Num 1:1-2 | ESV | STEP | The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai , in the tent of meeting , on the first day of the second month , in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt , saying ,

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

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

Numbers 1:1-2

A Census of Israel’s Warriors

1 The Lord spoke to Moses ^ain the wilderness of Sinai, ^bin the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 ^c“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, ^dby fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.