¹⁴ All who have reached their twentieth birthday must give this sacred offering to the Lord.

^20-21 This is the number of men twenty years old or older who were able to go to war, as their names were listed in the records of their clans and families^[a]:

¹¹ ‘Of all those I rescued from Egypt, no one who is twenty years old or older will ever see the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, for they have not obeyed me wholeheartedly.

² “From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their families. List all the men twenty years old or older who are able to go to war.”

²⁹ You will all drop dead in this wilderness! Because you complained against me, every one of you who is twenty years old or older and was included in the registration will die.

¹⁸ and they assembled the whole community of Israel on that very day.^[a] All the people were registered according to their ancestry by their clans and families. The men of Israel who were twenty years old or older were listed one by one,

³ twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops,