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["Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk>]

Counting the number would have been a mistake because it would have shown a 
lack 
of faith in Yah's ability to save. This would have marked a drastic change in 
attitude on David's part as he never stopped to count how many people would 
help 
him kill the philistine giant when he was a mere shepherd boy. For this 
reason the 
suggestion is one worthy of consideration.


However, another possible reason why counting the people was a mistake was 
because 
that Yah had told Abraham that his seed would become so many that no man 
would be 
able to count them just as no man could count all of the stars. David's 
action could 
well have been an offensice affront to Yah as his counting isreal was an 
attempt to 
so what Yah had said no man would be able to accomplish.

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Do you mean to say that the verses I cited are not among the 134 emmendations 
that 
Ginsburg was referring to? If so which are the real 134 emmendations and more 
specifically which ones are in the torah?

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Dear James and Karl,

>Counting the number would have been a mistake 
>because it would have shown a lack
>of faith in Yah's ability to save. This would have marked a drastic change in
>attitude on David's part as he never stopped to 
>count how many people would help
>him kill the philistine giant when he was a mere 
>shepherd boy. For this reason the
>suggestion is one worthy of consideration.
>
>However, another possible reason why counting 
>the people was a mistake was because
>that Yah had told Abraham that his seed would 
>become so many that no man would be
>able to count them just as no man could count 
>all of the stars. David's action could
>well have been an offensice affront to Yah as 
>his counting isreal was an attempt to
>so what Yah had said no man would be able to accomplish.

HH: The Israelite kings sometimes took censuses, 
including even David, it seems, on another 
occasion:

1Chr. 12:23 ¶ These are the numbers of the men 
armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to 
turn Saul's kingdom over to him, as the LORD had 
said:
1Chr. 12:24 men of Judah, carrying shield and spear - 6,800 armed for battle;
1Chr. 12:25 men of Simeon, warriors ready for battle - 7,100;
1Chr. 12:26 men of Levi - 4,600,
1Chr. 12:27 including Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, with 3,700 men,
1Chr. 12:28 and Zadok, a brave young warrior, with 22 officers from his 
family;
1Chr. 12:29 men of Benjamin, Saul's kinsmen - 
3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul's 
house until then;
1Chr. 12:30 men of Ephraim, brave warriors, famous in their own clans - 
20,800;
1Chr. 12:31 men of half the tribe of Manasseh, 
designated by name to come and make David king - 
18,000;
1Chr. 12:32 men of Issachar, who understood the 
times and knew what Israel should do - 200 
chiefs, with all their relatives under their 
command;
1Chr. 12:33 men of Zebulun, experienced soldiers 
prepared for battle with every type of weapon, to 
help David with undivided loyalty - 50,000;
1Chr. 12:34 men of Naphtali - 1,000 officers, 
together with 37,000 men carrying shields and 
spears;
1Chr. 12:35 men of Dan, ready for battle - 28,600;
1Chr. 12:36 men of Asher, experienced soldiers prepared for battle - 40,000;
1Chr. 12:37 and from east of the Jordan, men of 
Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed 
with every type of weapon - 120,000.
1Chr. 12:38 ¶ All these were fighting men who 
volunteered to serve in the ranks. They came to 
Hebron fully determined to make David king over 
all Israel. All the rest of the Israelites were 
also of one mind to make David king.  so it is 
possible for David to do this without sin, and a 
military conflict would have been the most 
appropriate time. It is one thing to fight a 
single giant by yourself and another to fight a 
whole nation's army.

2Chr. 2:17 ¶ Solomon took a census of all the 
aliens who were in Israel, after the census his 
father David had taken; and they were found to be 
153,600.

2Chr. 17:12 ¶ Jehoshaphat became more and more 
powerful; he built forts and store cities in Judah
2Chr. 17:13 and had large supplies in the towns 
of Judah. He also kept experienced fighting men 
in Jerusalem.
2Chr. 17:14 Their enrollment by families was as 
follows: From Judah, commanders of units of 
1,000: Adnah the commander, with 300,000 fighting 
men;
2Chr. 17:15 next, Jehohanan the commander, with 280,000;
2Chr. 17:16 next, Amasiah son of Zicri, who 
volunteered himself for the service of the LORD, 
with 200,000.
2Chr. 17:17 From Benjamin: Eliada, a valiant 
soldier, with 200,000 men armed with bows and 
shields;
2Chr. 17:18 next, Jehozabad, with 180,000 men armed for battle.


Chr. 26:11 ¶ Uzziah had a well-trained army, 
ready to go out by divisions according to their 
numbers as mustered by Jeiel the secretary and 
Maaseiah the officer under the direction of 
Hananiah, one of the royal officials.
2Chr. 26:12 The total number of family leaders over the fighting men was 
2,600.
2Chr. 26:13 Under their command was an army of 
307,500 men trained for war, a powerful force to 
support the king against his enemies.

HH: There is no indication that there other 
occasions involved sin or received a divine 
judgment. I believe the normal interpretation is 
that David took the census out of pride, for his 
own glory. Joab thought there was no need and 
that it was wrong.

                                Yours,
                                Harold Holmyard