Exodus 30:12

When you take the census of the people of Israel , then each shall give a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.

“When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the Lord a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them.

When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.