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The Census and Plague

21 [a]Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to number Israel. So David said to Jo′ab and the commanders of the army, “Go, number Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, and bring me a report, that I may know their number.”

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Footnotes

  1. 21–end 21–end: In these chapters the Chronicler enlarges on the organization of divine worship and of the clergy charged with carrying it out. He records the erection of a (permanent) altar to Yahweh on the site of the future temple and even describes David’s preparation for the temple construction.

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