Numbers 1:5–16

⁵“Here are the names of the men who must help you.

“From the tribe of Reuben will come Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

⁶From the tribe of Simeon will come Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.

⁷From the tribe of Judah will come Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.

⁸From the tribe of Issachar will come Nethanel, the son of Zuar.

⁹From the tribe of Zebulun will come Eliab, the son of Helon.

¹⁰From the tribe of Ephraim will come Elishama, the son of Ammihud.

From the tribe of Manasseh will come Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.

Ephraim and Manasseh were Joseph’s two sons.

¹¹From the tribe of Benjamin will come Abidan, the son of Gideoni.

¹²From the tribe of Dan will come Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.

¹³From the tribe of Asher will come Pagiel, the son of Ocran.

¹⁴From the tribe of Gad will come Eliasaph, the son of Deuel.

¹⁵From the tribe of Naphtali will come Ahira, the son of Enan.”

¹⁶Those were the men who were appointed from the community. They were the leaders of the tribes of their people. They were the heads of the major families in Israel.