Numbers 1:4-16 ▼

4 And with you there shall be a man [to assist you] from each tribe, each being the head of his father’s household.

5 These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from [the tribe of] Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

6 from [the tribe of] Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;

7 from [the tribe of] Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

8 from [the tribe of] Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;

9 from [the tribe of] Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;

10 from the sons (descendants) of Joseph: from [the tribe of] Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; from [the tribe of] Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;

11 from [the tribe of] Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;

12 from [the tribe of] Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;

13 from [the tribe of] Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran;

14 from [the tribe of] Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;

15 from [the tribe of] Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.

16 These men were the ones called from the congregation, the leaders of their fathers’ (ancestors’) tribes; they were the heads of thousands [the highest ranking officers] in Israel.”