'Take a Census' in the Bible

"When you take a census of the Israelites according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them.

"Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and families, counting the name of every individual male.

"Take a census of the Kohathites from among the Levites, by their families and by their clans,

"Also take a census of the Gershonites, by their clans and by their families.

"Take a census of the whole community of Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, by their clans, everyone who can serve in the army of Israel."