1. And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in the midbar of Sinai, in the Ohel Mo'ed, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of Eretz Mitzrayim, saying,
2. Take ye the rosh (top amount, census) of kol Adat Bnei Yisroel after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, with the number of their shmot, every zachar by their head count;
3. From twenty years old and upward, all that are ablebodied to serve in tzava b'Yisroel (army in Yisroel); thou and Aharon shall number them by their tzva'ot (legions).
4. And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one Rosh of the bais of his Avot.
5. And these are the shemot haanashim that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuven, Elitzur ben Shedeur;
6. Of Shim'on, Shelumiel ben Tzurishaddai;
7. Of Yehudah, Nachshon ben Amminadav;
8. Of Yissakhar, Netanel ben Tzuar;
9. Of Zevulun, Eliav ben Chelon;
10. Of the bnei Yosef: of Ephrayim, Elishama ben Ammihud; of Menasheh, Gamli'el ben Pedahtzur;
11. Of Binyamin, Avidan ben Gideoni;
12. Of Dan, Achiezer ben Ammishaddai;
13. Of Asher, Pagiel ben Ochran;
14. Of Gad, Elyasaph ben Deuel;
15. Of Naphtali, Achira ben Enan.
16. These were the called men of the Edah, nasiim of the tribes of their avot, rashei alfei Yisroel (head-men of the clans of Yisroel).
17. And Moshe and Aharon took these men which had been designated by their names;
18. And they assembled kol HaEdah together on the first yom of the second month, and they declared their family after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.
19. As Hashem commanded Moshe, so he counted them in the midbar of Sinai.
20. And the bnei Reuven, Yisroel's bechor, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, one by one, every zakhar from twenty years old and upward, all that are ablebodied to serve in tzava;