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Armies: Enumeration of Israel's Military Forces Numbers 1:2, 3

“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. / You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.

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Armies: Enumeration of Israel's Military Forces Numbers 26:2

“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”

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Armies: Enumeration of Israel's Military Forces 1 Samuel 11:8

And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.

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Armies: Enumeration of Israel's Military Forces 2 Samuel 18:1, 2

Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of hundreds and of thousands. / He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”

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Armies: Enumeration of Israel's Military Forces 2 Samuel 24:1–9

Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.” / So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.” / But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

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Armies: Enumeration of Israel's Military Forces 1 Kings 20:15

So Ahab assembled the young officers of the district governors, and there were 232 men. And after them, he assembled the rest of the Israelite troops, 7,000 in all.

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Armies: Enumeration of Israel's Military Forces 2 Chronicles 25:5

Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.

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