Num 1:2-4 | ESV | STEP | Take a census 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 .

a Ex. 30:12; 38:26; 2 Sam. 24:2; 1 Chr. 21:2; See ch. 26:2-51

b ver. 18, 20, 22; ch. 3:47; 1 Chr. 23:3, 24

Numbers 1:2-4

2 ^a“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, ^bby fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head. 3 ^cFrom twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, ^dcompany by company. 4 And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers.