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# Dan to Beersheba
This phrase uses two place names Dan, in the far north, and Beersheba, in the far south, to represent the entire country. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]])
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# count all the people ... fit for battle
This means to count all the men except those men who are either too young, too old, or physically unable to fight.