1 Now Satan rose up against Israel, and he incited David so that he would number Israel.
2 And David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people: 'Go, and number Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan. And bring me the number, so that I may know it.'
3 And Joab responded: 'May the Lord increase his people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all your servants? Why would my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?'
4 But the word of the king prevailed instead. And Joab went away, and he traveled around, through all of Israel. And he returned to Jerusalem.
5 And he gave to David the number of those whom he had surveyed. And the entire number of Israel was found to be one million and one hundred thousand men who could draw the sword; but from Judah, there were four hundred and seventy thousand men of war.
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