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21 Then Satan brought disaster upon Israel, for he made David decide to take a census.

“Take a complete census throughout the land[a] and bring me the totals,” he told Joab and the other leaders.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:2 throughout the land, literally, “from Beersheba to Dan.”

David Counts the Fighting Men(A)

21 Satan(B) rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census(C) of Israel. So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count(D) the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are.”

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