THE SECOND CENSUS As the plague was lifted, the people chastised and the congregation got ready to enter the promised land, there was a divine command for a census. It was to be carried out on the same lines as the first one except for a few changes such as: 1. The count which included both tribes and families was as follows: Dan: Comprises one family. Now one denotes God. It follows that whoever gives himself up to it i.e. becomes a member of Dan's tribe, is blessed with knowing God by being united with Him. Zebu: [The abode] was counted as three families because whoever abides in the Lord enjoys the blessing of the Holy Trinity. For each of Ephraim [the rich crop]. Issachar [the reward] Naphtali [spacious] and Reuben [the son of revelation] each has four houses. This denotes that whoever has the abundant fruit of repentance accepting both chastisement and reward from the Lord with a heart wide enough not only to hold God and man but also a clear spiritual vision; that person will enjoy salvation. This is testified by the four Gospels namely that salvation can be attained through its four corner stones: [incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection and ascension]. Each of Judah [confession.] Simeon [listeners] Asher [rejoicing] were considered five houses, denoting that whoever has real faith or true confession hearing to God's words in obedience (listening) while practising a happy joyful life enjoys the full power of the cross as revealed during the five offerings of the Old Testament. Gad [seriousness] and Benjamin [Son of the right hand] each share was seven houses, because whoever takes life seriously will stand at the rightside of the Lord, enjoying spiritual perfection [numeral seven]. Manasseh's share was eight houses because whoever forsakes the temporal for the eternal will rise above time [seven] to enter everlasting life or transcends time. 2. The tribes that were included under Judah's dominion and from which the Messiah would eventually emerge, had greatly increased in number, for whoever takes shelter under His wing will constantly grow and never stop. 3) The tribe of Manasseh doubled its number twice because whoever forsakes the temporal for the eternal will be doubly rewarded in both this world and the eternal one. 4) The count of Simeon dropped drastically as they were smitten by the plague, because the head of the tribe Zimri [Hippopotamus-like]indulged in adultry like a beast, and was killed by Phinchas. https://coptic-treasures.com/ 41 5) God decreed the principles of dividing the shares [52-53], according to the census and the picking by lot [57]. 6) The levites were seperately counted. Their share was God not the earth.
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