The Book of Numbers

Censuses in ancient Israel

Number of Israelite males over 20 years old (excluding the Levites) counted in Moses’ first census, taken one year after leaving Egypt on the Exodus.	603,550 (Numbers 1:46; Exodus 38:26)
Number of Levites at least one month old counted in Moses’ first census.	22,000 (Numbers 3:39)
Total number of Israelites counted in Moses’ first census.	625,550
Result of Moses second census, taken shortly before the entry into Canaan, after 24,000 had died of a plague (Numbers 25:9).	601,730 (Numbers 26:51)
Tally of Israel’s “men who drew the sword” counted in King David’s first census.	800,000 (2 Samuel 24:9)
Tally of Judah’s men counted in King David’s first census.	500,000 (2 Samuel 24:9)
Total of King David’s first census.	1,300,000
Number of Israel’s “men who drew the sword” (excluding the tribes of Levi and Benjamin) counted in King David’s second census.	1,100,000 (1 Chronicles 21:5)

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