Numbers 26: Not a Man Left of Them

Since Numbers 20, we have been in the last of the forty years in the wilderness. At this time, another count is taken of the men who are 20 or older and able to go to war. The previous number was 603,550 (Numbers 2:32). This time, it was 601,730. The difference is not 1820, however. Verse 64 says that not one of the first group was left. Verse 65 says why: God said, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” So they died. And then Moses reminds us that the two survivors were Caleb and Joshua. The difference? Read Hebrews 3:19.