Numbers 26:2
Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
Cross-references
Numbers 1:2
Parallel
Numbers 1:2 gives the same census command at Sinai — here repeated in Moab for the new generation entering Canaan.
Numbers 1:3
Parallel
Numbers 1:3 specifies the same age requirement (20+) and purpose — mustering for war — as this second census.
Numbers 32:11
Parallel
Numbers 32:11 explains that the first generation (20+) died in the wilderness — necessitating this second census of their children.
Numbers 1:19
Parallel
Numbers 1:19 records the completion of the first census at Sinai — here a new command for a second census.
Exodus 38:26
Parallel
Exodus 38:26 records the same age requirement (20+) and the total counted in the first census — parallel to this second count.
Exodus 30:14
Parallel
Exodus 30:14 also specifies census age 20+ for the ransom offering — here age is same but no ransom.