Numbers 1:1-5

¹And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, in the tabernacle of witness, on the first day of the second month, in the second year of their departure from the land of Egypt, saying,

²Take the sum of all the congregation of Israel according to their kindreds, according to the houses of their fathers' families, according to their number by their names, according to their heads: every male

³from twenty years old and upwards, every one that goes forth in the forces of Israel, take account of them with their strength; thou and Aaron take account of them.

⁴And with you there shall be each one of the rulers according to the tribe of each: they shall be according to the houses of their families.

⁵And these are the names of the men who shall be present with you; of the tribe of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sediur.