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Census Taking

Text: Numbers 26
17 October 2016

CENSUS TAKING

1. Census to be taken

2. Special purposes highlighted

a) Counting men, 20 years and above- Preparation for war   (Numbers 26:2)
b) Division of the land (according to the size of the tribe)   (Numbers 26:52-56)

3. Tribes

a) Reuben   43,730
b) Simeon   22,200
c) Gad   40,500
d) Judah   76,500
e) Issachar   64,300
f) Zebulun   64,500
g) Manasseh   52,700
h) Ephraim   32,500
i) Benjamin   45,600
j) Dan   64,400
k) Asher   53,400
l) Naphthali   45,400
Total: 601,730   (Numbers 26:51)

4. Chief Census Officers

Moses and Eleazar   (Numbers 26:63)

5. Special notation of Levites

a) Sons of Korah (not all died)   (Numbers 26:11)
b) Number of Levites
23,000   (Numbers 26:62)

INHERITANCE LAWS

1. The daughters of Zelophehad

2. Their petition

a) Father had no sons
b) He did not die as a rebel
c) His inheritance to be given to the daughters   (Numbers 27:4)

3. The Lord’s Answer

a) Daughters may inherit   (Numbers 27:8)
b) Inheritance will remain in the family
i) To pass to son/ daughter
ii) To pass to brother
iii) To close relatives   (Numbers 27:9-11)