Numbers 1:4-16 ▼

4 One man from each tribe is to accompany you, each man being the leader of his ancestral house.

5 |Here is a list of names of the men who are to assist you: |From Reuben: Shedeur's son Elizur.

6 From Simeon: Zurishaddai's son Shelumiel.

7 From Judah: Amminadab's son Nahshon.

8 From Issachar: Zuar's son Nethanel.

9 From Zebulun: Helon's son Eliab.

10 |From Joseph's descendants through Ephraim: Ammihud's son Elishama. From Manasseh: Pedahzur's son Gamaliel.

11 From Benjamin: Gideoni's son Abidan.

12 From Dan: Ammishaddai's son Ahiezer.

13 From Asher: Ochran's son Pagiel.

14 From Gad: Deuel's son Eliasaph.

15 From Naphtali: Enan's son Ahira.|

16 These men were appointed from within their communities, since they were leaders of their ancestral houses and heads of the tribes of Israel.