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“When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the Lord a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them.
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The silver obtained from those of the community who were counted in the census was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—
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The Census
The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said:
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“Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
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“You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.
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“Take a census of the Kohathite branch of the Levites by their clans and families.
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“Take a census also of the Gershonites by their families and clans.
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In this wilderness your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me.
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The Second Census
After the plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest,
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“Take a census of the whole Israelite community by families—all those twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army of Israel.”
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“Take a census of the men twenty years old or more, as the Lord commanded Moses.” These were the Israelites who came out of Egypt:
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David Enrolls the Fighting Men
Again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
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Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money that is brought as sacred offerings to the temple of the Lord—the money collected in the census, the money received from personal vows and the money brought voluntarily to the temple.
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David Counts the Fighting Men
Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
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Solomon took a census of all the foreigners residing in Israel, after the census his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600.
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The Birth of Jesus
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.
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(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
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After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered.
