came to Dan–jaan, and about to Zidon,
• 2 Samuel 24:7And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer–sheba.
• 2 Samuel 24:8So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
• 2 Samuel 24:9And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.