Two counts of Israel population

• Numbers 1:1 (NCV)
• Numbers 26:2 (NCV)

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There are two counts of males 20 years or older. The first count happens on the first day of the second month in the second year after the Israelites left Egypt. Simeon has the biggest drop (reduced by more than half. Why?). Manasseh has the biggest increase. The total is roughly the same

Reuban 46500 43730
Simeon 59300 22200
Gad 45650 40500
Judah 74600 76500
Issachar 54400 64300
Zebulun 57400 60500
Ephraim 40500 32500
Manasseh 32200 52700
Benjamin 35400 45600
Dan 62700 64400
Asher 41500 53400
Naphtali 53400 45400

Total 603550 601730

Levi 22000 23000 one month or older male

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