Numbers recounts a census of the Israelites, which was taken a year after they left Egypt. Later in II Samuel 24, King David takes a census of his fighting men. God is very angry with it and sends the angel of death to kill the population for 3 days. The response is so grievous, it makes you wonder if God hates census taking. No, because the entire book of Numbers is one.
Numbers 1 provides a breakdown by tribe of all the fighting men in Israel. There are over 600,000 men.
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