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2 So the king said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Take a census of all the tribes of Israel—from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south—so I may know how many people there are.” 3 But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God let you live to see a hundred times as many people as there are now! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this?” 4 But the king insisted that they take the census, so Joab and the commanders of the army went out to count the people of Israel. 2 Samuel 24:2-4, New Living Translation. Copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation.
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