Numbers 26:1-4

Common English Bible

Second census of the Israelite tribes

26 ^[a] After the plague ^[b] the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar, Aaron the priest’s son: ² Take a census of the entire Israelite community, from 20 years old and above by their households, to determine everyone in Israel who is eligible for military service.

³ Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to the people on the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho: ⁴ “Take a census of those 20 years old and above as the Lord commanded Moses.” The Israelites who left the land of Egypt were: