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. This was in the second year after the people of Israel left Egypt. The Lord said to Moses:
2. “Count all the people of Israel. List the name of each man with his family and family group.
3. You and Aaron must count all the men of Israel 20 years old or older. They will serve in the army of Israel. List them by their divisions.
4. One man from each tribe will help you. He is to be the leader of his family.
5. These are the names of the men who will 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 tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph—Elishama son of Ammihud;from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph—Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
11. from the tribe of Benjamin—Abidan son of Gideoni;