'Take a Census' in the Bible

“When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransom for himself to the Lord as they are registered. Then no plague will come on them as they are registered.

“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of every male one by one.

“Do not register or take a census of the tribe of Levi with the other Israelites.

“Among the Levites, take a census of the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral houses,

“Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral houses and their clans.

“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their ancestral houses of those 20 years old or more who can serve in Israel’s army.”

“Take a census of those 20 years old or more, as the Lord had commanded Moses and the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt.”