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Numbers 26 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations prefer to set apart extended quotations, prayers or songs. The ULB and many other English translations indent the lines of 26:12-17, 20-26, 29-32, 35, 38-39, 44-45, 48-49 and 57-58, which are lists.
The people are counted in preparation for entering into the Promised Land. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/promisedland)
Special concepts in this chapter
A new generation
None of the adults who came out of Egypt with Moses were still alive except the two faithful spies, Joshua and Caleb. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faithful)