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1 And Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the heads of the people, “Go, number Israel from Beersheba and as far as Dan and bring it to me, that I may know their number.” 3 And Joab answered, “May YHWH add to His people as they are a hundred times. Are they not, my lord O king, all of them for my lord as servants? Why does my lord require this? Why should he be a cause of guilt in Israel?” 4 And the word of the king was strengthened against Joab, and Joab went out and went throughout all Israel, and he came to Jerusalem. 5 And Joab gave the account of the number of the people to David. And all Israel had a thousand thousands and a hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and Judah had four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew the sword. 6 And Levi and Benjamin he did not count in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable to Joab. 1 Chronicles 21:1-6, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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