• After the return from Exile the whole congregation of Israel was numbered, and found to amount to 42,360 (Ezra 2:64 ). A census was made by the Roman government in the time of our Lord (Luke 2:1 ). (See TAXING .)

    Copyright StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

    Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Census'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/c/census.html. 1897.