4. Take with you one man from each tribe who is the head of his household.
5. These are the names of the men who will assist you:from Reuben, Elizur, Shedeur’s son;
6. from Simeon, Shelumiel, Zurishaddai’s son;
7. from Judah, Nahshon, Amminadab’s son;
8. from Issachar, Nethanel, Zuar’s son;
9. from Zebulun, Eliab, Helon’s son;
10. from Joseph’s sons:from Ephraim, Elishama, Ammihud’s son;from Manasseh, Gamaliel, Pedahzur’s son;
11. from Benjamin, Abidan, Gideoni’s son;
12. from Dan, Ahiezer, Ammishaddai’s son;
13. from Asher, Pagiel, Ochran’s son;
14. from Gad, Eliasaph, Deuel’s son;
15. from Naphtali, Ahira, Enan’s son.
16. These are the ones appointed from the community, chiefs of their ancestral tribes and leaders of the divisions of Israel.
17. Moses and Aaron took these men who were selected by name
18. and they assembled the entire community on the first day of the second month. They registered them by their clans and their households, recording the name of each male 20 years old and above.
19. Moses enlisted them in the Sinai desert just as the Lord commanded him.
20. There were the descendants of Reuben, Israel’s oldest, registered by their clans and their households. Every man 20 years old and above eligible for military service was individually recorded by name.
21. Those enlisted from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.