^2 (A)“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, ^(B)by fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head. ^3 (C)From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, ^(D)company 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.

^2 (A)“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war.”

² So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army,^[a] who was with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, ^(A)from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.”