Then Solomon counted all the strangers living in the country of Israel. This was after the time when David counted the people. David was Solomon’s father. They found 153,600 strangers in the country.
They washed themselves every time they entered the Meeting Tent. They also washed themselves every time they went near the altar. They did these things like the Lord commanded Moses.
So the people of Israel did everything the Lord told Moses. Each group camped under its own flag. And each person stayed with his own family and family group.
Moses and Eleazar the priest counted all these people. They counted the people of Israel while they were in the Jordan Valley in Moab. This was near the Jordan River across from Jericho.