Here is a man...a leader of men, a man who provides a vision for the people of God, and he is engaged in careful planning. He needs to know who is going…Careful planning—it is not unspiritual to plan ahead. It is not unspiritual to look at a list of names, take down those names, write [down] those names, and number the people.1
Derek W. H. Thomas
15 I gathered them to the river that runs to Ahava, and there we camped three days. As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found there none of the sons of Levi.