¹² “When you take a census^(A) of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the Lord a ransom^(B) for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague^(C) will come on them when you number them.

² “Take a census^(A) of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families,^(B) listing every man by name,^(C) one by one.