'Census' in the Bible
"Take a census of the entire Israeli community, numbering them by their tribes and by ancestral houses. List the names of every male one-by-one,
Here is a summary of the census of the Israelis according to the tribes of their ancestral houses: All the divisions in the camps numbered 603,550,
You are to pay a ransom for the 273 first-born Israelis who exceed the census number of the descendants of Levi,
"Take a census of the descendants of Kohath from among the descendants of Levi according to their tribes and ancestral houses
"Take a census of the descendants of Gershon according to their ancestral house and tribes.
Then the presiding leaders of Israel, as heads of the ancestral houses, brought an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes who supervised the census.
"Take a census of the entire community of Israel from the age of 20 years and above, according to each ancestral tribe, counting everyone who is able to go out to war in Israel."