'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."

Jehoash said to the priests, "I place at your disposal all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord's temple, including the silver collected from the census tax, the silver received from those who have made vows, and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord's temple.

Solomon took a census of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.

The Lord writes in the census book of the nations, "This one was born there." (Selah)