Numbers 1:4-16
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.
Numbers 7:2
7:2 Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their clans,
made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who had been supervising
the numbering.
Exodus 18:21
18:21 But you choose
from the people capable men,
God-fearing,
men of truth,
those who hate bribes,
and put them over the people
as rulers
of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Deuteronomy 1:15
1:15 So I chose
as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.