Exodus 30:12

takest the sum so Numbers 1:2; Numbers 1:49.

numbered… numberest The verb means lit. to visit(viz. to see how many they are), i.e. to review, muster, inspect. So vv.13, 14, Numbers 1:3; Numbers 1:19, and often in Nu. 1. 4, Numbers 1:26; 2 Samuel 18:1; 2 Samuel 24:2.

a ransom for his soul i.e. for his life(-soul" as the seat of life, as Exodus 21:23; Exodus 21:30, and constantly): -ransom" (kôpher), in the sense of price for a life, as Exodus 21:30, where see the note.

that there be no plague(Exodus 12:13) &c. cf. Numbers 8:19.