12 ^a“When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.

2 “Take a ^ccensus of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.

Redemption of the Firstborn

40 And the Lord said to Moses, ^u“List all the firstborn males of the people of Israel, ^vfrom a month old and upward, taking the number of their names.

2 So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army,¹ who was with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, ^gfrom Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.”

2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Go, number Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me a report, that I may know their number.”