1. After the plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar, Aaron the priest’s son:
2. Take a census of the entire Israelite community, from 20 years old and above by their households, to determine everyone in Israel who is eligible for military service.
3. Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to the people on the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho:
4. "Take a census of those 20 years old and above as the Lord commanded Moses." The Israelites who left the land of Egypt were:
5. Reuben, Israel’s oldest son.Reuben’s descendants: from Hanoch, the Hanochite clan; from Pallu, the Palluite clan;