Saturday, 12 September 2015
Collection of Censuses of the Israelites
The following is a collection of censuses created by the Israelite people.
I) First Wilderness Census (1445 BC)
II) Second Wilderness Census (1407 BC)
III) Census Under King David (Circa 979 BC)
IV) Census of Foreign Residents (Circa 966 BC)
V) Sources
Census 1
Titled: First Wilderness Census
Dated: 1445 BC
Those counted: Men, over twenty who are able to serve in the army.
Those was excluded: Women, men under 20, those of the tribe of Levi and men not able to fight.
Reuben: 46,500
Simeon: 59,300
Gad: 45,650
Judah: 74,600
Issachar: 54,400
Zebulun: 57,400
Ephraim: 40,500
Manasseh: 32,200
Benjamin: 35,400
Dan: 62,700
Asher: 41,500
Naphtali: 53,400
Total: 603,550
Census 2
Titled: Second Wilderness Census
Dated: 1407 BC
Those counted: Men, over twenty who are able to serve in the army.
Those was excluded: Women, men under 20 and men not able to fight.
Reuben: 43,730
Simeon: 22,200
Gad: 40,500
Judah: 76,500
Issachar: 64,300
Zebulun: 60,500
Ephraim: 32,500
Manasseh: 52,700
Benjamin: 45,600
Dan: 64,400
Asher: 53,400
Naphtali: 45,400
Total: 601,730
The Levities were counted separately; there were 23,000 male Levites who were older than a month old.
Census 3
Titled: Census Under King David
Dated: Circa 979 BC
Those counted: Men who could serve in the army.
Those was excluded: Women, men who couldn't serve and anyone from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin.
Warriors in Israel: 1,100,000
Warriors in Judah: 470,000
Census 4
Titled: Census of the Foreigners
Dated: 966 BC
Those counted: Foreigners residing in Israel
Those excluded: Those of Israelite descent
Number of foreigners: 153,600
King Solomon used the foreigners to help build the Temple:
70,000 of them were carries who carried cedar wood from Jaffa by the Mediterranean Sea to Jerusalem.
80,000 were stone cutters in the hills.
3,600 men (not necessarily foreigners) worked as foremen to keep the men working.
Sources:
Numbers 1
Numbers 26
1 Chronicles 21
2 Chronicles 2
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