According to the book of Numbers in the Old Testament of the Bible, one year after Moses led the Israelites from Egypt during the Exodus, the number of men aged 20 years or older and available to serve in the Israelites' army totalled at 603,550 men. This census was conducted by Moses and the leaders of the 12 Tribes of Israel, with the clan of Judah contributing the largest number of men. However, only 11 of the 12 Tribes were counted, as the men of the Levites were tasked with protecting the tabernacle, which was the central mneeting and worshipping tent of the Israelitres' nomadic society during the Exodus.

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The aim of the project was to assess afresh the current number and frequency of people attending church of all denomonations in Scotland in 1994. A previous study had been undertaken in 1984 (held at the UKDA under SN 2554), and it was felt important to see how trends had changed. In particular, the principal investigators wanted to know how attendance had developed especially with regard to the age of those going to church. The survey also asked questions about the Bible version used in the church and whether churches had Bible study meetings.

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The data cover church attendance and congregation size between 1990-1994 for both adults and children, age and gender of congregation, type of area church is in, version of Bible used.