Numbers 1:16
The Census of the Tribes
1:16 These were the ones chosen from the community, leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the thousands of Israel.
Numbers 26:55
26:55 The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes.
Numbers 31:4
31:4 You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.”
Numbers 36:9
36:9 No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe. But every one of the tribes of the Israelites must retain its inheritance.”
Numbers 17:2
17:2 “Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe,
one from every tribal leader,
twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff.
Numbers 17:6
17:6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, according to their tribes – twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.