'Take a Census' in the Bible

“Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head

“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households,

“Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ households, by their families.

“Take a census of all the [males in the] congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ households, all in Israel who are able to go to war.”