Numbers 26:1

Numbers 26:1 says, And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,  Verse two adds, Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.  Once again, Moses was to count the number of the men of Israel, from twenty years old and up who could go to war, but this time he was to do it with Eleazar, who was now the head of the priests.  When one of God's people dies, as Aaron had, there is always another to take their place.as long as we listen to Him.  Verse three states, And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,  Verse four adds, Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. Moses and Eleazar assembled the people in the plains of Moab, near Jordan, near Jerico and told them once more to count those men above twenty by tribe according to God's command.  If God tells us to do something again that we have already done before, we don't need to question Him or grumble, we just need to do it.  Verse five says, Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:   Verse six adds, Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.  Rueben, the oldest son of Israel and his sons were the first to be counted.  Verse seven continues, These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.  This was two thousand, seven hundred and seventy fewer than the first count.  Verse nine states, And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD;  Verse ten adds,, And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.  One reason that the number of people in the tribe of Rueben decreased was because of the prideful rebellion against God by Dathan and Abiram, with Korah who had rebelled against God, and the earth had swallowed them up.  The number of Christians in the world today may decease. because fewer people are willing to accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, but it should never be because those who profess to believe in Him have rebelled against Him.   Verse eleven continues, Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. The children of Korah were still counted, because they had not joined in the rebellion against God.  Even if others who profess to be followers of Christ rebel against God, we must never join them.