1 After the plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest,
2 ‘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.’
3 So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them and said,
4 ‘Take a census of men twenty years old or more, as the Lord commanded Moses.’These were the Israelites who came out of Egypt: