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When you take

Possible meanings are 1) "you" refers to just Moses or 2) "you" refers to Moses and the leaders of Israel in future generations when they take a census. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you)

a census of the people of Israel

The leaders only counted the males of Israel.