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I. References to and reflections on TWO OFFICIAL NUMBERINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL (Numbers 1:26.).

II. SOME GENERAL REFLECTIONS ON OUR NATIONAL CENSUS.

1. The number of inhabitants of England and Wales at this moment is definite.

2. The number of the living inhabitants at this moment on the earth is definite.

3. The number of individuals who compose the whole human race is definite.

4. The number of the elect, or of those who shall ultimately be saved is definite.Application: I would address —

1. Those who were numbered at the last census.

2. I would call to your remembrance those who have appeared and again disappeared during this interval.

3. The object of numbering suggests consolation. "The very hairs of your head are all numbered," this is one of the sweetest pledges of our heavenly Father's personal care over us.

4. It also suggests warning. "Lord, let me know mine end and the number of my days." For what purpose? "That I may know how frail I am."

(W. Bramley Moore, M. A.)

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KJV: And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

WEB: Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.