2. Take a census of all the males of the congregation of the Israelites by families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, head by head.
3. From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go forth to war you and Aaron shall number, company by company.
4. And with you there shall be a man [to assist you] from each tribe, each being the head of his father's house.
5. And these are the names of the men who shall attend you: Of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
6. Of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
7. Of Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
8. Of Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
9. Of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
10. Of the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
11. Of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
12. Of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
13. Of Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran;
14. Of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
15. Of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.
16. These were those chosen from the congregation, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, heads of thousands [the highest class of officers] in Israel.
17. And Moses and Aaron took these men who have been named,
18. And assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and they declared their ancestry after their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,