Numbers 1:4-16

4One man from each tribe will help you. Each of these men must be the head of a household.

5“Here are the names of the men who will help you: Elizur, son of Shedeur, from the tribe of Reuben;

6Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai, from the tribe of Simeon;

7Nahshon, son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah;

8Nethanel, son of Zuar, from the tribe of Issachar;

9Eliab, son of Helon, from the tribe of Zebulun;

10Elishama, son of Ammihud, from the tribe of Ephraim; Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur, from the tribe of Manasseh; (Ephraim and Manasseh are Joseph’s descendants.)

11Abidan, son of Gideoni, from the tribe of Benjamin;

12Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai, from the tribe of Dan;

13Pagiel, son of Ochran, from the tribe of Asher;

14Eliasaph, son of Deuel, from the tribe of Gad;

15Ahira, son of Enan, from the tribe of Naphtali.”

16These were the men chosen from the community, the leaders of their ancestors’ tribes, and heads of the divisions of Israel.