It should seem that the great design of the numbering of Israel was, with a view to impress upon the minds of the people the unalterable decrees of GOD. The LORD had sworn, that of all those men which had seen his glory, and his miracles, both in Egypt and in the wilderness, none of them should see the land of promise, because of their murmuring. And now, by the numbering the people, the vacancies found by death afforded proof of the divine veracity. See Numbers 14:21.

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