{"query": "Easton: Census", "count": 17, "results": [{"id": "card_n_8603329d496d", "title": "Easton: Census", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There are five instances of a census of the Jewish people having been taken. (1.) In the fourth month after the Exodus, when the people were encamped at Sinai. The number of men from twenty years old "}, {"id": "card_n_ef469bafedb3", "title": "Easton: Taxing", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Luke 2:2; R.V., “enrolment”), “when Cyrenius was governor of Syria,” is simply a census of the people, or an enrolment of them with a view to their taxation. The decree for the enrolment was the occa"}, {"id": "card_n_5a332e9890ce", "title": "Easton: Numbering of the people", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Besides the numbering of the tribes mentioned in the history of the wanderings in the wilderness, we have an account of a general census of the whole nation from Dan to Beersheba, which David gave dir"}, {"id": "card_c_3eda473464b1", "title": "Easton: Census references Exodus", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Exodus. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_45e650ebbcfb", "title": "Easton: Census cites Ezra", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Ezra 2:64 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_18242a8524a3", "title": "Easton: Census cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 2:1 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_d0d90c216dbf", "title": "Easton: Census references Benjamin", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Benjamin (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_12bb67b437ff", "title": "Easton: Census references Canaan", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Canaan (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_733ac9993638", "title": "Easton: Census references David", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions David (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_ffcfef36a123", "title": "Easton: Census references Levi", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Levi (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_903cffe81fdd", "title": "Easton: Census references Sinai", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Sinai (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_4b410c75ecf6", "title": "Easton: Eliab", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "To whom God is father. (1.) A Reubenite, son of Pallu (Num. 16:1, 12; 26:8, 9; Deut. 11:6). (2.) A son of Helon, and chief of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness (Num. 1:9"}, {"id": "card_n_41f806d2cff7", "title": "Easton: Araunah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Agile; also called Ornan 1 Chr. 21:15, a Jebusite who dwelt in Jerusalem before it was taken by the Israelites. The destroying angel, sent to punish David for his vanity in taking a census of the peop"}, {"id": "card_n_979dd38e8df1", "title": "Easton: Issachar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hired (Gen. 30:18). “God hath given me,” said Leah, “my hire (Heb. sekhari)...and she called his name Issachar.” He was Jacob’s ninth son, and was born in Padan-aram (comp. 28:2). He had four sons at "}, {"id": "card_n_9aa445f45094", "title": "Easton: Gamaliel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Reward of God. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh at the census at Sinai (Num. 1:10; 2:20; 7:54, 59). (2.) The son of rabbi Simeon, and grandson of the famous rabbi Hillel. He was a Pharisse, and t"}, {"id": "card_n_f47042634e52", "title": "Easton: Manasseh", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Who makes to forget. “God hath made me forget” (Heb. nashshani), Gen. 41:51. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons (48:1"}, {"id": "card_n_c42ad4111361", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue of Jacob’s blessing (Gen. 41:52; 48:1). The descendants of Joseph formed two of the tribes of Israel, whereas each of the other sons of Jacob was the fo"}]}