Numbers 1:2-18
1:2 “Take a census
of the entire
Israelite community
by their clans and families,
counting the name of every individual male.
1:3 You and Aaron are to number
all in Israel who can serve in the army,
those who are
twenty years old or older,
by their divisions.
1:4 And to help you
there is to be a man from each
tribe, each man
the head
of his family.
1:5 Now these are the names of the men who are to help
you:
from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
1:6 from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
1:7 from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
1:8 from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
1:9 from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
1:10 from the sons of Joseph:
from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud;
from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
1:11 from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
1:12 from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
1:13 from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;
1:14 from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
1:15 from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
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.
1:17 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name,
1:18 and they assembled the entire community together on the first day of the second month. Then the people recorded their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men who were twenty years old or older were listed by name individually,