Next to them will be the tribe of Manasseh. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

Those who will be camping next to them are the tribe of Asher. The leader of the people of Asher is Pagiel son of Ocran.

“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.

The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah.

Over the company of the tribe of the Simeonites was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,

Then Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.

The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes.

So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.

You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.

From the Josephites, Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh;

Then Moses commanded the Israelites: “This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes,

And every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any of the tribes of the Israelites must become the wife of a man from any family in her father’s tribe, so that every Israelite may retain the inheritance of his fathers.

“Only the tribe of Levi you must not number or count with the other Israelites.

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.

And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you.”

“Bring with you your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, so that they may join with you and minister to you while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.

Then Moses raised his hand, and struck the rock twice with his staff. And water came out abundantly. So the community drank, and their beasts drank too.

Moses told the leaders of the tribes concerning the Israelites, “This is what the Lord has commanded:

So Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from every tribe, with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who was in charge of the holy articles and the signal trumpets.

So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes.