Then Moses commanded the Israelites: "This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes,

collect five shekels for each one individually; you are to collect this amount in the currency of the sanctuary shekel (this shekel is twenty gerahs).

You will eat, not just one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel's army, were numbered according to their families.