Numbers 1: Again, They Obeyed

Thirteen months after the tribes were freed from Egypt, it was time to continue the march toward the promised land. The next thing to do was to count the men who were able to go to war in each tribe (except for Levi, the tribe of priests). The number came to 603,550. The last verse says that they did everything they were told to do in this matter. Their ability to obey Jehovah was clearly within their power—and it is within  our power, too (John 15:14).