Entry calculator · Measure · four pages
Counting the People
Two censuses, thirty-eight years apart, twelve tribal figures each, and a stated total for both. A third count, taken generations later, is given differently by two accounts.
Reference: Numbers 1 · Numbers 26 · 2 Samuel 24:1–9 · 1 Chronicles 21:5
Both lists add up. The twelve tribal figures in Numbers 1 sum to 603,550, which is the stated total. The twelve in Numbers 26 sum to 601,730, which is the stated total. Neither sum is approximate.