11. Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said,
12. "When you make a list of the people of Israel and count them, they must pay me for their lives at the time they are counted. Then a plague will not come on them when you count them.
13. "Each one who is counted must pay a fifth of an ounce of silver. It must be weighed out in keeping with the standard weights that are used in the sacred tent. The payment is an offering to me.
14. Each one who is counted must be 20 years old or more. He must give an offering to me.