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.

¹⁶ Receive the atonement^(A) money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting.^(B) It will be a memorial^(C) for the Israelites before the Lord, making atonement for your lives.”