1. The Lord spoke to Moses in the Meeting Tent. This was in the desert of Sinai. It was on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites left Egypt. He said to Moses:
2. “Count all the Israelites. List the name of each man with his family and his family group.
3. You and Aaron must count the men of Israel who are 20 years old or older. (These are all the men who are able to serve in the army of Israel.) List them by their divisions.
4. One man from each tribe will help you. This man will be the leader of his tribe.
5. These are the names of the men who will stand with you and help you: from the tribe of Reuben—Elizur son of Shedeur;
6. from the tribe of Simeon—Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
7. from the tribe of Judah—Nahshon son of Amminadab;
8. from the tribe of Issachar—Nethanel son of Zuar;
9. from the tribe of Zebulun—Eliab son of Helon;
10. from the descendants of Joseph: from the tribe of Ephraim—Elishama son of Ammihud; from the tribe of Manasseh—Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
11. from the tribe of Benjamin—Abidan son of Gideoni;
12. from the tribe of Dan—Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
13. from the tribe of Asher—Pagiel son of Ocran;
14. from the tribe of Gad—Eliasaph son of Deuel;