Numbers 1:1-2

Lexham English Bible

God Commands Moses to Take a Census

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, in the tent of assembly, on the first of the month, in the second year after they came out^[a] of the land of Egypt, saying, ² “Take a census of^[b] the entire community of the Israelites^[c] according to their clans and their families,^[d] according to the number of names, every male individually