² ‘Take a census^(A) of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral families,^[a] counting the names of every male one by one. ³ You and Aaron are to register those who are twenty years old or more by their military divisions – everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.^[b](B)

¹⁵ Then Samuel went^[a] from Gilgal to Gibeah in Benjamin. Saul registered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.